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Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6 Live Updates: Polling Progresses, 49.2% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 3 PM

Elections Edited by Updated: May 25, 2024, 8:18 am
Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6 Live Updates: Polling Progresses, 49.2% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 3 PM

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6 Live Updates: Polling Begins (image-twitter/ECISVEEP)

Till 3pm, 49.2% voter turnout was recorded. The highest voter turnout in Phase 6 was recorded in West Bengal over 52% and the lowest turnout was reported from Delhi at 34.4%.

A voter turnout of 39.13 percent has been recorded till 1:00 PM during the sixth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, 25 May.

Till 11 am, 25.76 per cent voter turnout was recorded, with Delhi seeing 21.69% polling. West Bengal saw the maximum turnout at 36.88%.President Droupadi Murmu, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were among the voters who exercised their franchise on Saturday

As the polling progresses, Odisha records 7.57% voter turnout till 9 am in the third phase of its State assembly Legislative assembly. Meanwhile, the voter turnout has been recorded as 10.82% till 9 am.

The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election has begun in 58 seats. Lok Sabha and State assembly election is being held simultaneously in Odisha. The voting will be across seven states and one Union Territory. By today, voting will be completed for 486 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats.

Polling will be completed in Haryana, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. The election will be held in eight seats each in Bihar and Bengal, seven in Delhi, 10 in Haryana, four in Jharkhand, 14 in Uttar Pradesh and final seat in Jammu and Kashmir.

4:18 PM, May 25, 2024: Congress leader Ajay Maken arrives at a polling booth to cast his vote for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls.


1:43 PM, May 25, 2024: After voting in Lok Sabha elections, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury says, “…India that is Bharat will win…INDIA alliance is certainly getting more than 300 seats.”

12:49 PM, May 25, 2024: Former Indian captain MS Dhoni arrives at polling station in Ranchi to cast his vote.


12:17 PM, May 25, 2024: BJP candidate from Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, Hiran Chatterjee was stopped by a group of protestors in Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur.

12:05 PM, May 25, 2024:Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal says “I appeal to young voters to come out and vote. It is very important for the country that you exercise your franchise…There is a lack of enthusiasm and interest (among people). In 2019, it was different and in 2024, it is different…”

11:33 AM, May 25, 2024: Arvind Kejriwal along with his family members arrives at polling booth to cast their votes. He said, “My father, wife, children and I have voted. My mother could not come today because she is not well. I have voted against dictatorship, inflation and unemployment. I appeal to people to come out and vote…”

11:13 AM, May 25, 2024: PDP chief and candidate from Anantnag–Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Mehbooba Mufti has alleged that the police have detained PDP polling agents and workers without any reason. She said, “.They are lying. They have been given the responsibility to rig the elections… This is just to induce fear in the minds of the people so that the Kashmiris don”t come out and vote as they know that if the people of South Kashmir come out and vote then Mehbooba Mufti will win and will go to parliament. They can”t tolerate me in the parliament…”

11:05 AM, May 25, 2024: “I have voted against dictatorship and communalism. My vote will bring change,” says CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat after casting the vote.


10:53 AM, May 25, 2024: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar after casting his vote said to the media, “When I voted for the first time, I had gone with my father and today he is 95 years old, he voted along with me today…This is a matter of great pride for me and every voter must cast their vote…Very good voting is taking place in the entire country. You see in Jammu and Kashmir, how good voting is taking place there…”

10: 44 AM, May 25, 2024: 10.82% voter turnout recorded till 9 am, in the 6th phase of elections.


10:32 AM, May 25, 2024: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said, “There is an undercurrent and the people have this feeling that the leaders of BJP are not discussing the real issues like unemployment and inflation…INDIA alliance has been talking about the real issues of the people since the beginning…”

10:21 AM, May 25, 2024: Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her children wait outside a polling booth in Delhi.


9:27 AM, May 25, 2024: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar after casting his vote at a polling booth in Delhi, while speaking to the reporters said, “Voting is both a responsibility and a power. India is the world”s most vibrant, active and effective democracy.”

8:46 AM, May 25, 2024: Delhi minister and AAP leader Atishi cast her vote for Lok Sabha election.


8:13 AM, May 25, 2024: Polling for the sixth phase is underway in Ranbirpora, Anantnag of Jammu and Kashmir.


7:57 AM, May 25, 2024: BJP East Delhi MP and former India Cricketer Gautam Gambhir says “All I want to say is that everyone should come out and vote in large numbers. This is our power, this is our democracy. The Govt has worked for development in the last 10 years…”

7:37 AM, May 25, 2024: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri casts his vote at a polling booth in Delhi.


7:05 AM, May 25, 2024: Prime minister Narendra Modi tweets urging all the citizens to cast their votes in the 6th phase of Lok Sabha election. He wrote on X, “I request all the voters of the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections to come forward to vote in maximum numbers. Every vote matters and your vote is equally important! Democracy flourishes and looks vibrant only when the public participates enthusiastically in the election process. Along with mothers, sisters and daughters, I especially request the young voters to definitely exercise their right to vote.”

7:00 AM, May 25, 2024: Voting Begins.

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