Turnout  

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 %.

 

At a time when Kerala saw about 22.24% voter turnout, one among the voters in Kannur was a snake inside a VVPAT. The reptile caused delay in the voting process. But voting resumed after it was removed from the machine.

In Kerala, over 2.61 crore people are eligible to cast their votes, with a total of 227 candidates in the fray. Meanwhile, for Karnataka’s 14 seats, 237 candidates will seek a mandate from 2.43 crore eligible voters.

The deputy commissioner Harish Kumar K and zilla panchayat CEO M Roshan-led team dove underwater and also requested the people to vote using sign language.

Bengal recorded a high voter turnout during the first two stages of polling on April 11 and 18. However, there have been numerous cases of violence already. 

In this advice from no less than the Election Omission, all the challenging issues an average Bengalurean voter faces have been addressed. The city will henceforth be deprived of any excuse for absentia or abstention on future polling dates.

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu went for Lok Sabha polls today (April 18) in the first phase of election in both the states. Here are the highlights of the elections conducted today in both the states.

Prem Shankar and Hemant Kumar analyse responses and voter turnout percentages in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. While Kumar spoke about the likelihood of the Karnataka government collapse in case of BJP win, Shankar threw light on a different Tamil Nadu that exists today in the absence of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi
 

In the first three hours till 11 am., 30.62 per cent voting was recorded, Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo told the media here.

Voters wait in queue to cast their vote at a polling booth under Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency in Assam's Hojai district. Many elders waited patiently for their turn to exercise their right to vote. 

There was a huge turnout of voters since morning, which many called unprecedented.
 

The state recorded a voter turnout of 7.85% at 10:30 am today (April 18)
 

The polling booth of Shyamgiri recorded 77% polling as against a mere 45 in the rest of the constituency. 

Although clashes broke out in various parts of Andhra Pradesh in the first phase of polling on Thursday, the state recorded over 80% voter turnout. Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh sat in protest alleging poor poll preparedness

Until 5 PM, Andhra Pradesh recorded 65.96% and Telangana recorded 60.57% voter turnout today (April 11). Three deaths were reported in Andhra Pradesh