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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2 Live Results: Up to 9 AM, 9.3% of voters were registered in 13 states and the District of Columbia.

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India Election Phase 2 Voting Live: Voting for 88 constituencies in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections across 13 states and union territories has begun.

The 18th Lok Sabha elections are currently in their second phase, with voting for 88 seats taking place across 13 states and union territories. There are more than 1,200 people running for office, four of them are from outside Manipur.
Thirteen states and union territories reported a 9.3% voter turnout at nine in the morning. While Maharashtra had the lowest voter turnout—more than 7%—Chhattisgarh and Manipur registered over 15% of the total. More than 10% of voters cast ballots in these 88 seats through 9 a.m. in 2019.

Tomorrow’s elections will be for all 20 seats in Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 7 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats in Assam and Bihar, 3 seats in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, and 1 seat each in Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir.

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP members Tejasvi Surya, Hema Malini, and Arun Govil, Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor of the Congress, DK Suresh, the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy are among the notable contenders for the second phase.

Of the 89 seats in 2019, the UPA had 24 and the NDA 56. As part of the delimitation process, six of these seats have been redrew.

The first round of the seven stages of the elections, which will include 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union territory, took place last Friday. A little over 65.5% of voters participated in the polls.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: 9.3% Voter Turnout Recorded Across 13 States, UTs Till 9 AM

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Chhattisgarh Records Over 14% Voter Turnout Till 9 AM

Polling percentage till 9 am in three Lok Sabha seats of Chhattisgarh

  • 17.52% in Kanker Lok Sabha
  • 14.33% in Mahasamund Lok Sabha
  • 14.59 % in Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: “No Nitish, No Lalu, Only Pappu”: Purnia Candidate Pappu Yadav

“No matter how much people tried to put me down, tried to harass and murder me politically, including conspiracies to even harm and kill me, my car being seized, and harassment by the police prosecution. I considered Purnea as my mother and decided to contest alone. Why do you think Purnea is a hot seat today. It is the blessings of the people from here. No Narendra Modi, no Nitish Kumar, No Lalu Yadav from here, Just Pappu,” Purnia Lok Sabha Independent candidate Pappu Yadav said.

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Removed Art. 370, BJP will now win 370 seats

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The ambitious goal set by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to win 370 seats in the Lok Sabha by 2024, which is 67 seats more than they did in 2019. This will enable it to surpass the 400 mark, another ambitious goal for its National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The BJP has won 282 and 303 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

The objective of 370 has been associated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the repeal of Article 370 in the former state of J&K. Not long after seizing power again in August 2019, the Modi administration removed Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted the former state special status.

“370 is not just a number for the BJP,” Modi declared in February, speaking to a gathering of the party’s national office-bearers. It represents a deep emotion. In order to maintain the unity and integrity of our country, Mookerjee offered the ultimate sacrifice for the repeal of Article 370. The BJP ought to win 370 seats as a fitting homage to him.”

Though the NDA is expected to win the polls handily, the figure highlights the BJP’s growing aspirations as well as a cunning goal-setting tactic when the cadre gets complacent. But the party may find it difficult to win 67 more seats.

How arithmetic in the chairs is done
The BJP faces a difficult task in trying to win 370 seats, even though most pundits concur that the party is quite likely to return to power. In states where it won all the seats in 2019, it would not only have to make sure that it replicates that success, but also maintain its advantage in states where it won more than half the seats, maximize its gains in areas where it performed below expectations, and secure seats in places where it came up empty.

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The BJP won all or nearly all of the following states: Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh. It can encounter difficulties in Haryana and Rajasthan. It won every award in Rajasthan.

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PM Modi makes big announcement on Kashmir: ‘J&K will get the status…’

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PM Narendra Modi announced the return of independence and the impending assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir during an electoral rally in Udhampur.

On Friday, April 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir would be accompanied by assembly elections shortly.

The noteworthy declaration is made in advance of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, which are set to start on April 19.

The Prime Minister expressed his vision for a “wonderful picture of new Jammu and Kashmir” during an electoral rally in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.

“Modi has long-term vision. So far, only the trailer has been released. I have to get to work painting a fresh and fantastic portrait of the modern-day Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections will take place in a short while. The statehood of Jammu and Kashmir will be granted. Your ministers and MLA will be able to hear about your dreams,” the PM stated.

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PM Modi stated that there will be no need to worry about terrorism, strikes, stone-throwing, or cross-border gunfire during the next Lok Sabha elections in Jammu & Kashmir.

“After decades, election-related concerns such as terrorism, separatism, stone-pelting, strikes, and cross-border terrorism are no longer present in this year’s election. The security situation for the pilgrimages to Vaishno Devi and Amarnath used to be a problem, but it has completely altered now. The people’s trust in the administration is growing as Jammu and Kashmir experiences development, he remarked.

