Over 12.79 crore voters will decide the fate of 945 candidates on 71 Lok Sabha seats spread across nine states during the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. As per the election schedule, five seats in Bihar, one in Jammu and Kashmir, three in Jharkhand, six in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha each, 17 in Maharashtra, 13 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh each, and eight in West Bengal will go to polls during the fourth phase of polling. Union minister Subhash Bhamre, and Congress leaders Milind Deora and Urmila Matondkar are among the 323 candidates whose fate would be decided in the fourth and final phase of polling in Maharashtra across 17 Lok Sabha seats on Monday. Altogether 3.11 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise across the 17 seats of Mumbai metropolitan region and parts of northern and western Maharashtra.
The constituencies up for grabs are – Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik (North Maharashtra), Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai-North, Mumbai-North West, Mumbai-North Central, Mumbai-North East, Mumbai-South and Mumbai-South Central in the Mumbai region, Maval and Shirur in Pune district, and Shirdi in Ahmednagar district. There are 65 critical booths in suburban Mumbai where the polling process will be monitored through web-casting, an election official told PTI. People will not be allowed to take their mobile phones inside the polling booths, an official told PTI. A total of 33,314 polling stations are set up across the 17 constituencies. Out of 3,11,92,823 eligible voters, 1,66,31,707 are men, 1,45,59,698 women and 1,418 members of the third gender.
Here are the Live Updates of the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019:
Overall turnout 57.58 in today’s polling in 13 UP constituencies: Chief Electoral Officer
Mumbai: Actors Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol cast their votes at a polling booth in Vile Parle
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family after casting their votes at a polling booth at Villa Theresa High School on Peddar Road.
Estimated voter turnout till 3 pm for the 4th phase of Lok Sabha Elections2019 is 49.53%. Voting is underway in 72 constituencies, across 9 states
Estimated voter turnout till 2 pm for the 4th phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 is 38.63%. Voting is underway in 72 constituencies, across 9 states.
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar, his wife Anjali Tendulkar, daughter Sara Tendulkar, and son Arjun Tendulkar after casting their vote at polling center number 203 in Bandra. Sara Tendulkar and Arjun Tendulkar are first time voters.
1.20 pm: Mumbai: Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan cast their vote at a polling booth in Juhu.
1.05 pm: Estimated voter turnout till 12 pm for the 4th phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 is 23.48%. Voting is underway in 72 constituencies, across 9 states.
12.55 pm: Mumbai: BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani and her husband Zubin Irani cast their vote at a polling booth in Versova.
12.50 pm: Mumbai: BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Mathura, Hema Malini and her daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol after casting their vote in Vile Parle.
12.40 pm: Union Min&BJP leader Piyush Goyal after casting his vote at Walsingham School, Malabar Hill in Mumbai: This election is now a Tsunami election. North South,East&West, Modi wave has overtaken the country. PM Modi is the tallest leader today in the country.
12.35 pm: Maharashtra: 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.
12.30 pm: Maharashtra: Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar cast their vote in Mumbai.
12.15 pm: TMC women supporters protest in Nanoor of Birbhum district, after BJP opposed TMC supporters who insisted on polling despite absence of central forces at the polling booth. Police is trying to mediate between the two groups.
12.00 pm: Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and his wife Renu Namboodiri after casting their vote at polling booth number 167 at M.M.K. College in Bandra.
11.50 am: Rajasthan: Erstwhile King of Jodhpur, Gaj Singh casts his vote at booth number 127 in Jodhpur. BJP’s Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Congress’ Vaibhav Gehlot are two of the candidates from the Jodhpur LS constituency.
11.45 am: Mumbai: Chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra after casting his vote in Malabar Hill, says, “We all have been infected by the virus of progress and growth. Even if a coalition govt comes, it should work towards progress and growth of the country.”
11.40 am: Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut after casting her vote at a polling booth in Khar.
11.35 am: Polling percentage recorded till 11 am in #Phase4 of #LokSabhaElections2019 : 17% in Odisha (6) and 34.71% in West Bengal (8 seats).
11.25 am: 21.15% voter turnout recorded on 13 parliamentary constituencies in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, till 11 am.
11.05 am: Mumbai: Priya Dutt after casting her vote at a polling booth at St. Anne’s High School in Bandra for the 4th phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 She is the Congress candidate from the Mumbai North Central LS seat, Poonam Mahajan is the BJP candidate from the constituency.
11.00 am: 17.07% voter turnout recorded in five parliamentary constituencies of Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai and Munger, in #Bihar, till 11am. Estimated polling percentage of 29.21% recorded till 11 am in Jharkhand.
10.50 am: Jammu & Kashmir: Voting underway at polling booth number 19 in Vanpura, in Kulgam’s Qazigund.
10.45 am: Mumbai: A woman being carried to cast her vote at polling booth number 181 in Mahim by her family member and polling staff.
10.35 am: Mumbai: Actor Anupam Kher casts his votes at polling booth no.235-240 in Juhu.
10.30 am: Mumbai: Actors Bhagyashree and Sonali Bendre after casting their votes at a polling booth in Vile Parle.
