Lok Sabha Elections, LIVE Updates: 57.22% Voter Turnout In Maharashtra For 2nd Phase

Polling is underway on 95 seats across 11 states in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.

Polling is being held on 38 seats in Tamil Nadu, 14 in Karnataka, 10 in Maharashtra, eight in Uttar Pradesh, five each in Assam, Bihar and Odisha, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, two in Jammu and Kashmir and one seat each in Manipur and Puducherry.

Elections are also being held in 35 assembly constituencies in Odisha.

The election was scheduled to be held in one seat in Tripura but the Election Commission has postponed polling till April 23 citing law and order situation.

Below are the LIVE updates:

6:10 pm:바카라 웹사이트An average 57.22 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm in 10 constituencies of Maharashtra where polling was held in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday

4:50 pm:바카라 웹사이트Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency recorded 58.13 per cent polling, while the turnout was low in Srinagar seat with only 12.43 per cent of voters exercising their franchise till 3 pm on Thursday in the second phase of general elections in Jammu and Kashmir

3:20 pm:바카라 웹사이트A 95-year-old man collapsed & later died while waiting for his turn to vote, at a polling booth in Ganjam. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. (ANI)

3:10 pm:바카라 웹사이트Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and his family cast their vote for the Rajnandgaon parliamentary constituency.

3:05 pm:바카라 웹사이트 Voting percent in three Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal till 1 pm:바카라 웹사이트

Jalpaiguri: 54.73%

Darjeeling: 47.52%

Raigunj: 52.54%

2:48 pm:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout till 1 PM in Maharashtra is 35.4%.

2:45 pm:바카라 웹사이트EVM vandalized during a clash between TMC and BJP workers in West Bengal's Chopra.

2:42 pm:바카라 웹사이트SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav files nomination from Azamgarh parliamentary constituency.

2:41 pm:바카라 웹사이트Police registered a case against BJP State president P S Sreedharan Pillai on charges of giving a communal speech against Muslims in Attingal.

2:27 pm:바카라 웹사이트Criminal complaint filed in Delhi's Patiala House Court by one Joginder Tuli seeking direction to police for registration of FIR u/s 124A (IPC- Sedition charges) against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for making allegedly derogatory statements against PM Narendra Modi. (ANI)

2:10 pm:바카라 웹사이트33% polling in Odisha till 1 pm.

1:55 pm:바카라 웹사이트Voting process recorded, posted on Facebook; probe ordered.

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1:15 pm:바카라 웹사이트Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar casts his vote at a polling booth in Dodda Halahalli, Kanakapura Taluka.

1:00 pm:바카라 웹사이트IED blast took place b/w Koracha&Manpur road, Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh on ITBP Road Opening Party (ROP) at 1100am today. ITBP Constable Man Singh received minor injuries. He is out of danger&performing his duty after the first aid in the same area. Polling in the area underway.

12:55 pm:바카라 웹사이트CPM leader Md Salim라이브 바카라 convoy was attacked in West Bengal라이브 바카라 Islampur. Md Salim is contesting from the Raiganj Lok Sabha seat.

Reports said Salim's convoy was pelted with bricks. Salim alleged that he was also attacked by Trinamool Congress workers who were threatening voters바카라 웹사이트 inside a polling station

12:29 pm:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout till 11 AM in Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar and Udhampur parliamentary constituency is 17.8%.

12:20 pm:바카라 웹사이트18% polling till 11 am in five Lok Sabha seats going to polls바카라 웹사이트today바카라 웹사이트in Odisha. Kandhamal: 16%, Bargarh: 20%, Aska: 20%, Sundargarh: 18%, Bolangir: 15%.

12:15 pm: "Fake voting has happened. Women in burkhas are not being checked for their identity.바카라 웹사이트I heard a man wearing burkha was also caught," says바카라 웹사이트Kanwar Singh Tanwar,BJP MP candidate from Amroha.

12:10 am:바카라 웹사이트Union Minister Maneka Gandhi files her nomination from Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency.

12:05 am:바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트Polling official dies of heart attack in Chhattisgarh.

12:00 pm:바카라 웹사이트It's time Centre gives J&K people an elected govt: Omar Abdullah.

11:49 am:바카라 웹사이트Poonam Sinha, SP-BSP-RLD candidate from the Parliamentary constituency files her nomination.

11:48 am:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout till 11 AM in Assam is 26.39%, in Chhattisgarh is 26.2%.

11:47 am:바카라 웹사이트Farooq Abdullah & Omar Abdullah cast their votes.

11:30 am:바카라 웹사이트Security personnel lob tear gas shells and lathi charge locals as they block NH-34 in protest after unknown miscreants allegedly prevented them from casting their votes in West Bengal's North Dinajpur.

11:22 am:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout till 11 AM in Manipur is 32.18%.

11:17 am:바카라 웹사이트TMC workers were trying to capture booth. They were campaigning among Muslims there. This isn't election campaign," says BJP candidate from WB's바카라 웹사이트Raiganj constituency.