The Prime Minister also attacked the Congress and the INDIA coalition, claiming that they merely like to play with the emotions of the country’s majority of people and have no regard for their feelings.

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Addressing the Udhampur rally, PM Modi criticized those on bail for visiting convicted criminals’ homes, cooking mutton during Sawan, and sharing videos, comparing their actions to Mughal aggression towards temples.

“A person who has been sentenced by the court and who is on bail visits the house of such a criminal and enjoys cooking mutton in the month of Sawan and they make a video of it to tease the people of the country. The law does not stop anyone from eating anything but the intentions of these people are something else. When the Mughals attacked here, they were not satisfied until they demolished the temples. So just like Mughals, they want to tease the people of the country by showing the video in the month of Sawan…,” PM Modi said.

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PM Modi denied that Ram Mandir was ever an electoral topic, refuting the Congress’ assertion that it is a BJP election issue. Even before the BJP was founded, there was a fight to build a Ram temple. The Indian people battled to defend their sacred sites after foreign invaders demolished our temples. He claimed, “The Congress leaders and its allies lived in large bungalows, but they used to turn their backs when it came to changing Ram Lalla’s tent.”

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha election date

Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in five phases. The five Lok Sabha seats that will go to polls in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in five phases are Baramulla, Srinagar, Anantnag-Rajouri, Udhampur, and Jammu. 

Udhampur goes to polls on April 19. The Congress has fielded Choudhary Lal Singh and the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) has nominated G M Saroori for the seat.

BJP finalises 100 candidates, rigorous selection process: Sources

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The BJP has finalised a list of 100 Lok Sabha candidates following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s midnight meeting on Thursday. The list is expected to be announced in a few days, sources said.

In Short

  • List to focus on high profile candidates such as PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda
  • May include several fresh faces, including women
  • Importance to be given on seats lost in 2019 elections by a small margin

The BJP has finalised 100 Lok Sabha candidates after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a late-night meeting at his residence on Thursday, say sources. The first list is expected to be announced in the next few days, sources said.

The list will focus on high profile candidates such as PM Modi himself from Varanasi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow along with the ‘weak’ seats that the party lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by a small margin.

States that had the focus of the BJP top brass at Thursday’s late-night meeting were Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Kerala and Telangana, among others.

Sources said that there is a possibility of Union Ministers, who are also Rajya Sabha MPs, contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May. These legislators include Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Union Minister of State (MoS) V Muraleedharan.

The BJP’s list will also see the party focussing on fresh faces, including several women. For instance, the BJP could pitch Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh to take on Trinamool Congress MP and Bollywood legend Shatrughan Sinha in West Bengal’s Asansol district.

On Thursday, PM Modi chaired a four-hour long CEC meeting to finalise the first of BJP’s candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Starting at 10:30 pm, the meeting went on for over four hours. It was attended by BJP chief JP Nadda, Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, among others.

Last week, top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Adityanath, held a meeting to discuss the “weak seats” that may pose challenges for the party in the upcoming general elections.

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FIRST LIST – BEHIND THE SCENES

A lot of work went behind preparing the first list, including taking feedback from the public, sources said. The public was asked to submit their feedback about the MPs of their constituency on BJP’s NaMo app, and also mention the three most popular BJP leaders in their regions.

Reports were sought from BJP MPs regarding the work they have done in their respective constituencies for the last two years. Survey agencies were roped in to give a report on every parliamentary constituency.

Moreover, ministers in every parliamentary constituency of BJP ruled states were asked to gather reports on the work done by MPs. Then, the reports received from ministers and party organisation committee were reviewed by the state election committee. A list of names for each parliamentary seat was prepared at the state level meetings.

Before Thursday’s CEC meeting, the core group of every state met with JP Nadda, Amit Shah and Organisation General Secretary BL Santosh. Names of possible candidates for each parliamentary seat were discussed at the meeting. This discussion happened among PM Modi, Amit Shah and JP Nadda at the Prime Minister’s residence prior to taking place at the CEC meet.

Sources said that the BJP’s strategy is to see who has the best chance to win each seat. If this candidate is from another party, then the saffron side’s aim would be to bring the individual within their fold. For this, committees have been formed at state as well as central level.

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CANCELLATION OF TICKETS

According to sources, the final meeting of the CEC chaired by PM Modi is expected to be held on March 3. It is believed that tickets of MPs whose performance has not been good will be cancelled without any hesitation. The Prime Minister has said that BJP will be fighting for every parliamentary seat.

There are talks of cancelling the tickets of some ministers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Additionally, tickets of at least 60-70 MPs are likely to be cancelled. Fresh faces will be given a chance and will replace old ones who have won from a particular constituency twice.

However, sources added, that tickets of OBC MPs are not expected to be canceled. In 2019, 85 of the 303 OBC MPs that the party fielded emerged victorious.

This article is originally published on India Today!

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