Lok Sabha Election Updates: Voter turnout of 57.52% recorded till 5pm, highest in West Bengal

Apart from targeting Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s presumptive successor VK Pandian in the public meetings at Angul and Cuttack on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raked up the issue of the missing key of the Ratna Bhandar, the treasury of the 12th century Jagannath temple in Puri containing the gold and jewellery offered by devotees across the world through years. Read more.

The Calcutta high court on Monday pulled up the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not addressing complaints raised against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for newspaper advertisements that appear to violate the model code of conduct (MCC), and restrained the BJP from publishing any more such advertisements. Read more.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: A voter turnout of 57.52% was recorded till 5pm. Here's the breakup:

Bihar: 52.69%

J&K: 54.67%

Jharkhand: 63%

Ladakh: 67.15%

Maharashtra: 49.04%

Odisha: 60.72%

UP: 57.79%

West Bengal: 73%

"...We openly challenge Prime Minister Modi that if he has given more jobs than Tejashwi in 10 years, then we will retire from politics." Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav tells reporters.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Actor Akshay Kumar was among the early voters in Mumbai on Monday during the fifth phase of the 2024 LS polls. In a video shared by ANI, the actor was seen casting his vote at a designated polling booth and proudly flaunting his indelible ink-stained finger. Akshay, who became an Indian citizen last year, spoke to reporters and urged people to go out and vote. Read here.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Bihar witnessed a voter turnout of 52.35 per cent till 5 pm in five Lok Sabha constituencies that voted in the fifth phase of general elections on Monday. Voting began at 7 am in Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Saran and Hajipur and continued till 6 pm. Read more.

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 49 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 56.68% until 5pm, according to the Election Commission's data.

Kashmir's Baramulla recorded 54% voting till 5 pm, breaking a 35-year-old record. The highest-ever polling percentage in Baramulla for any parliamentary election was in 1984 at 61%.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Voter turnout of 56.68% was recorded till 5pm. Here's the breakup:

Bihar: 52.35%

J&K: 54.21%

Jharkhand: 61.90%

Ladakh: 67.15%

Maharashtra: 48.66%

Odisha: 60.55%

UP: 55.80%

West Bengal: 73%

A voter turnout of 61.90 per cent was recorded till the end of polling at 5 pm on Monday in the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand. Read more.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary had accepted that the latter would not speak against industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani if they send "tempo-load" of cash. Earlier this month, PM Modi claimed Rahul Gandhi had been mum on his crony capitalism charge against the BJP involving Adani and Ambani since the Lok Sabha elections began, because the Congress received "tempo-load" of cash. Read more.

Black flags were shown and slogans were raised against actor-politician Kangana Ranaut during her visit to Kaza of Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Monday. Kangana Ranaut, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) Lok Sabha candidate from Mandi, was in Kaza along with former CM Jairam Thakur to address a public rally. Read more.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Election officials are delaying the voting process in many centres at the behest of the government, Uddhav Thackeray alleges at a press briefing in Mumbai.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls 2024, highlighted his government's achievements and outlined a vision for India's future, aiming for a “brighter 1000 years”.

In an interview with NDTV, PM Narendra Modi said the current initiatives would propel India towards a prosperous future for the next millennium. He stressed that this is a critical juncture for India, urging the nation to seize this momentous opportunity. Read on.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Mumbai reported a voter turnout of about nearly 40 per cent till 3 pm.

Mumbai North recorded a turnout of 39.33 per cent; Mumbai North Central saw a turnout of 37.66 per cent, Mumbai North East saw a turnout of 39.15 per cent per cent, Mumbai North West recorded a turnout of 39.91 per cent.

Mumbai South had the lowest turnout in the city with 36.64 per cent recorded till 3 pm. Mumbai South Central saw a turnout of 38.77 per cent.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Voter turnout of 47.53% was recorded till 3pm. Here's the statewide breakup:

Bihar: 45.33%
J&K: 44.90%
Jharkhand: 53.90%
Ladakh: 61.26%
Maharashtra: 38.77%
Odisha: 48.95%
UP: 47.55%
West Bengal: 62.72%

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: "Karan Bhushan Singh will do better work than me. You can tell that by his behaviour, discipline and lifestyle," BJP MP Brij Bhushan tells reporters after casting his vote in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: “I am witnessing enthusiasm among the voters and I think, polling percentage will also improve this time. It was 35 per cent at 11 am and I think it will cross 50-55 per cent by 3 pm and 75 per cent by the end of the day,” Ladakh Chief Electoral Officer Yetindra M Maralkar tells PTI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: An FIR has been registered at Trimbakeshwar Police Station against independent candidate Shantigiri Maharaj after he garlanded the voting machine at a polling booth in Nashik, reports ANI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Actor Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao cast their votes at a polling station in Mumbai for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

"I just want to appeal to the people to come out and cast their votes. Do not waste your votes. It is our responsibility to cast our votes..." he told reporters.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Nearly 42% voter turnout was recorded till 1pm in three Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand on Monday, reports PTI, citing election officials.

Voting began at 7 am in Chatra, Hazaribag, and Koderma constituencies as part of the second phase of elections in the eastern state and will continue until 5pm.

Former Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal showed his inked finger after casting a vote at a polling station in Mumbai, for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. See here.

The fifth round of the Lok Sabha elections for 49 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 36.73 per cent till 1 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission.

A voter turnout of 27.76 per cent was recorded till 11 am in Uttar Pradesh where polling is underway for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 14 constituencies.

“.I would ask every voter to cast their vote... I have done this for the development of the country... I want my conuntry not to be dependent on others and it become a producer country and thus for the development each one of us has to make an effort...I hope that the government of the next five years will ensure respect for all religions, love, development and progress at the global level,” Subhash Ghai said.