Lok Sabha Elections 2024, first phase polling, Over 16 crore voters decide fate of 1625 candidates,
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Lok Sabha elections 2024: India is all set for Lok Sabha elections 2024 with 28 states and eight Union Territories going to polls. The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls will start on April 19 (Friday). The Election Fee of India (ECI) stated {that a} whole of 16.63 crore voters are eligible to participate within the voting course of. A complete of round 1.87 lakh polling stations have been arrange, whereas 18 lakh safety personnel have been deployed.

Greater than 1,600 candidates, together with eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and an ex-governor will take a look at their electoral destiny at this time. Over 16.63 crore voters in 1.87 lakh polling stations throughout the nation will resolve the destiny of round 1,625 candidates within the first part of Lok Sabha elections.

The primary part of polls consists of seats in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry.

Whereas the remaining six phases of polls will proceed until June 1 with round 97 crore voters lined as much as train their proper to franchise. The counting of votes is scheduled for June 4 (Tuesday).

Check out some key details about 1st part of polling:

  1. Polling for first part of the Common Elections will probably be held on April 19 for 102 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) in 21 States/UTs and 92 Meeting Constituencies within the State Meeting elections in Arunachal and Sikkim. It has the best variety of parliamentary constituencies amongst all phases.

  2. Voting commences at 7:00 am and ends at 6:00 pm (closure of ballot timings might differ as per parliamentary constituencies).

  3. Over 16.63 crore voters embrace 8.4 crore males and eight.23 crore females and 11,371 third-gender will vote at this time. 

  4. 35.67 lakh first-time voters are registered to train their proper to franchise.

  5. There are 3.51 crore younger voters within the age group of 20-29 years.

  6. There are over 14.14 lakh registered voters aged 85 plus and 13.89 lakh Individuals with disabilities (PwD) in 102 PCs who’ve been offered the choice to vote from the consolation of their properties. The elective House Voting facility is already receiving super appreciation and response.

  7. These aged 85 plus and PwD voters, who resolve to return to polling stations, will probably be supplied with all amenities like choose and drop, signages, braille signage on EVM, volunteers. PwD voters may e book wheelchair amenities through ECI’s Saksham App.

  8. Assured minimal amenities like water, shed, bathrooms, ramps, volunteers, wheelchairs, and electrical energy are in place to make sure that each voter, together with the aged and PwD, can solid their vote with ease.

  9. Mannequin polling stations are being arrange throughout the 102 PCs with native themes. Over 5,000 polling stations will probably be utterly managed by girls together with safety workers at over 1,000 polling stations by PwDs.

  10. The ECI has additionally offered 12 different paperwork aside from Electors Photograph Identification Card (EPIC) for id verification at polling stations. If a voter is registered within the electoral roll, voting will be completed by displaying any of those paperwork.

Heavy safety association for 1st part polling 

Deploying over 18 lakh polling officers, ECI stated that it has taken a slew of decisive measures for the peaceable and easy conduct of the elections as Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu gave remaining touches to ballot preparations on Thursday (April 18).

  • 41 helicopters, 84 particular trains and almost 1 lakh autos have been deployed to ferry polling and safety personnel. 

  • Webcasting will probably be completed in over 50 per cent of the polling stations together with the deployment of micro observers in all polling stations.

  • 361 observers have reached their constituencies, days earlier than the polls. They function the eyes and ears of the ECI to train utmost vigilance.

  • A complete of 4,627 flying squads, 5,208 statistics surveillance groups, 2,028 video surveillance groups and 1,255 video viewing groups are deployed to strictly and swiftly cope with any type of inducement of voters.

  • A complete of 1,374 inter-state and 162 worldwide border checkposts are holding a strict vigil on any illicit move of liquor, medication, money and freebies. Strict vigil is being maintained at sea and air routes.

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Picture Supply : ECI (X)Polling officers in Sikkim have left no stone unturned to make the voting course of nice and comfy for voters.

Key candidates in part 1 voting 

Amongst the distinguished leaders attempting their electoral luck in part one are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur, Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal Pradesh (West), Arjun Ram Meghwal from Bikaner, Sarbanada Sonowal from Dibrugarh in Assam, Sanjeev Baliyan from Muzaffarnagar in western UP, Jitendra Singh from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir and Bhupendra Yadav from Alwar in Rajasthan.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, who just lately resigned as governor of Telangana and Lt Governor of Puducherry to return to lively politics, is contesting from Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency. Nakul Nath, son of Congress chief and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, is in search of reelection from Chhindwara.

Of the 2 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura, the seat of West Tripura that votes within the first part will see a high-voltage conflict between former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb and state Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha.

CEC Rajiv Kumar urges individuals to vote 

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday (April 18) reminded individuals of the importance of every vote, saying there have been cases when one vote has mattered in a essential contest.

Elections are probably the most lovely expression of India’s democracy and there’s “nothing like voting”, he stated in a video message. In view of the heatwave, Kumar stated individuals should take all precautions. “However I do know the spirit of the Indian voter will beat the summer time warmth,” he stated.

“In our nice democracy, elections belong to you, the selection belongs to you. You might be deciding the federal government. You might be doing it to your sake, for your loved ones and kids, to your village or city and, after all, for the nation,” he stated.

“I name upon the youth to guide a revolution in electoral participation,” the chief election commissioner stated as he urged individuals to solid their poll. He reminded those that they need to by no means underestimate the facility of “your one vote”. There are lots of cases, when one vote has mattered in a essential contest, Kumar stated.

Concurrently, meeting elections in Arunachal Pradesh (60 seats) and Sikkim (32 seats) can even be held. 

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