Lok Sabha Election 2019 Live Updates: Phase 1 of polling for 91 seats starts; PM Modi urges people to vote

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Live Updates: Phase 1 of polling for 91 seats starts; PM Modi urges people to vote

Lok Sabha Polls, phase 1 voting: Polling has began across 91 constituencies spread across 18 states and two UTs in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections

The first phase of voting for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls 2019 has started.

After hectic political campaigning, the country will go to the first phase of Lok Sabha elections for the 91 constituencies today. Polling across 18 states and two union territories have already started and will go on till 6pm. Apart from that, voting is underway in 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Sikkim and 28 seats in Odisha. Polling in all the Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (25), Telangana (17), Uttarakhand (5), Meghalaya (2) and Arunachal Pradesh (2) besides lone seats in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar, and Lakshadweep is being held. Eight seats in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Maharashtra, six in Bihar, five in Assam, four in Odisha, two each in Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal and one seat in Chhattisgarh are also going to polls.

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Polling dates, full schedule, election results, constituencies' details, voting FAQs

Here are the live updates of first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

8.17am: Based on the complaint given by the EC, an FIR has been registered against DMK Vellore candidate Kathir Anand under IPC Section 171. The I-T department had recovered Rs 11.53 crore from a cement godown in Vellore, which was neatly packed in gunny bags and plastic covers. The I-T claimed the money belonged to family of Duraimurugan, a senior leader and party treasurer of DMK.

8.11am: "Modi govt has already delivered much more to the poor than what the bluff announcement of the Congress promises. Having witnessed many shallow promises to eliminate poverty by the Gandhi family over the decades, people will not let this latest 'fool the poor' scheme succeed," says the BJP.

8.04am: "Today you decide, Love over hate, Jobs over pakoda, Policies over propoganda, One nation over division," says the Congress party.

8.01am: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat cast his vote from the Nagpur parliamentary constituency in the Lok Sabha Election 2019.

8.00am: Polling begins in Saharanpur.

7.59am: Voters queue up to cast their vote for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Jammu.

7.57am: Images of the first five early voters in rural West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.

7.45am: Voting on two parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal will be held today.

7.30am: Mock polling for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Nagpur.

7.15am: "I call upon all those whose constituencies are voting in the first phase today to turn out in record numbers and exercise their franchise," says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Complete list of state-wise Lok Sabha election 2019 dates: EC announces 7-phase poll, result on May 23

7.00am: Voting for the 543 Lok Sabha seats is be held in seven phases -- April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The counting of votes will be done on May 23.