Lok Sabha Election

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Lok Sabha polls: EC releases data on number of eligible voters in first 3 phases

Updated on May 08, 2024 03:54 AM IST

The figures are not available on ECI’s official website as states have their own forms to display them on sites of their respective chief electoral officers.

EC releases data on number of eligible voters in first 3 phases

ByHT Correspondent

LS polls: In Amethi, BJP relies on welfare schemes; Congress eyes local connect

Amethi LS seat: For Smriti Irani and local BJP workers in Amethi, the feverish poll campaign is still centred around an Irani vs Gandhi narrative.

Updated on May 08, 2024 05:04 AM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji

Andhra moves HC against Election Commission orders to stall DBT payments

Andhra Pradesh is going to simultaneous polls on 175 state assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the fourth phase on May 13.

The YSR Congress Party government argued that the schemes under which financial assistance was being given were not new (PTI)

Updated on May 08, 2024 05:11 AM IST

BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad

Karnataka Lok Sabha election: Polling concludes in all 28 seats

Remaining 14 seats in the state recorded a 70.41% turnout, with the highest polling at Chikkodi and the lowest at Gulbarga.

People wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the 3rd phase of Lok Sabha polls, in Karnataka, Tuesday. (PTI)

Updated on May 08, 2024 01:39 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bengaluru

Lok Sabha polls: How will lack of momentum in polling affect BJP, INDIA bloc?

A relatively slow start to the Lok Sabha elections seems to have dampened spirits across the political spectrum.

Ahmednagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections.(PTI)

Updated on May 08, 2024 06:56 AM IST

ByRanjit Bhushan

Lok Sabha Election 2024: 283 seats locked as Phase 3 concludes

111 million voters in 93 constituencies across 11 states and Union territories cast their votes in the high-stakes third phase of India's general elections.

A polling official checks the name of a woman before allowing her to cast her vote during the third round of voting in the six-week-long general election in Agra on Tuesday. (AP)

Updated on May 08, 2024 12:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Haryana political crisis: 3 MLAs turn back on BJP-led govt, go with Congress

Haryana BJP-led government faces crisis as three independent lawmakers withdraw support, back Congress.

Three independent MLAs Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Golan and Dharampal Gondar withdraw support from the BJP government in Rohtak on Tuesday. (ANI)

Updated on May 08, 2024 12:24 AM IST

BySunil Rahar, Hitender Rao, Rohtak/chandigarh

On Pak leader's post, Smriti Irani targets Rahul Gandhi over ‘foreign support’

Former Pakistani minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has been posting tweets in support of Rahul Gandhi.

Published on May 07, 2024 09:03 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Written by Adarsh Kumar Gupta

Lalu Prasad Yadav's 'poora Muslim quota' remark triggers row, PM Modi reacts

PM Modi claimed the Congress and its allies want to snatch away reservation benefits extended by the Constitution to members of the SC, ST and OBC communities.

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav being greeted by MLCs during their swearing-in ceremony, in Patna. (PTI)

Updated on May 07, 2024 04:58 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Watch: PM Modi casts his vote in Ahmedabad, urges voters to exercise 'matdaan’

Lok Sabha elections phase 3: After coming out of the polling booth, PM Narendra Modi waved to the crowd and showed his inked finger.

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_07_2024_000042B)(PTI)

Published on May 07, 2024 08:48 AM IST

ByShobhit Gupta

Google Doodle celebrates 3rd phase of polling with voting symbol

Voting for the third of seven-phase India's 18th general elections began at 7 am on Tuesday in 93 constituencies across 11 states and Union Territories.

On Tuesday, Google launched a Doodle on its homepage(Google)

Updated on May 07, 2024 07:58 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Gujarat, Maharashtra Polls: Maha sees 54.7% turnout; Gujarat records 56%

Gujarat, Maharashtra election 2024 highlights: Check the voter turnout, key candidates and all latest news in Phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls in the states.

Voters queue at a polling station during the third phase of voting for national elections in Ahmedabad on May 7.(Bloomberg)

Updated on May 07, 2024 09:32 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

India General Elections highlights: 61.45% voter turnout recorded till 8 pm

India General Elections 2024 highlights: The late Mulayam Singh Yadav's family is also prominent in this phase, with three members contesting.

