UP Election 2024 Highlights: 54.85% voting recorded in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

UP Election 2024 Highlights: In the 2019 general elections in UP, BJP secured 62 out of 80 seats, with two seats won by its ally Apna Dal (S).

People standing in queues to cast their vote in Aligarh (HT)

UP Election 2024 Highlights: Voting is underway for eight of Uttar Pradesh's 80 constituencies on Friday. These constituencies are Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura, and Bulandshahr. ...Read More

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• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:36 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: 54.85% voting recorded in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

  54.85% voting was recorded in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh during second phase of elections o Friday.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:57 PM

  Congress and its allies want to lay foundation of India's division on religious lines: Adityanath

  Citing the controversy around the inheritance tax and wealth redistribution, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the INDIA bloc and its constituent Congress want to lay the foundation of the country's division on religious lines. Adityanath accused opposition parties of trying to rob the hard-earned wealth of people, “reintroduce personal laws” and “resurrect the Maoist insurgency”. Addressing the media at his official residence here, the chief minister termed the Congress manifesto as harmful for the country and said it was necessary that the opposition be thwarted by the people in the ongoing elections.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:08 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Congress to discuss candidates for Amethi, Raebareli seats tomorrow

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates:  Congress party will convene a meeting tomorrow to discuss and finalise candidates for the remaining Lok Sabha seats, including Amethi and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday evening, news agency ANI reported citing sources.

  The Congress' central election committee (CEC), led by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, is scheduled to meet on Saturday evening to deliberate on the remaining seats for the Lok Sabha polls. 

  Sources indicate that the party is expected to deliberate on potential candidates for the Lok Sabha seats of Amethi and Raebareli, which were previously held by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, respectively. So far, the Congress has announced candidates for 317 Lok Sabha seats.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:43 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Poll percentage increases to 54.01%

  Poll percentage in the Uttar Pradesh elections increased to 54.01% as of 8.40 pm on Friday.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:52 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: 53.34% voting recorded in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

  Uttar Pradesh recorded a polling of 53.34% in 8 constituencies during second phase of elections held across different parts of the country today.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:45 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: ‘We recorded almost 53 per cent voting…’ says UP Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa 

  “The second phase of polling took place in eight constituencies in Uttar Pradesh today. We recorded almost 53 per cent voting till 5 pm. We arranged for webcasting at 8,852 places covering 50 per cent polling stations,” says UP Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:07 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: 53.21% voting recorded in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: 53.21% voting was recorded in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in the second phase of LS polls today.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:05 PM

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

  PM Modi held  a roadshow in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh today.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:43 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Voting concludes in Aligarh for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections
• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:17 PM

  'Fight against EVMs won't stop': Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav after SC rejects VVPAT pleas

  Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday that the fight for the removal of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), currently used in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, is a 'long' one. Yadav, who recently announced his candidature from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency, also said that though everyone will accept the SC's judgment on EVMs, the fight against the polling machine will not stop.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:08 PM

  Congress wants to give rights of SC, ST, OBC to ‘infiltrators’, says UP Dy CM Maurya

  Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya attacked the Congress party amid the row over OBC reservation in Karnataka, and said that the party wants to snatch the rights of SC, ST, and OBC community and give it to the infiltrators. Maurya said on Friday that the BJP supports 'Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas' while the Congress only believes in the ‘disgusting politics of appeasement.’

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:38 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Over 52.64% voting recorded in 8 constituencies till 5pm

  Over 52.64% voting percentage was recorded in 8 constituencies of UP till 5pm.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:29 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates | BSP leader Akash Anand attacks BJP on ‘400 par’ slogan: ‘No matter what…’

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: "No matter what PM Modi says, 400 plus or 500 plus, it's better to ask voters, you'll get the reality. Be it Ram Temple or Babri Mosque, all has been done by the Supreme Court's judgement and the temple has been built with the people's money and similarly the mosque will be built like that... He (Akhilesh Yadav) is a cricket fan and hence he is giving the analogy of cricket. If he looks at the ground he has been contesting this election in an alliance with the party which has just 2% votes (in the state)..." Akash Anand said.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:20 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: 'Support towards the INDIA bloc was seen at every booth, says Akhilesh Yadav

  “In the second phase, a strange trend was observed throughout the day that the number of voters from all communities and classes voting in support of the 'India Alliance' kept on increasing at every booth, while on the other hand, the number of BJP voters kept on decreasing,” Akhilesh Yadav said in a post on X.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:14 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: UP Congress in-charge Avinash Pande speaks on Amethi, Raebareli seats

  When asked about Amethi and Raebareli seats, Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Avinash Pande said, " This election will be fought very strongly from there by INDIA alliance and it is not as easy as BJP pretends it to be, this itself shows, from inside, they have accepted the defeat...Smriti Irani's statements shouldn't be given importance anywhere...reacting to it will be like stooping to a very low level of politics. For Smriti Irani also this election is going to be tough and INDIA alliance will win"

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:13 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates | Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath speaks at Sambhal: ‘Congress and INDI allaince are conspiring to divide the nation again’

