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The total voter turnout for Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections is 63.3%, reported news agency PTI. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar and Haryana all voted in the sixth phase of the elections. Polling was held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight seats each in West Bengal, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, seven in Delhi and four in Jharkhand today.
59.1% total voter turnout was recorded in Delhi, while Bihar and Haryana recorded 59.4% and 64% total voter turnout respectively. Jharkhand registered 65.2% total voter turnout and Madhya Pradesh recorded 60.7% total turnout. Uttar Pradesh recorded 54% voter turnout while West Bengal saw 80.2% turnout till 3 PM.
Several high-profile political leaders voted today for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. President Ram Nath Kovind, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi all voted in this phase of the elections. Cricketer Virat Kohli voted in this phase of the elections as well. In Madhya Pradesh, where voting in 8 constituencies is being held, BJP's Pragya Thakur and Congress's Jyotiraditya Scindia also cast their votes.
Around 979 candidates contested this phase, while in Delhi, where people from all the seven constituencies voted today, the heads of the state unit of the BJP, Congress and AAP are contesting each other in the same seat.
BJP candidate from West Bengal's Ghatal constituency, also a former IPS officer and former trusted lieutenant of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was attacked, heckled and pushed to the ground at a polling station in Keshpur village, 145 km from Bengal capital Kolkata.
A Trinamool Congress worker was injured after he was hit by a bullet fired by the bodyguard of Ms Ghosh. In Jhargram's Garbeta, several Trinamool Congress and BJP workers were also injured in clashes. BJP claims Trinamool Congress was trying to capture a booth.
Poll violence has occurred in West Bengal in the previous five phases as well.
Here are the Highlights from the 6th phase of polling in Lok Sabha Election 2019:
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Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Sporadic violence, allegations of vote rigging during Phase 6 of elections in Uttar Pradesh
Sporadic violence, scuffles and allegations of vote rigging marked the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in which polling was held on 14 seats, reported news agency IANS.
Reports of violence came from Azamgarh where the convoy of Samajwadi Party leader Durga Yadav was attacked on Sunday evening.
Samajwadi leaders lodged complaints of polling officials casting fake votes and also preventing elderly voters from casting their votes, reported IANS.
The Samajwadi Party lodged complaints with the Election Commission in this regard.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is a candidate from Azamgarh and he is pitted against BJP candidate and Bhojpuri star Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua.
Reports of violence came from Azamgarh where the convoy of Samajwadi Party leader Durga Yadav was attacked on Sunday evening.
Samajwadi leaders lodged complaints of polling officials casting fake votes and also preventing elderly voters from casting their votes, reported IANS.
The Samajwadi Party lodged complaints with the Election Commission in this regard.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is a candidate from Azamgarh and he is pitted against BJP candidate and Bhojpuri star Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua.
Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections: Breakup of total voter turnout in different states: See Here
In Bihar, the total voter turnout was registered as 59.4%.
In Haryana, the total voter turnout was registered as 64%.
In Jharkhand, the total voter turnout was registered as 65.2%.
In Madhya Pradesh, the total voter turnout was registered as 60.7%.
In Uttar Pradesh, the total voter turnout was registered as 54%.
In West Bengal, the total voter turnout was registered as 80.2%.
In Delhi, the total voter turnout was registered as 59.1%.
In Haryana, the total voter turnout was registered as 64%.
In Jharkhand, the total voter turnout was registered as 65.2%.
In Madhya Pradesh, the total voter turnout was registered as 60.7%.
In Uttar Pradesh, the total voter turnout was registered as 54%.
In West Bengal, the total voter turnout was registered as 80.2%.
In Delhi, the total voter turnout was registered as 59.1%.
Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Voter turnout breakup for individual states for Phase 6
Phase 6 Lok Sahba Election 2019: Total voter turnout of 63.3% registered for Phase 6
Total voter turnout for phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections is 63.3%.
READ HERE: Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Australian Envoy Harinder Sidhu: Really Impressed With EVMs, VVPATThe Australian High Commissioner to India, who is in Delhi to observe the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, praised the Election Commission for a "well-organised and orderly" election as 59 seats voted on Sunday.
