Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 1 Voting: Voting In 21 States In the present day As India’s Nationwide Election Begins: 10 Factors

1. The first part of polls is being held on all seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Rajasthan (12), Uttar Pradesh (8), Madhya Pradesh (6), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1). Besides, there might be 5 seats every in Assam and Maharashtra, 4 in Bihar, three in West Bengal, two in Manipur, and one every in Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chhattisgarh.

2. Four states — Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh — will even decide new assemblies alongside this Lok Sabha election. Of these, Arunachal Pradesh (60 seats) and Sikkim (32) are first down right this moment.

3. At 9 am, two hours after polling started, Tamil Nadu had recorded 8.2 per cent turnout, Rajasthan 10.7 per cent, Uttar Pradesh 12.2 per cent and Madhya Pradesh 14.1 per cent. The common turnout recorded throughout 102 seats right this moment was 9.7 per cent at 9 am.  

4. Backed by a high-octane marketing campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, the BJP is aiming to win 370 of 543 Lok Sabha seats – a steep rise from its rating of 2019. The Prime Minister has set the NDA a goal of 400. In the final election, the NDA gained 353 seats — up by 5 per cent from 2014. The BJP gained 303 seats.

5. The Opposition bloc INDIA, which principally made headlines over its disarray within the run-up to the polls — particularly with the defection of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar — has been standing collectively following the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal within the liquor coverage case. Even so, in a number of pockets, the events are up towards one another, flouting the rule of one-on-one contests they assured would push the BJP out.

6. The BJP is hoping to win 22 of the 25 seats within the northeast – an space it now dominates — sweep the massive swathe of the Hindi heartland, Jammu within the north and Gujarat within the west. In Bengal, it’s hoping to flourish on the cost of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and make additional inroads in Odisha, although the proposed alliance with Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal fell by.

7. In south — as soon as a fortress towards all northern events besides the Congress — the BJP is anticipating to win massive in Karnataka, which voted in a Congress authorities final 12 months. With outreaches spearheaded by PM Modi, additionally it is hoping to make a dent within the Dravidian politics of Tamil Nadu. As insurance coverage, it’s piggybacking a handful of smaller events, together with PMK of S Ramadoss.

8. The Congress, pushed out of a lot of north India, insists it’s on the cusp of a comeback. Senior chief KC Venugopal has stated the occasion will publish improved efficiency in most northern states – together with the BJP bastions of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. With meeting ballot victories in Telangana and Karnataka, and the alliance with DMK in Tamil Nadu, it initiatives large confidence in regards to the ends in the south.

9. Eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers, one former governor and a variety of key leaders are within the fray right this moment, making for scintillating contests in additional than 20 seats. Among them are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Jitendra Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Sanjiv Balyan, former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Congress’s Deputy Leader within the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi and former Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.

10. In 2019, the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) gained 45 of those 102 seats and the NDA 41. Six of the seats have been redrawn as a part of delimitation. The counting of votes might be held on June 4.

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