India General Elections 2024 Live: 61.45% approximate voter turnout recorded today till 8 pm(ANI)

Updated on May 07, 2024 11:26 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Remove deepfakes within 3 hours of being notified: EC to political parties

This notice to all parties comes a week after a BJP delegation, led by current IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, approached the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The poll body has not restrained political parties from using any technological or AI-based tools; it has only restrained them from using such tools that

Updated on May 07, 2024 04:48 AM IST

ByAditi Agrawal

Prajwal Revanna unlikely to appear on polling day: BJP

Prajwal, who has been booked in two cases of sexual assault, possibly flew abroad on April 27, a day after Phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls on a diplomatic passport

Prajwal Revanna possibly flew abroad on April 27, a day after the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on a diplomatic passport. (PTI)

Updated on May 07, 2024 03:38 AM IST

ByArun Dev, Bengaluru

How cohesive are NDA, INDIA blocs in third phase of Lok Sabha elections?

Like the first two phases of the 2024 elections, the Congress-led INDIA bloc will contest the third phase in a less cohesive manner than the BJP-led NDA .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jana Sena Party chief and NDA candidate Pawan Kalyan, BJP Rajahmundry candidate Daggubati Purandeswari and others greet the gathering during a NDA election rally in Rajahmundry on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on May 07, 2024 03:43 AM IST

ByNishant Ranjan

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 today: 93 seats up for grabs across states

Over 172 million people in 11 states will vote in 93 Lok Sabha seats, including in BJP stronghold Gujarat, marking a crucial turn in India's general elections.

Election Commission officers gather for EVM systems distributions eve of voting day for Lok Sabha election of Sangli constituency at Sangli on Monday. (Uday Deolekar/HT Photo)

Updated on May 07, 2024 04:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

ED seizes piles of cash in Jharkhand search

ED raids in Ranchi recover ₹35.23 crore linked to minister's OSD. BJP seeks EC probe, Congress questions timing ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

ED officials during the raid in Ranchi on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on May 07, 2024 12:47 AM IST

ByC Raj Kumar, Ranchi

Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP names Lovely in list of star campaigners for Delhi

Arvinder Singh Lovely quit as the Delhi Congress chief on Saturday, citing the alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress.

Arvinder Singh Lovely with union minister Hardeep Singh Puri at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Updated on May 07, 2024 04:49 AM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

LS polls: Kanhaiya, ex-minister file papers as nominations close for Delhi

Kanhaiya Kumar of AAP filed his nomination for North East Delhi, leading a big roadshow. AAP and Congress have an alliance for Delhi polls on May 25.

Kanhaiya Kumar at his roadshow in Maujpur on Monday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Updated on May 07, 2024 02:00 AM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

PM on ₹20 crore cash haul: 'Congress made servant's house black money godown'

PM Narendra Modi claimed he was taking legal advice regarding how the looted money could be returned to the masses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an NDA election meeting.(ANI)

Published on May 06, 2024 08:45 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Bank holiday on May 7 in these states and cities. Check list

Bank holiday on May 7: Voting is set to happen on Tuesday for election of MPs from 93 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories.

Banks will be closed on May 7 in many cities across several states of the country in the wake of the third phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024. (File photo)

Published on May 06, 2024 07:50 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Shashi Tharoor backs Vijay Wadettiwar over Hemant Karkare remark, attacks Nikam

Shashi Tharoor added that the nation has the right to know what happened.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.(PTI file photo)

Updated on May 06, 2024 05:49 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Maharashtra Phase 3 Lok Sabha Elections: Key seats, vote timings for May 7 polls

Maharashtra Phase 3 Lok Sabha Elections: The state gears up for polling in 11 Lok Sabha seats with key Baramati battle between Sunetra Pawar and Supriya Sule.

Sunetra Pawar (right) with Supriya Sule. (HT FILE)

Updated on May 06, 2024 04:08 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3: Schools to remain closed in these states

The voter turnout was recorded at 66.14 per cent in Phase 1 (April 19) and 66.71 per cent in Phase 2 (April 26). The results will be announced on June 4.

Key states heading to the polls include Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. (ANI/File)

Published on May 06, 2024 04:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

'Ram Droh': Yogi Adityanath attacks Congress over Radhika Khera's resignation

Yogi Adityanath was reacting to the resignation of Congress leader Radhika Khera from her party

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. (HT file)

Published on May 06, 2024 03:27 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Lok Sabha polls highlights: 'India's prestige has increased globally,' says PM

Lok Sabha elections 2024 highlights: A total of 94 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and Union Territories will go to polls on May 7.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an NDA election meeting in Anakapalle on Monday.(ANI)

Updated on May 06, 2024 11:54 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

PM Modi to file nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on May 14

PM Modi is a two-time MP from Varanasi. He contested from the Lok Sabha constituency for the first time in the 2014 general elections and won by a huge margin.

