Lok Sabha Elections Phase 4: 63.04% approximate voter turnout recorded

63.04% approximate voter turnout was recorded in Phase 4 of Lok Sabha Election2024. 

Andhra Pradesh- 68.20%, Bihar- 55.92%, Jammu and Kashmir- 36.88%, Jharkhand- 64.30%, Madhya Pradesh- 69.16%, Maharashtra- 52.93%, Odisha- 64.23%, Telangana- 61.59%, Uttar Pradesh- 58.02%, West Bengal- 76.02%. 

Priyanka Gandhi reacted to Prime Minister's roadshow in Varanasi. The Congress General Secretary said, "My father, while being the Prime Minister, used to go to the villages on foot and ask about the problems. He used to wipe the tears of the people." 

G Kishan Reddy, who is the Union Minister and BJP candidate from Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency, said, "We will win double-digit seats in Telangana. We are expressing the same confidence after the polling. Not only in Urban areas but in Rural areas as well we are getting votes in the name of PM Modi."

"Those who voted for Congress & BRS during the last Vidhan Sabha elections are now voting for BJP," he added. 

HD Revanna, former Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) MLA was granted bail on Monday. He will likely be released on Tuesday. 

He was arrested in connection with an alleged abduction case on May 4 by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). 

The team was investigating alleged multiple instances of sex abuse by his son and "absconding" Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. 

BJP leader Shazia Ilmi spoke on Madhavi Latha controversy. She said, "Madhavi Latha is a woman and candidate. She has requested a woman wearing burqa to reveal her identity, as a candidate she has this right."

"It has happened in the past where bogus voting has been done covering the face... There is no intention to humiliate anyone. Owaisi is in fear as she is giving him a tough fight," she added. 

Madhavi Latha, the BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Hyderabad, protested in front of the polling booth, demanding that the gate be opened. She said that some people within the polling booth at Jamal Colony, Riyasat Nagar, Santosh Nagar Police Station limits, rigged the election.

Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan says, "NDA will surely get victory...It’s an honour to be here beside PM Modi to convey my good wishes and support. PM Modi is going to become the Prime Minister one more time.."

Over 62% of voters turned out in the fourth round of the Lok Sabha elections, which ended at 5:00 PM on Monday in 96 seats spanning ten states and union territories. West Bengal had the highest voter participation with 75.66 percent, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 68.01 percent. 
 

Addressing a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli, Congress leader and party's candidate from the constituency Rahul Gandhi said, "PM Narendra Modi and his office have imposed the Agniveer scheme on the country. He wants the money that goes as pension and in the canteen facilities of Jawan to go to Adani in the form of defence contracts..."
 

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hamirpur, Anurag Thakur filed his nomination earlier on Monday (May 13). 
 

BJP candidate from New Delhi, Bansuri Swaraj said, "We want an answer from Arvind Kejriwal that it is his responsibility that one of your party workers who was also the DCW chief, if she is not safe in your presence then how will you protect the women of Delhi?..."

"We got a shameful news today that after getting instigated by Arvind Kejriwal, his OSD has beaten and misbehaved with one of their party's MP Swati Maliwal. She also made a call to Delhi Police and complaint regarding the same. The incident took place in the presence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at his residence. BJP strongly condemns this incident..."
 

On PM Narendra Modi, UP Congress chief and candidate from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency Ajay Rai said, "No developmental work has been done in the past 10 years...People are being misled... The development work is being shown only through drone shows which is totally different from the ground reality...The people have been misled in the past 10 years... They are not able to garner support for the roadshow." 
 

BJP has accused the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh state of attacking NDA workers to influence polls. The party also said that the election commission police are acting as 'mute spectators,' as per PTI news agency. 

Addressing a public rally in Bihar's Saran, PM Narendra Modi said, "The leaders of INDI alliance are dreaming that their government will be formed at the Centre. These people have decided that there will be 5 Prime Ministers in 5 years. Now tell me, if there are 5 Prime Ministers in 5 years, will the country benefit from it?..."
 

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Addressing a rally in Bihar's Hajipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that during the Rashtriya Janata Dal rule, kidnapping, and extortion have flourished in the state.

He also said that his party's coalition, the NDA, fights for social justice, and said that 60 per cent, Union ministers from OBCs, SCs, STs.

In Bihar, a polling booth worker has died in Munger Lok Sabha constituency. 

The poll worker has been identified as a teacher named Omkar Chaudhary, who was assigned duty at polling station number 210 in Chak Ibrahim village. 

Reportedly, soon after reaching the booth, he suddenly fell and was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead. A resident of Jagatpura of Tetiya Bamber in Munger, he was reportedly suffering from heart disease.

Prima facie, his death, is said to be due to a heart attack.

