Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: TN records 63.20% of polling as of 5 PM
Catch the live updates of polling being held in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories
People wait for cast his votes (Hemanathan M)
CHENNAI: The 2024 Lok Sabha polls will kick off Friday with polling for the first phase scheduled in 102 constituencies spread across 21 states and Union Territories, including 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry seat.
Approximately 6.23 crore voters in Tamil Nadu will vote across nearly 68,000 polling stations, deciding the fate of 950 candidates.
Voting will begin at 7 AM and end at 6 PM.
Among the prominent candidates in the fray in the first phase are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Sarbananda Sonowal, Gaurav Gogoi of Congress and DMK's Kanimozhi. K Annamalai, who is steering the BJP campaign in Tamil Nadu, is also among the contestants.
Live Updates
- 19 April 2024 9:15 AM IST
Former Tamil Nadu CM and candidate from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency, O Panneerselvam shows his inked finger after casting his vote in the first phase of #LokSabhaElections2024 in Theni
O. Panneerselvam is contesting as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP-led NDA. Jayaperumal from AIADMK, K Navaskani from Indian Union Muslim League and Chandraprabha from Naam Tamilar Katchi are the prominent candidates for this seat.
- 19 April 2024 9:02 AM IST
Riding a motorcycle, Puducherry CM N. Rangasamy arrived at a polling booth in Delarshpet and casts his vote. Congress candidate V Vaithitlingamn and BJP's A Namassivayam are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seat of Puducherry.
- 19 April 2024 8:57 AM IST
People complain to the authorities as the officials said that more than ten people belonging to the same area did not have votes at Nerkundram.
- 19 April 2024 8:45 AM IST
I've done my Democratic duty, I request every voter to cast their vote. As you all think, INDIA will win: CM Stalin addressing the media
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin casts his vote at a polling booth in Chennai.#LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/IGyEcGD34I
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024 - 19 April 2024 8:44 AM IST
The Chief Electoral Officer Thiru. Satyabrata Sahoo IAS along with his family Voted at M. R. Matric Higher Secondary School, MGR Street, Mettukuppam, Nerkundram, Chennai.
- 19 April 2024 8:42 AM IST
"This is the parliamentary election, everyone should vote. It's your democratic duty and make the best choice for a safer and prosperous India," says Radhika Sarath Kumar, actor-politician and #BJP's candidate from Virudhnagar Lok Sabha seat , after casting her vote.
- 19 April 2024 8:41 AM IST
L Murugan says, "I urge the voters to come forward and cast their vote for Viksit Bharat, a developed nation and corruption-free nation. So, I appeal to the first-time votes, women and all voters to come forward to vote 100%..."
- 19 April 2024 8:35 AM IST
On cash seized in Kongu, K Annamalai says, "It is always a grave matter of concern. The reason is that DMK somehow thinks that it can buy people in Kongu belt. AIADMK is also in the same boat for a long time. The officials also turned a blind eye to what has happened, especially in Coimbatore, over the last 2-3 days...The administration there is sterile. I don't think the administration is neutral...But in democracy, you always have to trust people...I am sure that the Coimbatore model that is going to come out on June 4 would be an example for the rest of the country."
- 19 April 2024 8:34 AM IST
On DMK's allegation that BJP is distributing money in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu BJP chief and party's candidate from Coimbatore constituency, says, "...I am running this election as a matter of principle...Their Intelligence, Tamil Nadu Police, DMK, AIADMK - what they are doing in politics, everybody is seeing. They are spending more than Rs 1000 Crores in Coimbatore.
If they can bring one voter and make them stand in front of the media and say that some BJP guy tried to influence them, I will leave politics the same day...I am challenging the Dravidian party, you bring one voter and make them stand in front of the media."