10.20 am: Mumbai: HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh after casting his vote at polling booth number 40 & 41 at Peddar Road.
10.20 am: Mumbai: Actor Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao after casting their votes at polling booth in St. Anne’s High School in Bandra.
10.15 am: 10.27% voter turnout recorded in #Phase4 of #LokSabhaElections2019 across 9 states, till 9 am.
10.10 am: Jharkhand: Polling is being conducted for the first time at booth number 249 in Jagodih area of Palamu constituency. It is a naxal-affected area.
10.00 am: Odisha: BJP MP candidate from Kendrapara,Jay Panda visits polling booth number 38 in Kendrapara Lok Sabha Constituency,says,”Today, we registered 14-15 complaints with poll authorities over disturbance&attempts of booth rigging at different polling booths.We want free&fair polls”
9.50 am: Polling percentage recorded till 9 am in #Phase4 of #LokSabhaElections2019 : 6.82% in Maharashtra (17 seats), 11.11% in Madhya Pradesh (6 seats) and 9% in Odisha (6) and 16.90% in West Bengal.
9.40 am: Madhya Pradesh: A 90-year-old woman casts her vote at polling booth number 153 in Shahdol.
9.35 am: Mumbai: Actor Madhuri Dixit casts her vote at a polling booth in Juhu.
9.25 am: Mumbai: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar after casting his vote at polling booth 31 in Tardeo.
9.20 am: Union Minister&BJP candidate from Asansol Babul Supriyo: 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.
9.20 am: West Bengal: BJP MP candidate from Asansol, Babul Supriyo’s car vandalised in Asansol. A TMC polling agent says, there is no BJP polling agent here.
9.15 am: Bihar: CPI candidate from Begusarai, Kanhaiya Kumar after casting his vote at a polling centre in Begusarai.
9.15 am: Voting is yet to begin at booth number 35&435 of Chhibramau area in Kannauj. People waiting in queue at the polling station say, “Voting has not started because of a glitch in EVM.”
9.10 am: Voting is yet to begin at booth number 189&196 of Chhibramau area in Kannauj after a glitch in EVM was detected.
9.00 am: Uttar Pradesh: BJP MP candidate from Jhansi, Anurag Sharma casts his vote at a polling booth in Jhansi.
8.50 am: Voting is yet to begin at booth number 162 of Malad West in Mumbai after a glitch in EVM was detected.
8.40 am: Mumbai: Congress MP candidate from Mumbai North, Urmila Mataondkar casts her vote at polling booth number 190 in Bandra.
8.30 am: Veteran actress Shubha Khote after casting her vote at a polling booth in Juhu.
8.25 am: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath casts his vote at polling booth number 17 in Shikarpur, Chhindwara.
8.20 am: West Bengal: Villagers boycott polls at Jemua’s polling booth number 222&226 in Asansol due to absence of central forces at the polling station. Polling has been suspended at the polling station as voters are protesting.
8.10 am: Bihar: CPI candidate from Begusarai, Kanhaiya Kumar arrives to cast his vote at a polling centre in the city, says, “Begusarai ko badnam karne wali takton ko Begusarai mein muh ki khani padegi.” He is contesting against BJP leader Giriraj Singh in Begusarai.
8.05 am: Mumbai : 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.
8.00 am: Mumbai: Former Mumbai police commissioner Julio Ribeiro cast his vote at a polling station at Worli sea face.
7.50 am: Mumbai: BJP MP candidate from UP’s Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan casts his vote at a polling booth in Goregaon.
7.50 am: Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das casts his vote at polling booth number 40 & 41 at Peddar Road.
7.50 am: A differently-abled voter being helped by polling personnel at polling booth number 274-278 in Jhansi.
7.45 am: Mumbai: BJP MP candidate from UP’s Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan waits in queue to cast his vote at a polling booth in Goregaon.
7.40 am: Mumbai: Veteran actor Rekha casts her vote at polling booth number 283 in Bandra
7.30 am: Mumbai: BJP MP Candidate from Mumbai North Central, Poonam Mahajan casts her vote at polling booth number 48 in Worli.
7.25 am: Hamirpur: Voting process halts at booth number 111, following an EVM malfunction.
7.20 am: Rajasthan: Former Rajasthan CM and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia casts her vote at polling booth number 33 in Jhalawar.
7.15 am: West Bengal: Voting is yet to begin at booth number 286/184 and 286/185 in Bolpur after a glitch in EVM was detected.
7.10 am: Mumbai: Anil Ambani casts his vote at voting centre number 216 at GD Somani School in Cuffe Parade.
7.05 am: Bihar: Union Minister and sitting MP from Nawada, Giriraj Singh, cast his vote at polling booth number 33 in Barahiya of Lakhisarai district.
7.00 am: Voting begins for fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in 72 constituencies, across 9 states.
6.55 am: Mumbai: Voters queue outside polling booth number 40 & 41 in South Mumbai parliamentary constituency.
6.50 am: Bihar: Union Minister and sitting MP from Nawada, Giriraj Singh offered prayers at Barahiya’s Shaktidham.
