First Phase  

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah started playing the old victim card on Electronic Voting Machines during the first phase of polling in the general elections.

Jammu and Baramulla Lok Sabha constituencies enter polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election amid calls of boycott issued by separatists as well as militant groups in the Valley. Voters queue up to cast their vote in North Kashmir's Baramulla and Uri district. Voters talk about the uncertain state of Kashmir and how peace is what they want. Apart from that unemployment and infrastructural issues are also a major concern for the locals. In these two constituencies, more than 3.3 million people are to choose their parliamentary representatives from among 33 candidates. In Jammu, where 24 candidates are in the fray, the fight is mainly between the BJP’s Jugal Kishore and the Congress’ Raman Bhalla as the regional parties, National Conference (NCP) and People's Democratic Party (PDP), decided not to field their candidates to consolidate the “secular vote” against BJP. 

The communally sensitive seat of Muzaffarnagar will see a clash of titans with RLD chief Ajit Singh locking horns with sitting BJP lawmaker Sanjeev Balyan. MyNation takes stock of the electoral atmosphere in Bangra village of Muzaffarnagar. The voters speak about their stance on the first phase of elections

Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

First phase of voting has begun in naxal hit Chhattisgarh today and people have been thronging the polling stations in large numbers. Naxals' appeal to boycott the elections has been blatantly ignored by the residents of Konta.

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy voted in Pulivendula as the first phase of polling began in Andhra Pradesh. The state is locked in an intense battle as it faces simultaneous polls, both Assembly and Lok Sabha

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting today in a single phase.

The first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections has kicked off in full swing across 18 states, amidst tight security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged voters to show up in large numbers to exercise their franchise

The first phase of polling in the country for the Lok Sabha elections saw Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu cast his vote in Undavalli.
 

The first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election has begun in 18 states. With the break of dawn, voting kicked off in 91 constituencies across 18 states and two union territories. Voting is also underway in 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Sikkim and 28 seats in Odisha

Saharanpur is one of the eight Lok Sabha seats that go to poll on Thursday in the first phase of 2019 general elections. The contest is tripartite, between BJP, SP-BSP Mahagathbandhan and the Congress. 

Just before the first phase of Lok Sabha elections which will start on April 11, MyNation tried to gauge the pulse of traders in Meerut, a key Lok Sabha constituency of western Uttar Pradesh. Traders were asked questions about the issues and problems they are facing.

The first phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections is set to take place on April 11. A total of 16633 polling stations have been set up. Campaigning for the first phase ended on April 9.

With just a day left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Coimbatore where he urged the first-time voters to dedicate their votes to Pulwama martyrs and Balakot bravehearts

J Alexander, former Karnataka minister, resigned from the Congress expressing his disappointment with the party. He said that Christian leaders were not given an opportunity in the Lok Sabha seat allocation.