As 72 Lok Sabha constituencies across nine states, mostly in the Hindi heartland, go to polls today in the fourth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP will defend 45 of the seats it won in the 2014 Lok Sabha battle.
Here are the LIVE updates:
5:20 pm: Estimated voter turnout till 5 pm for the 4th phase is 50.6%.
4:45 pm: Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan exercised their franchise at a polling booth in Bandra.
4:40 pm: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) wrote to Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha over alleged "booth capturing by BJP". The letter states "BJP goons conducted booth capturing in 12 booths of Bari assembly constituency under Jajpur parliamentary constituency while the polling was going on today."
4:14 pm: 42.03 per cent voter turnout recorded in Maharashtra till 3pm; 8.5 per cent in J&K's Anantnag.
Estimated voter turnout till 3pm for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections is 49.53 per cent.
3:34 pm: Congress candidate for Patna Sahib constituency Shatrughan Sinha files nomination.
2:59 pm: Goons of TMC are trying their hardest to stop people from voting and attacking BJP workers, they are not letting BJP leaders campaign: PM Modi In Bengal's Sreerampur.
2:55 pm: Voter turnout percentage in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag till 2 pm.
Kulgam 0.89%
Noorabad 14.49%
HS Bugh 0.69%
Devsar 11.42%
Overall Polling percentage = 6.66%
2:47 pm: TMC writes to EC over alleged "firing by Central Forces personnel inside a polling booth in Dubrajpur, Birbhum parliamentary constituency".
2:27 pm: Estimated voter turnout till 2 pm for the 4th phase of LS Polls. (Source: ANI)
2:15 pm: Over 43 per cent voting recorded till 1 pm in Rajasthan.
2 pm: Bihar records 32.48 per cent voting till 1 PM.
1:53 pm: Actor Salman Khan casts his vote at polling booth number 283 in Bandra, Mumbai.
1:32 pm: BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani and her husband Zubin Irani cast their vote at a polling booth in Versova.
1:25 pm: BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Mathura, Hema Malini and her daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol after casting their vote in Vile Parle.
1:16 pm: Till 12 o'clock here are votes polled and percentage in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag.
Kulgam-- 1%
Noorabad-- 11.8%
HS Bugh-- 0.6%
Devsar--10%
Total-- 5.7%
12:53 pm: Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray, his wife Rashmi Thackeray and son Aditya Thackeray after casting their vote at a polling booth in Gandhi Nagar, Mumbai. Poonam Mahajan BJP's candidate from Mumbai North Central LS seat also present.
12:27 pm: TMC women supporters protest in Nanoor of Birbhum district.
12:00 pm: 4th phase voting percentage till 11 am:
Nashik - 17%
Bhiwandi - 17%
Thane - 17%
Mumbai North - 19%
Mumbai North West - 18%
Mumbai North East - 18%
Mumbai North Central - 16%
Mumbai South Central - 17%
Mumbai South - 16%
Shirdi - 21%
11:40 am: Actor turned politician Sunny Deol files his nomination as the BJP candidate from the Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency. (Picture Courtesy: ANI)
11:36 am: Polling percentage till 11:00 am in Anantnag.
Kulgam= 288= 0.36%
Noorabad =1786= 8.50%
HS Bugh = 163 = 0.26%
Devsar = 2174= 6.16%
Overall percentage= 3.6
11:33 am: Prem Singh Chandumajra, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Lok Sabha candidate from Anandpur Sahib, files his nomination at DC office in Ropar.
11:29 am: The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to BJP’s Birbhum candidate Dudhkumar Mondal for using a mobile phone inside the polling booth in Birbhum.
11:26 am: Estimated polling percentage of 29.21% recorded till 11 am in Jharkhand.
11:23 am: Voting underway at polling booth number 19 in Vanpura, in Kulgam's Qazigund.
10:45 am: 17.07% voter turnout recorded in five parliamentary constituencies of Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai and Munger, in Bihar, till 11am.
10:30 am: Congress President Rahul Gandhi files affidavit in connection with the contempt petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi over his comment on Supreme Court's Rafale order.
10:24 am: Actor Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao after casting their votes at polling booth in St. Anne's High School in Bandra.
10:11 am: Polling is being conducted for the first time at booth number 249 in Jagodih area of Palamu constituency. It is a naxal-affected area.
10:08 am: Polling percentage recorded till 9 am in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections.
Maharashtra (17 seats)-- 6.82%
Madhya Pradesh (6 seats)-- 11.11%
Odisha (6)-- 9%
West Bengal (8 seats)-- 16.90%
10:03 am: 9% Turnout recorded till 9 am in the 4th parliamentary election phase for Anantnag second leg.
1. Kulgam= 288= 0.3%
2. Noorabad =1786= 2.3%
3. HS Bugh = 163 = 0.2%
4. Devsar = 2174= 2.4%
Overall Polling percentage= 1.3%
9:43 am: BJP MP candidate from Asansol, Babul Supriyo's car vandalised in Asansol.
9:41 am: BJP's Babul Supriyo had a verbal duel with polling officers after he visited a polling booth in Asansol over complaints of booth capture and ensuing clashes.
"I will myself take the central forces to that polling station. It is very good that people in West Bengal are aware&they want central forces so that they can cast their vote. This is why Mamata Banerjee is scared," says Union Minister&BJP candidate from Asansol Babul Supriyo.
9:10 am: BJP accuses TMC workers of capturing booths in Krishnanagar, Chapra. "Booth numbers 197/198, 102, 19 to 35, 67-71 in Chapra, booth no. 62 (Bikrampur), 240 (Dogachi), booth no. 121/122 (Kanainagar) under Krishananagar LS Constituency has been captured by TMC goons," says Kalyan Chaubey, BJP MP candidate from Krishnanagar constituency, Nadia, West Bengal.
8:49 am: Maharashtra: Voting is yet to begin at booth number 162 of Malad West in Mumbai after a glitch in EVM was detected.
8:42 am: BJP candidate from Krishnanagar, Nadia alleges booth capturing by TMC.
8:20 am: BJP MP candidate from UP's Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan casts his vote at a polling booth in Goregaon.
8:15 am: BJP sitting MP Paresh Rawal & his wife Swaroop Sampat cast their vote at polling booth number 250-256 at Jamna Bai School in Vile Parle.
8:10 am: Governor Shaktikanta Das casts his vote at polling booth number 40 & 41 at Peddar Road.
8 am: Crude bomb at Bengal polling station
Crude bomb found in a polling booth in Santipur, Nadia district under Krishnanagar constituency, reports Indrajit Kundu.
7:45 am: Krishnanagar BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey complains that EVMs are not working here.
7:15 am: Congress alleges polling agents being stopped in Bengal Bengal
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleges polling agents are being stopped at some booths in Murshidabad. Adhir Ranjan Choudhury is rushing from booth to another for assitance after complaints, reports Manogya Loiwal.
7 am: Fourth phase of voting has begun.
6:45 am: Preparation for polling in Mumbai, Chhindwara underway
