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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 66% voter turnout recorded in phase 2

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 19, 2019, 11:29:14 IST

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 66% voter turnout recorded in phase 2

Voting is under way in 95 Lok Sabha seats spread across 11 states and the union territory of Puducherry. Over 15.80 crore voters will decide the fate of the 1,600-odd contestants. Stay with TOI for all live updates.

09:24 (IST) Apr 18

DMK leader MK Stalin arrives to cast his vote at a polling station in central Chennai Lok Sabha constituency

09:19 (IST) Apr 18

Voting delayed in 70 booths of Odisha's Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency due to EVM glitches

09:18 (IST) Apr 18

RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale casts his vote at polling station number 45 in Seshadripuram, Karnataka

09:16 (IST) Apr 18

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's Binay Tamang casting his vote at Darjeeling

09:16 (IST) Apr 18

Voting under way in Darjeeling

09:13 (IST) Apr 18

DMK Lok Sabha candidate from Thoothukudi, Kanimozhi casts her vote at a polling station in Chennai's Alwarpet

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09:11 (IST) Apr 18

A policeman taking a senior citizen to polling booth on wheel chair

09:11 (IST) Apr 18

PM Modi to address a public rally in Amreli today

09:10 (IST) Apr 18

Actor Suriya along with his wife Jyotika and his brother Actor Karthi await to cast their votes.

09:09 (IST) Apr 18

Actor Ajith along with his wife Shalini leaving the polling booth after casting their votes.

09:09 (IST) Apr 18

Actor Vijay Antony after casting his vote

09:08 (IST) Apr 18

Mathura: People queue up outside booth number number 46 in Gantholi village of Govardhan block. The voting is yet to begin here due to EVM malfunction.

09:07 (IST) Apr 18

Congress symbol seen outside a polling booth in Bihar's Katihar

09:04 (IST) Apr 18

Chamarajanagar district in-charge C Puttaranga Shetty forced to wait for over half an hour at Uppinamole polling booth as EVM developed technical snags. Voting is now in progress

09:03 (IST) Apr 18

Polling at Sakhi booths in Hassan

08:59 (IST) Apr 18

PM Modi on Twitter

Dear Citizens of India, Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha polls start today. I am sure all those whose seats are polling to… https://t.co/MiDlKA0AZR
— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1555550577000

08:58 (IST) Apr 18

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman after casting her vote

08:57 (IST) Apr 18

Tejasvi Surya, BJP candidate from Bangalore south Lok Sabha constituency exercised his franchise

08:56 (IST) Apr 18

Though election commission strictly asked voters not carry mobile phone inside polling booths, people were allowed to carry them. There was no checking in several booths in Mysuru.

08:55 (IST) Apr 18

Hassan Lok Sabha: In Arsikere polling booth number 152, the voting was not yet started till 8 am due to technical glitch.