Catch all the live updates on polling in the first phase, in the Hindi heartland, here.

LS Polls 2019: Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat Votes in Haldwani

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Voting in the first phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections began at 7:00 am on Thursday, 11 April. 18 constituencies across the ‘Hindi heartland’ – including those in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh – are casting their ballot today.

Polling at booth number 158 in UP's Saharanpur halted due to faulty Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), reported ANI.

A total of 91 of the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies are voting in the first phase of polling.

Eighteen out of 91 constituencies voting today are from the Hindi heartland
Eight seats in western UP and five in Bihar are polling today
Chhattisgarh’s Bastar is the lone constituency from the state to vote today
Union Ministers VK Singh and Mahesh Sharma are in the fray as BJP candidates from Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar respectively
Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi and LJP leader Chirag Paswan are also contesting in the first phase

Catch the live updates from constituencies voting in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, South India and the Northeast here.

For all the live updates from the Assembly elections in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, click here.

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