READ HERE: Voting Percentage: Phase 6 Lok Sabha Election Voter Turnout FiguresVoting percentage today: Over 1 lakh 13 thousand polling stations and heavy security have been put in place to conduct smooth voting for phase 6.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP's Mukul Roy accuses Mamata Banerjee of political vendetta, his convoy was searched by police
BJP leader Mukul Roy has accused Mamata government of acting out of political vendetta after his convoy was searched by police, reported news agency ANI. He said the police was acting like "stooges of the state government".
"All of a sudden some police officers came in front of my vehicle and told me that they were going to search my car. I told them they had every right to search but let the press people come," he said.
"All of a sudden some police officers came in front of my vehicle and told me that they were going to search my car. I told them they had every right to search but let the press people come," he said.
READ HERE: Digvijaya Singh Spends Day In Bhopal, Misses Voting. BJP Says NervousCongress's Digvijaya Singh, up against the BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur, spent the day in Bhopal as the prestigious seat voted today. In the process he missed voting himself -- his booth is at Rajgarh, 140 km away.
READ HERE: Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Robert Vadra Tweets Out Photo Of Voting Finger... And The Paraguayan FlagAfter voting in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Robert Vadra - the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi - today took to Twitter to post a photograph of him holding up an inked index finger. It was accompanied by an inspirational message and an emoji of the tricolour.
READ HERE: Election 2019: Mallikarjun Kharge's Remark On PM Narendra Modi Triggers Row: Will He Hang Himself If Congress Win More Than 40 SeatsSenior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge landed in a controversy on Sunday, as voting took place in the sixth round of the national election, with his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 104-year-old voter casts her vote in Haryana
Senior citizens and first-time voters stole the show with their enthusiasm as they arrived at different polling stations across the six states and capital of Delhi to cast their votes.
Centenarian Suraj Kaur, 104-year-old, exercised her right to franchise on Sunday as all ten seats in Haryana underwent polling in the sixth round of General Elections in India, reported news agency ANI.
A resident of village Dhani Akbarpur of Loharu Sub Division in Bhiwani district, Kaur arrived at the polling booth accompanied by her family members, reported ANI.
A resident of village Dhani Akbarpur of Loharu Sub Division in Bhiwani district, Kaur arrived at the polling booth accompanied by her family members, reported ANI.
Senior citizens and first-time voters stole the show with their enthusiasm as they arrived at different polling stations across the six states and capital of Delhi to cast their votes.
Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hugs 90-year-old neighbour after voting
In a heart-warming gesture on Sunday, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hugged and greeted her 90-year-old neighbour Jwala Devi after casting her vote, reported news agency IANS.
Jwala Devi, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, has been living outside Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Lodhi estate residence for the past 20 years, reported IANS. Her seven-member family works as domestic helps in the government quarters in the locality.
On Sunday, the Congress leader and her husband Robert Vadra were coming out after casting their votes at the Vidya Bhawan Mahavidyalaya, when they spotted Jwala Devi seated on a cot outside her staff quarter.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra immediately went up to ask for her well being and hugged her.
"Priyanka Gandhi asked me whether I had voted or not. I showed her my inked finger and then we all posed for a picture," Jwala Devi told reporters. She clarified that the Congress leader did not ask whom she had voted for.
Jwala Devi said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra regularly checks on her well being.
Jwala Devi, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, has been living outside Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Lodhi estate residence for the past 20 years, reported IANS. Her seven-member family works as domestic helps in the government quarters in the locality.
On Sunday, the Congress leader and her husband Robert Vadra were coming out after casting their votes at the Vidya Bhawan Mahavidyalaya, when they spotted Jwala Devi seated on a cot outside her staff quarter.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra immediately went up to ask for her well being and hugged her.
"Priyanka Gandhi asked me whether I had voted or not. I showed her my inked finger and then we all posed for a picture," Jwala Devi told reporters. She clarified that the Congress leader did not ask whom she had voted for.