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: "Congress and INDI allaince are conspiring to divide the nation again. Will this country accept this conspiracy?... Along with the inheritance tax, Congress has said one more thing in its manifesto. They have said that "we will give freedom to minorities to eat whatever they want". This means they'll give a free hand to cow slaughtering. Will you give a free hand to cow slaughtering? Look at these shameless people, and how they are playing with the faith of the country. The cow to which we believe as our mother, they will give that cow to be slaughtered by butchers," CM Yogi said.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:58 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's attack on BJP

  "I just want to say one thing - make INDIA alliance and Samajwadi Party win and remove the EVM. I want to say that BJP is flustered by the expansion of PDA family. The BJP government snatched away all the jobs, and they are not providing employment, because then they will have to give reservation," said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:42 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: ‘Candidates of INDIA alliance are winning by a good majority…’ says UP Congress in-charge Avinash Pande

  Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Avinash Pande said, " ...In all the constituencies I have visited, I could see a lot of excitement in people for change. The way voting happened in the first phase, it is very clear that the candidates of INDIA alliance are winning by a good majority. The reason for that is there is dissatisfaction among people, especially among youth, they're totally disappointed with the present govt. They want a change..."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:36 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: ‘Congress and INDI allaince are conspiring to divide the nation again,’ says CM Yogi

  "Congress and INDI allaince are conspiring to divide the nation again. Will this country accept this conspiracy?... Along with the inheritance tax, Congress has said one more thing in its manifesto. They have said that "we will give freedom to minorities to eat whatever they want". This means they'll give a free hand to cow slaughtering. Will you give a free hand to cow slaughtering? Look at these shameless people, and how they are playing with the faith of the country. The cow to which we believe as our mother, they will give that cow to be slaughtered by butchers."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:03 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Voting percentage in different constituencies of UP

  According to the Election Commission (EC), 51.44 per cent votes were polled in Amroha, 47.52 per cent in Meerut, 42.92 per cent in Baghpat, 41.13 per cent in Ghaziabad, 44.08 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 44.54 in Bulandshahr, 44.08 per cent in Aligarh and 39.45 in Mathura till 3 pm.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:48 PM

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Over 44.13% voting recorded in 8 constituencies till 3pm

  UP Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Over 44.13% voting was recorded in 8 constituencies of UP till 3pm.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:32 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: INDIA bloc candidate Dolly Sharma says BJP threatened her party cadres

  "The BJP removed our tables from here at 6 am and our workers were threatened. The Election Commission should take cognisance of this hooliganism. I have complained with the EC," said Dolly Sharma, the INDIA bloc candidate from UP's Ghaziabad, where polling is underway.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:27 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Voting percentage in different constituencies of UP

  Election Commission (EC) officials said 40.67 per cent votes were polled in Amroha, 38.33 per cent in Meerut, 34.17 per cent in Baghpat, 33.99 per cent in Ghaziabad, 36.05 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 35.35 in Bulandshahr, 35.55 per cent in Aligarh and 32.70 in Mathura till 1 pm.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:49 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: 'Samajwadi Party and the alliance is performing very well,' says Dimple Yadav

  On polling in UP, Samajwadi Party candidate from Mainpuri constituency Dimple Yadav said, "Samajwadi Party and the alliance is performing very well. All the regional parties across the country are winning against the BJP..."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:31 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: 'It is an ambitious target…' says RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on BJP's ‘400 paar’ target

  "It is an ambitious target. The PM himself has put this target before a government seeking third straight term and the alliance partners. We all are working hard," says RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary after casting his vote in Mathura.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:24 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: DGP Prashant Kumar speaks on voting in UP

  Uttar Pradesh DGP Prashant Kumar says, "Today in the second phase of Lok Sabha election, voting at 8 parliamentary constituencies in the 9 districts began at 7 pm. Peaceful voting is going on. No untoward incident has been reported till now. According to the information received, 24.5 per cent of voting has been recorded. All the personnel on the field are continuously monitoring the situation. As the standards of the EC force have been deployed. In this 239 companies of forces have been deployed...."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:52 PM

  Over 35% voting recorded in 8 constituencies till 1pm

  

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:03 PM

  In Mathura, voters of four villages are boycotting the polls

  In Mathura, voters of four villages are boycotting the polls alleging indifference of representatives towards their basic problems. "The villagers are being persuaded to cast their votes with assurance that their problems would be given top priority," District Magistrate Shailendra Singh said.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:56 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Voting percentage in constituencies

  Election Commission (EC) officials said 28.45 per cent votes were polled in Amroha, 25.67 per cent in Meerut, 22.74 per cent in Baghpat, 23.19 per cent in Ghaziabad, 24.26 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 23.43 in Bulandshahr, 24.42 per cent in Aligarh and 23.07 in Mathura till 11 am.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:50 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: RLD chief on Congress manifesto

  RLD chief Jayant Choudhary said that manifesto of Congress has created confusion and surfaced party's internal conflict. He avoided replying on statement that Congress will implement Sharia law in the country.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:49 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary casts his vote
• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:46 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Over 24% voting recorded in 8 constituencies till 11 am

  A voter turnout of 24.31 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of polling in the eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, according to officials.

