Voting for the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began at 7:00 am on Friday in 88 parliamentary constituencies spread across 12 states and Union Territories. 89 general observers, 53 police observers and 109 expenditure observers have been deployed in the regions.
The IMD has predicted normal weather for the Lok Sabha second phase elections. Voting hours have been extended till 6 pm at many polling stations in Banka, Madhepura, Khagaria and Munger constituencies in Bihar to facilitate voters in hot weather conditions. For the convenience of voters, the Election Commission has made meticulous arrangements at all polling stations, including premises, to cope with the hot weather conditions.
It may be recalled that the 29-Betul PC elections in Madhya Pradesh were rescheduled in the third phase due to the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. Voting for 102 seats in phase one ended on April 19. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said adequate arrangements have been made for smooth voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections and urged voters to participate in the festival of democracy to the fullest. numbers.
Over 16 lakh Election officials will welcome over 15.88 million voters at 1.67 lakh polling stations in the second phase. 34.8 lakh first-time voters are registered to cast their votes. Additionally, there are 3.28 million young voters in the age group of 20 to 29 years. 1202 candidates (men – 1098; women – 102; third gender – 02) are in the fray. Three helicopters, four special trains and almost 80,000 vehicles have been deployed to transport electoral and security personnel.
Webcasts will be conducted at more than 50 percent of polling stations and micro-observers will be deployed at all polling stations. Webcasts are being conducted at more than 1 lakh polling stations. In total, 4,553 flying equipment, 5,731 static surveillance equipment, 1,462 video surveillance equipment and 844 video display equipment maintain 24-hour surveillance to strictly and quickly combat any form of voter incitement.
Around 4,195 model polling stations are installed in 88 PCs with local themes. More than 4,100 polling stations are managed entirely by women, including security personnel, and more than 640 polling stations are managed entirely by people with disabilities (PwD). Polling stations in all states/UTs except Bihar and Kerala have less than 1000 average voters per polling station. Bihar has 1,008 and in Kerala, 1,102 voters per polling station.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking his third consecutive term, while the opposition bloc, INDIA, a coalition of opposing parties formed to take on the BJP in the general elections, is considering ousting him from power. The 2024 elections come at a time when opposition leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, have been arrested on corruption charges in the liquor policy case.
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