LS polls 2019 voting Updates: Polling across 542 constituencies end; Net turnout around 67.37%
Fifty nine parliamentary constituencies across seven states and one Union Territory will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 today.
New Delhi, May 19: With the voting ending in the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, the mammoth 40-day general elections concluded on Sunday.
In the last phase, fifty nine parliamentary constituencies across seven states and one Union Territory went to polls. During the final phase, stay incidents of violence was reported from Bihar and Punjab while West Bengal witnessed massive violence yet again.
Elections in West Bengal were held across all the seven phases and violence was witnessed in most of the phases. Every phase has had its own share of violence that was unleashed on and around the polling day. Murders, clashes, stonepelting, lathicharge, firing, arson, West Bengal witnessed all during Lok Sabha elections 2019.
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The seventh and the last phase of polls was crucial for both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition. Some of the high-profile constituencies that went to polls in the seventh phase includes Patna Sahib (Bihar), Chandigarh, Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Amritsar (Punjab), Gorakhpur and Ghazipur (both UP). The Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to be re-elected, is one of the key seats that will vote in Phase 7.
The results of Lok Sabha elections 2019 will be announced four days later, on May 23.
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From Electoral Bonds & EVMs to manipulating the election schedule, NaMo TV, “Modi’s Army” & now the drama in Kedarnath; the Election Commission’s capitulation before Mr Modi & his gang is obvious to all Indians.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 19, 2019
The EC used to be feared & respected. Not anymore.
Madhya Pradesh
Indore: 3-feet tall Vinita Mehta cast her vote for #LokSabhaElections2019 at polling booth no. 212 earlier today. #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/waNiVsGUei
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Jharkhand
Jharkhand: Polling officials seal EVMs and VVPATs after polling concluded at polling station - 37 in Dumka. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/V64C34mStj
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after casting her vote for #LokSabhaElections2019 at a polling station in Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/jVDFPJytnh
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
West Bengal
Bihar
Bihar: Police official on polling duty allegedly attacked for stopping bogus voting at polling booth 49 in Arrah. ADM (pic3) says,"We received info of stone pelting but there has been no disturbance in voting, some ppl might have tried to create trouble, they've been chased out" pic.twitter.com/EeTF3tjCUu
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
As the judgement day May 23 draws near, the anxiety and impatience have gripped the nation, and almost everyone is asking just one question, "Who will win the elections?". The BJP stormed to power in 2014 riding on 'Modi wave' and ended a decade long rule of the Congress-led UPA government.
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What contributed most towards BJP single handedly getting a full majority was an exceedingly good performance in the Hindi-belt, especially in the Uttar Pradesh. Of the 59 seats which are going to polls on May 19, 13 are in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most important states politically. In 2014, the BJP had won 12 of these 13 seats and its ally Apna Dal had won one seat - Mirzapur. Uttar Pradesh is seen as the most important state politically because the state sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha. Winning 71 out of the 80 seats in 2014 was one of the important factors which propelled the BJP to power in 2014.
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