11:10 am: "Election Commission (EC) of 'turning a blind eye' to the violation of the model code of conduct by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath," says BSP supremo Mayawati.

11:00 am: "Development in Mathura is all due to my efforts," says Hema Malini.

10:59 am:바카라 웹사이트Congress leader Raj Babbar cast his vote in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019.

10:50 am: Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) glitches have been reported at a number of polling booths in Odisha, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Maharshtra and Uttar Pradesh.

10:48 am:바카라 웹사이트HD Deve Gowda and his wife cast their votes at a polling station in Hassan's Paduvalahippe.

10:40 am:바카라 웹사이트Election Commission flying squad has seized Rs 11.85 Lakh cash in Sion area of Mumbai City district.

10:30 am:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout till 10 AM in Bihar is 19.5%.

10:15 am:바카라 웹사이트Polling underway in Srinagar and Udhampur parliamentary constituencies, in Jammu and Kashmir.

10:00 am:바카라 웹사이트Dynasty politics isn't an important issue now, the country's problems are the main issue, says HD Kumaraswamy.

9:50 am:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout in Tamil Nadu till 9 am is 13.48% and 13.4% in Chhattisgarh.

9:48 am:바카라 웹사이트Voting delayed at many booths in Odisha due to snag in EVM. Reports of EVM malfunction coming in from Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska.

9:45 am:바카라 웹사이트When you vote today, remember that you vote for NYAY,바카라 웹사이트 tweets Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

9:43 am:바카라 웹사이트DMK President MK Stalin casts his vote.

9:30 am:바카라 웹사이트A newly married couple arrive at a polling station in Udhampur to cast their votes.

9:10 am: Low turnout in Srinagar.

The second phase of elections begun in Kashmir amid high security, snapping of internet and low voting. In three districts of Srinagar constituency, Budgam, Ganderbal and Srinagar, 1.6 percent, 1.2 percent and 0.9 percent polling was recorded respectively till 9 a.m.바카라 웹사이트

9:00 am: Polling Percentage till 9 am.

Assam (5 seats)-9.51%

J&K (2 seats)-0.99%

Karnataka (14 seats)1.14%

Maharashtra(10)-0.85%

Manipur(1)-1.78%

Odisha(5)-2.15%,

TN(38)-0.81%

Tripura(1)-0.00%

UP(8)-3.99%

WB(3)-0.55%

Chhattisgarh(3)-7.75%

Puducherry-1.62%

8:42 am:바카라 웹사이트Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi casts her vote.

8:39 am:바카라 웹사이트Polling in Gujarat will be held in the third of the seven-phase elections on April 23. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.

8:37 am:바카라 웹사이트Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy casts his vote at a polling station.

8.29 am:바카라 웹사이트Voter turnout in Bihar till 8 am is 5.73%.

8:26 am:바카라 웹사이트Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets: “Dear Citizens of India, Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha polls start today. I am sure all those whose seats are polling today will strengthen our democracy by exercising their franchise. I hope more youngsters head to the polling booths and vote!”

8:25 am:바카라 웹사이트Manipur governor Najma Heptulla casts her vote at a polling station in Imphal.

8:10 am:바카라 웹사이트Kamal Haasan and his daughter Shruti Haasan queue up outside polling station 27.

8:01 am:바카라 웹사이트Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde casts his vote at a polling station in Solapur.

8:00 am:바카라 웹사이트A Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine is not working properly at a polling station in Silchar.

7:55 am:바카라 웹사이트Glitches in EVMs in some of the booths delay the polling process in Trichy city in the election to Trichy Lok Sabha constituency.

7:25 am:바카라 웹사이트Actor turned politician Rajinikanth casts his vote at the polling station in Stella Maris College, in Chennai.

7:20 am:바카라 웹사이트Nalini Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidi Rangarajan casts their vote at a polling station in Karaikudi, Sivaganga.

7:15 am:바카라 웹사이트Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman stands in at a polling booth in BES college of Jayanagar under Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency to cast her vote.

7:05 am:바카라 웹사이트Security personnel cast their vote through postal ballot in Vadodara.

7:02 am:바카라 웹사이트Voting in the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha polls has begun.

7:00 am: Among the key contestants in the fray are Union ministers Jual Oram, Sadananda Gowda and Pon Radhakrishnan, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, Congress leaders Verappa Moily and Raj Babbar, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, BJP's Hema Malini and DMK's Dayanidhi Maran, A Raja and Kanimozhi.

6:45 am:바카라 웹사이트West Bengal: EC has deployed 194 companies of central forces in the three constituencies going to polls to cover 80 percent of the 5,390 booths for free and fair polling.

6:41 am: Mobile internet services have been snapped in Srinagar and other parts of the valley, reports ANI.

This has been done as a precautionary measure, as Srinagar and Udhampur parliamentary constituencies go to vote today in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

(With inputs from agencies)