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Mamit: A woman belonging to the Reang Bru tribe waits outside a polling station, before casting her vote during the first phase of general elections, at Mamit district of Mizoram, Thursday, April 11, 2019 | Photo: PTI
The seven-phase election for the Lok Sabha started on Thursday, with around 900 million citizens eligible to vote. Polls suggest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to be in a position to form a new government after the election, with the big question whether he will win an outright majority or be forced into trying to form a coalition.
Assembly elections are being held in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha. The counting of votes for the assembly elections will be held simultaneously with that of the Lok Sabha or parliamentary elections on May 23, and the results will be declared the same day.
Here are the major highlights of the day:
11:05 PM
Bihar records lowest voter turnout with 50%, WB tops with 81% in phase I
West Bengal Thursday recorded a polling percentage of 81 per cent, while Bihar recorded 50 per cent voter turnout in phase one of Lok Sabha elections
People casting vote for Lok Sabha elections 2019 | Photo: Sanjay K Sharma
9:45 PM
Poll panel notice to Adityanath
Election Commission issues show cause notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his "Ali" and "Bajrang Bali" remarks while addressing a rally in Meerut. Adityanath has time till Friday evening to reply.
6:10 PM
Voting ends in Maharashtra, Bastar
Elections in seven Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra and the Naxal-affected Bastar constituency in neighbouring Chhattisgarh came to an end at 5 pm. As much as 46.13 per cent turn-out was reported in seven seats in Maharashtra's Vidarbha by 3 pm, PTI reported quoting government officials.
5:26 PM
51% voting in Arunachal, rival groups clash
An estimated 50.79 per cent voters in Arunachal Pradesh exercised their franchise till 3 pm Thursday for the state Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats Three persons were injured at Pipsorang circle under Tali assembly constituency in Kurung Kumey district in a clash between supporters of two rival political parties during the polling, PTI reported quoting a police officer
5:23 PM
Maharashtra's Maoist zone votes
Maharashtra registered 46.13 per cent voting till 3 pm in seven constituencies where polling was underway in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.
Maoist-affected Gadchiroli-Chimur Lok Sabha seat witnessed 57 per cent voting in eight hours after polling began at 7 am.
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Voting in progress in Uttar Pradesh. BS Photo by Sanjay Kumar Singh
4:15 PM
Voter turnout till 3 pm in Mizoram is 55.20%, in Tripura West parliamentary constituency is 68.65% and in West Bengal is 69.94%.
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3:53 PM
‘BJP will remove all infiltrators from the country, except Hindus and Buddhists,’ says Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Thursday said his party will ensure that the National Register of Citizens is implemented across the entire country if it forms the next government. Addressing a rally in Darjeeling district in West Bengal, Shah said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was spreading lies about the NRC.
“We have promised in our manifesto that once Narendra Modi forms government once again, we will implement National Register of Citizens in the entire country,” Shah said. “We will remove every single infiltrator from the country. And all the Hindu and Buddhist refugees...we will find each of them, give them Indian citizenship and make them residents here.
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First Published: Apr 11 2019 | 7:02 AM IST
