More than 1,203 candidates were in the fray in the polling held on Friday, with 4 additional candidates from Outer Manipur.
Votes were cast on all 20 seats of KeralaApart from this, there are 14 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and seven seats in Madhya Pradesh.
Voting took place on five seats each in Assam and Bihar. Elections were held on three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
Elections were held on one seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.
With the end of the second phase, now the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, Rajasthan and Tripura are over.
FIRs, laddus, coffee, violence: Karnataka saw it all
In Karnataka, 67.77 percent voting took place in the second phase till 9 pm. phase 2 Special initiatives were also seen from Bengaluru’s restaurants and municipal bodies during the voting.
Various restaurants in Bengaluru were offering free dosas, laddus, coffee and other food items at discounted rates to customers who cast their votes.
A private hospital helped 41 patients cast their votes with the help of the city’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Green corridors for ambulances were created in the constituencies to ensure easy, hassle-free voting.
Case registered against BJP Tejasvi Surya, MP and candidate from Bengaluru South, has been held guilty for allegedly posting a video on social media platforms and seeking votes on the basis of religion, the Election Commission said.
Another BJP leader CT Ravi was booked for promoting hatred and enmity among citizens through his social media posts.
Some EVMs were destroyed during a clash between two groups over whether to vote or not at a polling booth in Indiganath village in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district. Officials said that an FIR is being registered, the Election Commission will take a decision after receiving the detailed report.
100 percent voting in Banjarumale, Karnataka
Banjarumale, an interior village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, recorded 100 per cent voting in the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. There are 111 voters in this village and each of them completed their voting two hours before the polling ended at 6 pm and reached the only polling station.
Nine-year-old dies minutes after casting his vote
A 91-year-old woman died minutes after casting her vote in Karnataka’s Hunsur on Friday. Hunsur comes under Mysore Lok Sabha constituency. Despite his advanced age, Puttamma exercised his democratic right. The voting percentage reached 25.09% till 11 am in Mysore parliamentary constituency of Karnataka during the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.
high risk fight in kerala
In Kerala, where 65.51 per cent voting was recorded till 9 pm, two Lok Sabha constituencies – Wayanad and Thiruvananthapuram — Be the center of attraction.
Triangular match in Wayanad Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi BJP’s K Surendran faced off against its ally CPI’s Annie Raja. Rahul’s decision to contest against an Indian alliance partner rather than an NDA member has soured Congress-Left relations, with Left leaders saying he should have taken on the BJP directly rather than an alliance partner.
BJP has fielded Rajiv Chandrashekhar against Congress candidate and three-time MP Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram.
The battle for Kerala’s Alappuzha seat is also being seen as a prestige battle for the Congress, with All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary KC Venugopal returning to the Lok Sabha election fray after 2014 as the party contests on its only seat. Wants to capture. It lost to the CPIM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in its landslide 19-1 victory in Kerala in the 2019 elections.
In 2019, Congress won 19 out of 20 seats in the state, while CPM could win only one seat. BJP failed to open its account.
Several other prominent candidates were in the fray in the second phase, including BJP’s Tejashwi Surya, Hema Malini and Arun Govil and former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS’s HD Kumaraswamy.
PM says Charan 2 ‘Very good’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his gratitude to people across India for their ‘unparalleled support’ for the NDA.
PM Modi wrote in a post, “Thank you to those across India who voted today. The unprecedented support for the NDA is going to frustrate the opposition even more. Voters want good governance from the NDA. Young and women voters want a strong NDA.” Empowering the support.” On X.
State wise voting percentage
| State/Union Territory | About. Voting percentage trend (till 9 pm) |
| Assam | 71.11% |
| Bihar | 55.08% |
| Chattisgarh | 73.55% |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 71.91% |
| Karnataka | 68.26% |
| Kerala | 65.78% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 57.76% |
| Maharashtra | 56.32% |
| Manipur | 77.18% |
| Rajasthan | 64.07% |
| Tripura | 79.16% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 54.85% |
| West Bengal | 71.84% |
Heat waves affected voting
The heatwave is believed to have contributed to many voters not turning up to polling stations in both phases.
In the first phase, voter turnout was 65.5 percent, compared to 69.43 percent in the first phase of the 2019 parliamentary elections. Then some constituencies were separate and the total number of polling seats was 91.
The Election Commission said voting has now been completed in 14 states and union territories.
For the convenience of voters during the summer season, polling time was extended till 6 pm at many polling stations in Banka, Madhepura, Khagaria and Munger constituencies of Bihar. Special arrangements to combat the heat including awnings, drinking water, medical kits and fans were made for the convenience of voters.
Normal voting timings are from 7 am to 6 pm, but this varies depending on factors such as locality, sunset time and security situation.
The Election Commission said that in the second phase, voters from 46 villages of Bastar and Kanker constituencies of Chhattisgarh cast their votes for the first time in the Lok Sabha elections in the polling booth set up in their own village.
“Thus, in total, including phase one, 102 new polling stations were established for the first time in these constituencies for the convenience of villagers,” the Election Commission said.
(with inputs from agencies)