Jwala Devi said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra regularly checks on her well being.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and his wife Usha after casting their votes at Nirman Bhawan polling booth
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and his wife Usha after casting their votes at Nirman Bhawan polling booth, reported news agency ANI.
READ HERE: General Elections 2019: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra On Why Son Rehan Vadra Missed Being A First-Time VoterAs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra voted today in Delhi in the sixth round of the national election, the Congress leader was asked about the "missing" voter in the family. Her son Rehan Vadra, 19, would have been a first time voter in this election.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: PM Narendra Modi "is doing dirty politics", says Mayawati over Alwar gang-rape
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his charge that she was "shedding crocodile tears" over the Alwar gang rape incident, BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused him of indulging in "dirty politics" and demanded his resignation for incidents of Dalit atrocities in the past, reported news agency PTI.
Hours after the Prime Minister's remarks at election rallies in Kushinagar and Deoria earlier in the day, Mayawati said, "In the wake of this incident, Modi is doing dirty politics."
On the Prime Minister's challenge to her to withdraw support to the Congress government in Rajasthan, she said, "The BSP will for sure take an appropriate political decision in the absence of stringent and proper legal action in the case."
Hours after the Prime Minister's remarks at election rallies in Kushinagar and Deoria earlier in the day, Mayawati said, "In the wake of this incident, Modi is doing dirty politics."
On the Prime Minister's challenge to her to withdraw support to the Congress government in Rajasthan, she said, "The BSP will for sure take an appropriate political decision in the absence of stringent and proper legal action in the case."
READ HERE: Lok Sabha Election 2019: PM Narendra Modi Asks Why Mayawati Backing Congress After Alwar RapePrime Minister Narendra Modi, who hit out at the Congress government over a gangrape case in Rajasthan's Alwar, today shredded Mayawati over her comments condemning it. Pointing out that Mayawati is supporting the Congress government led by Ashok Gehlot, the Prime Minister accused her of shedding crocodile tears.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections: A first time voter casts his vote from West Delhi
A first time voter casts his vote in West Delhi. The sitting Lok Sabha lawmaker is BJP's Pravesh Verma.
The main candidates contesting from West Delhi this time around are BJP's Parvesh Verma, Congress's Mahabal Mishra and AAP's Balbir Singh Jakhar.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Voter turnout till 3 PM: See Here
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Election 2019: Oldest voter in Delhi, 111-year-old Bachan Singh casts his vote
Oldest voter of the national capital, 111-year-old Bachan Singh, exercised his franchise on Sunday as all the seven seats in Delhi polled in the sixth round of national polls, reported news agency ANI.
"I have cast my vote to the party which inclined towards development and work," wheelchair-bound Singh told ANI at a booth in Sant Garh.
Bachan Singh, a native of Lalpura in Punjab, lives as well as preaches the motto "even a single vote should be wasted".
"I have cast my vote to the party which inclined towards development and work," wheelchair-bound Singh told ANI at a booth in Sant Garh.
Bachan Singh, a native of Lalpura in Punjab, lives as well as preaches the motto "even a single vote should be wasted".
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Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections: Villagers in Uttar Pradesh boycott election
Disgruntled with the abysmal state of roads and overall development, coupled with alleged apathy of successive governments and local administration, villagers of Gram Sangaldeep in Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh have decided not to cast their vote today, reported news agency ANI.
With officials persuading villagers to make it to their polling booth, villagers are steadfast and all the attempts by the officials went in vain. The polling booth is located at the primary school in the village and gives a deserted look with only polling staff and police personnel manning it, reported ANI.
There are over 550 voters in the village which comes in district Siddharthnagar. The locals alleged that roads do not get developed, as a result of which the village gets flooded with excess water from the nearby river.
Villagers went on to claim that all they got were empty promises from officials in charge.
With officials persuading villagers to make it to their polling booth, villagers are steadfast and all the attempts by the officials went in vain. The polling booth is located at the primary school in the village and gives a deserted look with only polling staff and police personnel manning it, reported ANI.
There are over 550 voters in the village which comes in district Siddharthnagar. The locals alleged that roads do not get developed, as a result of which the village gets flooded with excess water from the nearby river.