Bihar is voting in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections and today voting is underway in five parliamentary constituencies.

- Prime Minister Narendramdi will address public meetings in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. He will first visit a Gurudwara in Patna at 8:45 am, after which he will address three public meetings in Bihar — Hajipur at 10:30 am, Muzzafarpur at 12 pm and Saran at 1:30 pm.

From Bihar, the Prime Minister will visit Uttar Pradesh and garland the statue of Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya at 4:50 pm in Varanasi. Later he will also hold a roadshow and visit the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir at 5 pm.

- Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two public meetings in Maharashtra, — one in Dhule at 1 pm and another in Palghar at 4 pm.

- Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge will visit Jharkhand where he will address two public meetings — one at Barahi in Hazaribagh at 10 am to campaign for party candidate J.P. Patel and another at Kundari Maidan in Latehar at 12 pm to campaign for party candidate K.N. Tripathi from the Chatra parliamentary constituency.

- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address four public meetings in Raebareli -- Maharajganj at 11:30 am, Harchandpur at 1 pm, Lalganj at 2:30 pm and Unchahar at 4:45 pm

- Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, will address "Service Commitment Rallies" in the Raebareli parliamentary constituency — one in Hanumangarhi at 11 am and in Gurubakshganj at 12 pm

- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath will address a public meeting at the Hindu Inter College in Atarra, located in the Banda-Chitrakoot parliamentary constituency.

- BJP MP from Patiala, Preneet Kaur, will be filling her nomination papers at 10:30 am. After her nomination, she will be conducting a roadshow which will start from Sheran Wala Gate at 11:30 am.

•    Andhra Pradesh – 09.05 %
•    Bihar – 10.8%
•    Jammu and Kashmir – 05.07%
•    Jharkhand – 11.78%
•    Madhya Pradesh – 14.97%
•    Maharashtra – 06.45%
•    Odisha -09.23%
•    Telangana -09.51%
•    Uttar Pradesh – 11.67%
•    West Bengal -15.24%

Poll violence breaks out in Kaniroda village of Chikiti assembly constituency in Odisha

YSR Congress accused a TDP partyman of stabbing its agent named Suresh Reddy. The duo had previously clashed during the past Sarpanch elections. 

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 4 polling LIVE updates: Voting for the fourth of India's seven-phase elections is being held on Monday (May 13) across 96 parliamentary constituencies in nine states and one union territory. Alongside, all 175 constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly and 28 seats of Odisha legislative assembly are going to polls where chief ministers Jagan Mohan Reddy and Naveen Patnaik are seeking re-election. 

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After casting his vote from Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav says: "I am very happy that I could cast my vote. I want to appeal to the people of the state to come out and cast their votes. BJP is going to win with a huge majority and we are going to get 29 seats in the state..."
 

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy casts his vote in Telangana's Barkatpura.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Congress candidate from West Bengal's Berhampore, said on Monday that his party would emerge victorious.

"We are going to win and there is no doubt about that. I am extremely confident. Some isolated incidents have taken place at about 4-5 places. We are also going to file a complaint...I am competing with BJP and TMC, not with any individual. TMC should not have nominated Yusuf Pathan from here, it is useless..." Chowdhury told the news agency ANI. 

Indian actors Jr NTR and Allu Arjun were seen voting at a polling booth in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills.

"Please cast your vote. It is the responsibility of all the citizens of the country. Today is the most crucial day for the next 5 years. There will be a huge voter turnout, as more and more people are coming out to vote...I would like to tell, I am not politically aligned with any party. I am neutral to all parties...," Allu Arjun told reporters.

Meanwhile, Jr NTR said, "Everybody has to use the right of their vote. I think it is a good message which we need to pass on to the coming generations."

Hyderabad's MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi cast his vote at a polling booth here on Monday. He is facing competition from BJP's Madhavi Latha and BRS' Gaddam Srinivas Yadav. 

In the fourth phase of the elections, the key candidates include Akhilesh Yadav (Kannauj), Omar Abdullah (Srinagar), Giriraj Singh (Begusarai), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Behrampur), Mahua Moitra (Krishnanagar), Shatrughan Sinha (Asansol), Asaduddin Owaisi (Hyderabad) and YS Sharmila (Kadappa).

Voting will take place in a total of 96 constituencies during the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday. A total of 1,717 candidates are in the fray. 

Much to the relief of voters, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday said no heatwave was predicted for the Monday phase. 

The weather forecast says constituencies going for polls are likely to experience normal to below-normal temperatures (±2 degrees).

Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said regions like Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand are expected to witness widespread rainfall activity on Sunday. The fresh spell of rainfall this week will keep scorching heat at bay for at least two days till May 14.

Heavy rains are also expected in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.