Story highlights With ballot concluding of stage 4, elections would have been finished in 23 states and union areas The election marketing for the 4th stage of the continuous Lok Sabha elections in India ended Saturday (May 11) at 5 pm. An overall of 96 seats will go to surveys on May 13 (Monday) where 1,717 prospects remain in the fray. All constituencies in the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh (25) and Telangana (17) will go to surveys. Elections will likewise be kept in various varieties of constituencies in the following states. Uttar Pradesh (13 ) Maharashtra (11 ) Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal (8 each) Bihar (5 ) Odisha and Jharkhand (4 each) and Jammu and Kashmir (1 ). Furthermore, assembly surveys will be held in Andhra Pradesh state. With ballot concluding of stage 4, elections would be finished in 23 states and union areas. In overall, ballot would conclude in 381 seats by Monday night. Popular faces in Phase 4 Prominent prospects in stage 4 consist of Akhilesh Yadav (Kannauj), Omar Abdullah (Srinagar), Giriraj Singh (Begusarai), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Behrampur), Mahua Moitra (Krishnanagar), Shatrughnan Sinha (Asansol), Asaduddin Owaisi (Hyderabad) and YS Sharmila (Kadappa). Kejriwal begins marketing after release from prison May 13 stage will be the very first stage of the elections that will be held after the release of imprisoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After the interim bail given to him by the Supreme Court of India, Kejriwal went on an extensive project drive on Saturday where he stated that his battle protests ‘dictatorship’. Previously this week, Congress discovered itself in hot soup following ‘racist’ remarks by (now previous) overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda. In an interview, Pitroda explained India as a “… varied nation … where individuals on East appear like Chinese, individuals on West appear like Arab, individuals on North appear like perhaps White and individuals in South appear like Africa”. Congress later on distanced itself from his remarks and later on Pitroda tendered his resignation. ECI launches Phase 3 information, pegs turnout at 65.68% Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday released the information of the 3rd stage of the elections hung on May 7. The surveys hung on 93 constituencies saw a citizen turnout of 65.68 percent. The ECI stated 66.89 percent of guys citizens, 64.41 percent of ladies citizens, and 25.2 percent of third-gender people exercised their franchise. State-wise, Assam tape-recorded the greatest citizen turnout with an overall citizen turnout of 85.45 percent while Goa was at second with 76.06 percent citizen turnout. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh tape-recorded reasonably low citizen turnouts at 59.15 and 57.55 percent respectively. (With inputs from companies) Vikrant Singh Geopolitical author at WION, follows Indian diplomacy and world politics, a reality hunter.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Campaigning for stage 4 ends; ballot for 96 seats on May 13
