Polling  

Union minister Babul Supriyo caught an official of the election commission away from his desk during his visits to polling booths.

Maharashtra is polling in on 17 seats in the fourth phase of the general election. In Mumbai alone, voting is on in six seats. Besides Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have also gone to polls.
 

Over 13% voting was registered in the first two hours of polling in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, which began at 7 AM on Monday

Polling began in 17 seats in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, six each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand and a part of the Anantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir

Polling will be held in 17 seats in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, six each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand and a part of the Anantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir

His remarks came in the backdrop of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav complaining that EVMs were malfunctioning across the country during the third phase of polling on April 23.

Re-polling will be conducted in booth number 83, after it was found that the election officer forgot to clear mock poll votes from the machine before actual voting commenced.
 

In separate incidents, nine people died near polling booths while waiting for their turn to cast their vote in Kerala for the Lok Sabha election. The state has registered a voter turnout of 77.68%, according to the figures released by the Election Commission.

In a video from Jammu and Kashmir, PDP supporters were seen beating up a National Conference polling agent at a polling station in Bijbehara. While the NC agent alleged that he was checking for bogus voters when he was attacked, the PDP supporters claimed that he was misbehaving with women voters.
 

Ayyappan Pillai is one of the oldest voters in Kerala. His family members accompanied him to the polling booth to ensure he exercised his franchise this Lok Sabha election. 

 

Kerala registered more than 64.11% voter turnout in the first eight hours of polling. One of the highest voter turnouts was recorded in Wayanad with 67.35 %.

 

BJP'S Kalaburagi candidate Umesh Jadhav, on rounds in his constituency on polling day, exuded confidence and declared "I have won"

The polling booth in Kerala's Kovalam was in serious trouble at booth number 151
 

It is just a desperate attempt by naxals to discourage the voting process, stated an officer, adding that despite the blast, the public are enthusiastically participating in the polling process.

Several high profile ministers were seen casting vote in Madhya Pradesh's Bilaspur and Raipur. Former minister and senior BJP leader Amar Agrawal was seen meeting Congress candidate Atal Shrivastava after casting his vote in Bilaspur. Congress candidate from high profile Raipur seat Pramod Dubey reached indoor stadium polling centre to cast his vote.