Villagers went on to claim that all they got were empty promises from officials in charge.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections: President Ram Nath Kovind, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi vote in Phase 6 of the elections
President Kovind flashed his inked finger after exercising his franchise along with his wife at a polling booth at the Rashtrapati Bhawan as voters trooped to polling booths in large numbers in 59 constituencies across seven states. The polling began at 7 a.m.
A total electorate of 10.17 crore is eligible to vote in the 14 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven in Delhi and four in Jharkhand.
President Ram Nath Kovind, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi were among the millions who voted on Sunday in the sixth and penultimate round of the Lok Sabha elections in which a BJP worker was killed in West Bengal, reported news agency IANS.
President Kovind flashed his inked finger after exercising his franchise along with his wife at a polling booth at the Rashtrapati Bhawan as voters trooped to polling booths in large numbers in 59 constituencies across seven states. The polling began at 7 a.m.
A total electorate of 10.17 crore is eligible to vote in the 14 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven in Delhi and four in Jharkhand.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and his family cast their vote
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa today exercised his franchise along with his family, reported news agency ANI
Delhi: Former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee casts his vote at a polling booth in NP Primary School, K Kamraj Lane. #Phase6 #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/tfi432GzBv
- ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019
2019 Indian General Election: Raghav Chadha Vs Ramesh Biduri Vs Vijender Singh in South Delhi
South Delhi, one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi, also witnesses a triangular fight between Congress's Virender Singh, a former Olympian, AAP's Raghav Chadha and three-time lawmaker Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP.
In 2014, Mr Bidhuri won the seat with 4,97,980 votes. The parliamentary constituency, which has about 20.67 lakh voters, has a considerable number of Jat and Gurjar voters.
Virender Singh, better known as Vijender Singh, is India's only Olympic bronze-medal winning boxer. He has maintained that he will not quit boxing even if he wins. "I am contesting the election in the seat as people were in need. Boxing will continue, a lot of time is still left," he had earlier said.
AAP's Raghav Chadha, 31, is contesting for the first time from South Delhi; he has been endorsed by actors like Gul Panag and Prakash Raj.
Phase 6 Lok Sabha Election: AAP's Raghav Chadha alleges poll rigging in Delhi
AAP South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha has alleged electoral malpractices by the BJP. He alleged that BJP workers are voting four times. "BJP workers are moving around in a polling booth in Sangam Vihar in BJP scarves, a person voted four times. We identified 8-10 such people and caught one red handed. Ramesh Bidhuri(BJP candidate) is losing badly so is indulging in such tactics," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Election 2019: Atishi Vs Gautam Gambhir Vs Arvinder Singh Lovely in East Delhi
It's a three-cornered battle in East Delhi, one of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi polling today, where cricketer-turned-politician and BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir is contesting against Aam Aadmi Party's Atishi and Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely, a former Delhi minister and a four-time legislator.
While Mr Gambhir's career as a cricketer has earned him huge popularity, Arvinder Singh Lovely, who has served previously as the Delhi Congress chief, has the maximum political experience among the three candidates.
Atishi, who holds a degree from Oxford University, had gained a lot of support last year after Centre sacked her and eight other advisors to the Delhi government. She worked as Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia's advisor on a token monthly salary of Re 1 for three years. AAP has often said that improving education facilities in the national capital has been among its key achievements.
Just two days before the sixth phase of polling, Atishi, along with other AAP leaders, accused her rival Gautam Gambhir, of distributing "derogatory pamphlets" about her. Mr Gambhir, who retired from cricket in December after a 15-year stint, responded to the allegations saying he would quit politics if the charges against him are proven. Gautam Gambhir joined the BJP in March.
Visuals of voters from outside a polling booth in Mayur Vihar Phase-3, which falls in East Delhi Constituency.