  The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Voting in Uttar Pradesh in the second phase is underway in Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura constituencies.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:43 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: ‘I believe Lord Ram has blessed me,’ says BJP's Arun Govil

  I believe that Ramji has blessed me and I will reach the Parliament. I am at ease…everything will be fine. No problem: Arun Govil, BJP candidate from Meerut

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:20 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Only 5% polling in Baghpat village

  In Jat-dominated Dhikauli village, only 75 voters or 5% of total people from the village eligible to vote, have exercised their right till 11:30am.

  People said that the polling will improve post afternoon as villagers are busy harvesting their crops.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:05 PM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Till 11 am, 23% voter turnout in Ghaziabad 

  Till 11am, Ghaziabad Lok Sabha sear sees average voter turnout of 23.19% across its five assembly constituencies.

  Loni: 26.87%

  Muradnagar: 24.39%

  Sahibabad: 20.09%

  Ghaziabad: 20.85%

  Dhaulana: 27.65%

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:35 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Over 24% voter turnout recorded by 11am in Gautam Buddha Nagar

  Over 24% voter turnout recorded by 11am in Gautam Buddha Nagar

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:28 AM

  BJP's Hema Malini confident ahead of Mathura polls: ‘We are going to perform twice as well’

  As the second phase of Lok Sabha elections unfolds, the political landscape in Mathura resonates with fervour as BJP candidate Hema Malini expresses confidence in her electoral prospects. 

  With polling underway in several key constituencies including Mathura, Malini asserted, "It is going good so far. It is 100% better than the first phase because our party workers are working hard and even I appealed to the people personally to come out and vote and people are coming out in large numbers to vote. I am very sure everything is going to be good... We were anyway going good, but with the 'gathbandhan' we are going to perform twice as well," to ANI.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:27 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Polling percentage in Aligarh at 11 am is 24.35 percent

  Polling percentage in Aligarh at 11 am is 24.35 percent

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:11 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: PM Modi's 10-year regime is a golden era in independent India, says Yogi Adityanath

  As the country is witnessing the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 10-year regime is a golden era in independent India.

  Expressing his views, Yogi Adityanath said the country wants to see work and PM Modi has given a new direction. "The country wants to see work and PM Modi has given a new direction to the country. His 10-year regime is a golden era in independent India." 

  He further added, "In every sector, India has done something new. Today, India is established as a rapidly progressing economy. This will prove to be beneficial for the BJP."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:55 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Selfie point with PM Modi, Arun Govil's pics placed ouside a booth in Meerut

  In a sheer violation of Model code of conduct, a selfie point has been established outside the booth in Begumpul area with pics of PM Modi and Arun Govil as Lord Ram. Arun Govil who played the role of Ram in TV serial Ramayan is candidate of BJP in the contest from Meerut. 

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:52 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: BJP is going to win all over the country, says Union Minister General VK Singh 

  Rajnagar, Ghaziabad: Union Minister General VK Singh (Retd) says, "... BJP is going to win all over the country, where is the doubt. PM Narendra Modi has given a target of 400 paar and we will achieve that target. I am not contesting this time, and there's a difference between not fielded and not contesting..."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:47 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: SP claims EVM malfunctioning at a booth in Ghaziabad
• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:35 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Visuals of polling in Ghaziabad
• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:18 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Gautam Buddh Nagar BJP candidate Mahesh Sharma on polling

  On the day of voting in Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary constituency in UP, BJP candidate Mahesh Sharma says, "The people of the state and the nation have made up their minds to make Narendra Modi ji the PM for the third time..."

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:15 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: ‘This time BJP will cross 400’, says BJP Meerut candidate Arun Govil

  Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Meerut and popular 'Ramayana' actor Arun Govil said on Friday that he has full hope that the BJP will cross 400 seats in Lok Sabha polls 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party has replaced three-term MP Rajendra Agarwal and pitted Ramayana actor Arun Govil against Samajwadi Party's Sunita Verma and BSP's Devratt Kumar. "I want to tell people to cast their vote. We must exercise our vote. We have full hope that this time the BJP will cross 400," he said as the voting is underway in the constituency. Further, responding to the opposition's allegations that he is an outsider contesting from the Meerut seat, Govil said, "I was born and brought up and even did my studies here, so how am I an outsider?"

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:57 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: BJP leader Dr Satyapal Singh casted his vote in his native village Basauli

  BJP leader Dr Satyapal Singh casted his vote in his native village Basauli with daughter Charu and wife. He defeated Ch Ajit Singh on this seat in 2014 and Jayant Choudhary in 2019. Seat was given to RLD after alliance with BJP

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:50 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: 10.68% voting recorded at Bulandshahr by 9am

  Polling by 9 am

  Bulandshahr- 10.68 

  Baghpat- 11.67

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:49 AM

  No vote casted at a booth in Bulandshahr as villagers are angry over waterlogging

  No vote casted at booth no 199 of primary chool in village Chota Baans in Bulandshahr. Villagers angry over waterlogged entrance road of the village.

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:46 AM

  Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls LIVE: Over 11% voter turnout recorded till 9am

  

• Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:44 AM

  SP alleges that police is threatening party workers

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