Published on May 05, 2024 06:23 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Written by Adarsh Kumar Gupta

Rajnath Singh makes PoK promise; Farooq Abdullah says Pak not ‘wearing bangles’

Rajnath Singh said PoK was, is and will remain India's territory.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh during an interview with PTI.(PTI)

Updated on May 05, 2024 07:24 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Congress Amethi candidate KL Sharma: 'Not Gandhi family's servant'

The Congress has fielded KL Sharma from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Sonia Gandhi's old Lok Sabha constituency, Rae Bareli.

Kishori Lal Sharma with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Amethi. (PTI file photo)

Published on May 05, 2024 03:55 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari

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The figures are not available on ECI’s official website as states have their own forms to display them on sites of their respective chief electoral officers.

Amethi LS seat: For Smriti Irani and local BJP workers in Amethi, the feverish poll campaign is still centred around an Irani vs Gandhi narrative.

Andhra Pradesh is going to simultaneous polls on 175 state assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the fourth phase on May 13.

Remaining 14 seats in the state recorded a 70.41% turnout, with the highest polling at Chikkodi and the lowest at Gulbarga.

A relatively slow start to the Lok Sabha elections seems to have dampened spirits across the political spectrum.

111 million voters in 93 constituencies across 11 states and Union territories cast their votes in the high-stakes third phase of India's general elections.

Haryana BJP-led government faces crisis as three independent lawmakers withdraw support, back Congress.

Former Pakistani minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has been posting tweets in support of Rahul Gandhi.

PM Modi claimed the Congress and its allies want to snatch away reservation benefits extended by the Constitution to members of the SC, ST and OBC communities.

Lok Sabha elections phase 3: After coming out of the polling booth, PM Narendra Modi waved to the crowd and showed his inked finger.

Voting for the third of seven-phase India's 18th general elections began at 7 am on Tuesday in 93 constituencies across 11 states and Union Territories.

Gujarat, Maharashtra election 2024 highlights: Check the voter turnout, key candidates and all latest news in Phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls in the states.

India General Elections 2024 highlights: The late Mulayam Singh Yadav's family is also prominent in this phase, with three members contesting.

This notice to all parties comes a week after a BJP delegation, led by current IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, approached the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Prajwal, who has been booked in two cases of sexual assault, possibly flew abroad on April 27, a day after Phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls on a diplomatic passport

Like the first two phases of the 2024 elections, the Congress-led INDIA bloc will contest the third phase in a less cohesive manner than the BJP-led NDA .

Over 172 million people in 11 states will vote in 93 Lok Sabha seats, including in BJP stronghold Gujarat, marking a crucial turn in India's general elections.

ED raids in Ranchi recover ₹35.23 crore linked to minister's OSD. BJP seeks EC probe, Congress questions timing ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

Arvinder Singh Lovely quit as the Delhi Congress chief on Saturday, citing the alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress.

Kanhaiya Kumar of AAP filed his nomination for North East Delhi, leading a big roadshow. AAP and Congress have an alliance for Delhi polls on May 25.

PM Narendra Modi claimed he was taking legal advice regarding how the looted money could be returned to the masses.

Bank holiday on May 7: Voting is set to happen on Tuesday for election of MPs from 93 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories.

Shashi Tharoor added that the nation has the right to know what happened.

Maharashtra Phase 3 Lok Sabha Elections: The state gears up for polling in 11 Lok Sabha seats with key Baramati battle between Sunetra Pawar and Supriya Sule.

The voter turnout was recorded at 66.14 per cent in Phase 1 (April 19) and 66.71 per cent in Phase 2 (April 26). The results will be announced on June 4.

Yogi Adityanath was reacting to the resignation of Congress leader Radhika Khera from her party

Lok Sabha elections 2024 highlights: A total of 94 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and Union Territories will go to polls on May 7.

PM Modi is a two-time MP from Varanasi. He contested from the Lok Sabha constituency for the first time in the 2014 general elections and won by a huge margin.

Rajnath Singh said PoK was, is and will remain India's territory.

The Congress has fielded KL Sharma from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Sonia Gandhi's old Lok Sabha constituency, Rae Bareli.

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