Priyanka Sharma, Howrah District Club Cell Convener, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha was arrested on charges of posting a photo-shopped picture of WB CM.Her mother says,"She just shared the picture on social media like many others,since she is an opposition worker she was arrested." pic.twitter.com/eAFLvKKFEM
- ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019
Election 2019: 41.5% voter turnout till 1 pm
41.5 per cent of the 10 crore and 17 lakh people eligible to vote in the 59 seats have exercised their franchise till 1 pm. Despite stray incidents of violence, 55.6 per cent of the electorates in the eight constituencies in West Bengal have exercised their franchise. Over 47.22 per cent of the voters in Jharkhand have voted so far. Voting in Delhi -- where all the seven Lok Sabha seats are voting today, was the lowest with only 33 per cent of the electorates exercising their franchise till 1 pm.
111-year-old voter, Delhi's oldest, has not missed voting since 1951
111-year-old Bachan Singh, the oldest voter in Delhi, voted today at polling station in Tilak Vihar in Delhi.
Till the last assembly elections in 2015, the centenarian cycled to the polling booth to cast vote. This time, he reached the booth in a car along with poll officers in full media glare.
He was later wheeled into the polling both using a chair.
A paralysis attack around three months ago had left him bed-ridden. Though Bachan Singh cannot talk like the way he did before, but he knows how important his vote is.
"I will vote for those who worked for us," he said.
Interestingly, he doesn't know there's a party called the AAP and that Arvind Kejriwal is the chief minister of Delhi.
"For him, every election has been a contest between the BJP and the Congress," his youngest son, Jasbeer Singh, 63, says.
Jasbeer Singh said his father has never missed out on an election since 1951.
#DelhiVotes | Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora with his family after voting at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi#VotingRound6 #Phase6 #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/m0V6JJdTmu
- NDTV (@ndtv) May 12, 2019
Delhi: Senior CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat after casting his vote at a polling booth in Sanchar Bhawan #LokSabhaElections2019 #Phase6 pic.twitter.com/N1vGRiKlw8
- ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019
Two #FirstTimeVoters at #Bankura #LokSabhaConstituency after casting their vote in course of #PollingRound6 that is being held across 8 #LokSabhaCobstituencies in #WestBengal today. @ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI @PIBHindi @MIB_India @MIB_Hindi #GoVote #GotInked pic.twitter.com/XIe1uXlZBp
- PIB in West Bengal (@PIBKolkata) May 12, 2019
West Bengal: Scuffle between BJP workers and TMC workers at polling booth number 254 in Bankura after BJP alleged rigging by TMC workers. #LokSabhaEelctions2019 #Phase6 pic.twitter.com/cENI2477kJ
- ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: UP Family Has 82 Members, 66 Are Eligible To VoteThere are eight first-time voters in the family who will go out to vote on Sunday. "They are my great grand children who are very excited about voting for the first time," he said.
Ram Naresh said that the family usually goes out to vote after lunch because that is when the rush at polling stations is less.
"We are all registered at one polling station and even the polling officials welcome us when we go to vote," he said.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: Priyanka Gandhi casts vote but her son misses out
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra voted today in Delhi. But, missing among them were their 18-year-old son, Raihan Vadra. The Congress leader said that her son who would have been a first-time voter couldn't vote because he has gone back to London for his exams.
Voter-friendly #LokSabhaElections2019!
- Election Commission #DeshKaMahatyohar (@ECISVEEP) May 12, 2019
Priority to our senior citizens, pregnant women, and persons with disabilities at the #PollingStation makes elections accessible to all #GoVote #Phase6 pic.twitter.com/BYjxBAYmIY
Legendary Cricketer Kapil Dev arrives casts vote at a polling booth in DPS Mathura Road along with wife Romi and daughter Amiya.
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- IPS Association (@IPS_Association) May 12, 2019
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Some superfine moments from today's polling in #Delhi ~ @DelhiPolice those are inspiring pictures 👌#6thphase #VoteKar @ECISVEEP @CPDelhi pic.twitter.com/iK3x3d75ku
I did my duty, did you? Says Shri @AshokLavasa, Election Commissioner, to all voters of #Phase6 of #LokSabhaElections2019. #GotInked pic.twitter.com/rIMj87HzEO
- Election Commission #DeshKaMahatyohar (@ECISVEEP) May 12, 2019
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