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

Amroha Congress candidate Danish Ali had an altercation with police who objected taking mobile phone...Danish said ban for Voters taking mobile and not candidate...asked police officer to confirm first.

10% voting recorded in Ghaziabad till 9 am. 

No voter turned up to cast their votes at Rajput Dharamsala booth no 273 in Sarrafa Bazar in Meerut in first two hours of polling. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2: “The response is good. We are very positive. I am pretty confident that we are winning this seat,” says Congress candidate from Ghaziabad constituency Dolly Sharma.

12.18 percent polling in Aligarh 

11.19 percent polling in Mathura 

“People are voting in favour of INDIA alliance, here in Amroha they are voting for the Congress. There is a one-sided contest here, BJP will be way behind in Amroha,” says Danish Ali 

Polling percentage by 9 am 

Amroha- 14.88 

Meerut- 12.66

SP candidate from Mathura Suresh Singh cast vote with son, 

Polling in eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh began at 7 am on Friday in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election. Among the 91 candidates in the fray in this phase are actor-turned-politicians Hema Malini, seeking a third term from Mathura on a BJP ticket, and Arun Govil, who portrayed the role of Lord Ram in the famed television serial "Ramayan".

Voting is taking place in the Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura constituencies.

Voting disrupted for over an hour at booth no 222 in Jain inter college of Khekra in Baghpat due to EVM malfunctioning

BJP candidate from Baghpat Dr Rajkumar Sangwan said he don't know who is contesting against him...he don't read Newspaper, don't have TV and also don't keep a ‘ Bada phone’ ( Smart phone).

The stage is set for a three-cornered contest in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh going to polls in the second phase on Friday. Staggered over seven stages, the first phase of the elections held last Friday for 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories saw a voter turnout of around 65.5 per cent. The poll campaigning for the second phase ended on Wednesday evening with leaders of all the major political parties criss-crossing the constituencies, garnering support for their candidates.

Amroha Congress candidate Danish Ali said "PM bajane me mahir hai, pichle Das saalo me desh ka band Baja diya hai'”

He claimed of winning by a big margin because people are casting their votes to the guarantees of Rahul Gandhi and Congress. 

He raised issue of EVM malfunctioning at few booths...efforts underway to resolve...he also accused local police fir harassing voters on the nane of checking

BJP candidate from Meerut Arun Govil appealed people to cast their votes...he denied the charges of being outsider and said that Meerut is his birthplace and he studied here

EVM malfunctioning reported at Golmandir booth of sector 4 in Meerut. 

Polling in eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh began at 7 am on Friday in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election.

Among the 91 candidates in the fray in this phase are actor-turned-politicians Hema Malini, seeking a third term from Mathura on a BJP ticket, and Arun Govil, who portrayed the role of Lord Ram in the famed television serial "Ramayan".

“We will work in line with our party’s motto of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’, and will ensure the welfare of youth, farmers, poor and women,” says BJP candidate from Aligarh, Satish Gautam to PTI.

Amid polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged voters not to fall for any 'diversionary tactics' of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), adding that it is an election to "protect democracy from the clutches of dictatorship".

Taking to his official X handle, Kharge posted, "We, the people of India - this soul of the Constitution of India, should reverberate in your hearts and minds before you push the voting button. Do not forget that this is not an ordinary election. It is an election to protect Democracy from the clutches of Dictatorship. To all my dear citizens, from 89 Constituencies in 13 States and UTs, do not get swayed by any diversionary tactics and lies. Always make your vote count."

EVM malfunctioning reported at booth number 144 in Pialkhua of Hapur

BJP won in Meerut, Bulandshahr, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Aligarh and Mathura and BSP won Amroha seat in 2019

With the ruling NDA, the INDIA bloc and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielding their candidates, a three-cornered contest is on the cards. 

The stakes are high for the BJP as of the eight constituencies where polling is underway, it had won seven in the 2019 election while the BSP had bagged Amroha.

Triangular fight in Meerut where BJP has fielded Ramayan TV fame Ram Arun Govil against SP cabdidate Sunita Verma and BSP's Devvrat Tyagi.

RLD candidate from Meerut Rajkumar Sangwan casts his vote for the Second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. He claimed of getting votes of people of all communities and castes. 

Polling in eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh began at 7 am on Friday in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election.

According to the Uttar Pradesh Police, 6,841 inspectors and sub-inspectors, 39,642 head constables and constables, and 28,784 home-guard personnel, along with 60 companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 239 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), have been deployed to ensure security.

EVM malfunctioning reported from booth no 275 of Sisana village in Baraut area of district Baghpat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Friday to cast their votes in record numbers in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls and said a high voter turnout strengthens democracy. Asserting that their vote is their voice, Modi especially told the young voters and women voters to turn up at the polling booths in great numbers. "Urging everyone in constituencies voting today, in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, to participate in record numbers.