Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 6 highlights: 62.27% voter turnout till 8 pm\, 58.01% in Delhi

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May 12, 2019 08:40 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 6 highlights: 62.27% voter turnout till 8 pm, 58.01% in Delhi

Live updates of the sixth phase of voting in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

  • Total 62.27% voting recorded till 8 pm in Phase 6: 

    West Bengal: 80.16 

    Delhi: 58.01 

    Haryana: 65.48 

    Uttar Pradesh: 54.24 

    Bihar: 59.29 

    Jharkhand: 64.50 

    Madhya Pradesh: 62.06

  • Total 61.14% voting till 7 pm in Phase 6: 

    West Bengal: 80.16 

    Delhi: 56.11 

    Haryana: 62.91 

    Uttar Pradesh: 53.37 

    Bihar: 59.29 

    Jharkhand: 64.46 

    Madhya Pradesh: 60.40

  • Voting in the sixth phase of 2019 Lok Sabha election is coming to an end. With this, polling will have concluded in over 480 out of the 543 parliamentary constituencies.

  • The provisional voter turnout till 6 pm was 59.7 percent

    Bihar: 55 percent
    Delhi: 55.4 percent
    Haryana: 62.1 percent
    Jharkhand: 64.4 percent
    Madhya Pradesh: 60.1 percent
    Uttar Pradesh: 50.8 percent
    West Bengal: 80.1 percent

    These are provisional numbers and are likely to be updated.

  • Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was not able to cast his vote. Digvijaya Singh is Congress’ candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency but was supposed to vote in Rajgarh.

    “I was not able to go to vote. Next time, I will try to transfer my vote to Bhopal,” he said according to News18.

  • Provisional voter turnout till 5 pm:

    Bihar: 44.6 percent
    Delhi: 45.3 percent
    Haryana: 54.1 percent
    Jharkhand: 58.3 percent
    Madhya Pradesh: 54 percent
    Uttar Pradesh: 43.2 percent
    West Bengal: 70.7 percent

    These are provisional numbers and are likely to be updated.

  • Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls, in Ambala constituency of Haryana. (Image: PTI)

  • Haryana: EVMs to be stored in 90 strong rooms

    Ninety strong rooms have been set up at 30 locations in Haryana to store the EVMs and VVPAT machines safely after completion of voting in the ten Lok Sabha constituencies, State's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Inder Jeet said today.

    He said Central Armed Police Force personnel (CAPF) would be deputed outside, while CCTV cameras would keep an eye inside the strong rooms. He said the strong rooms have been set up as per the directions of the Election Commission of India (EC). (PTI)

  • Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and his wife Usha after casting their votes at Nirman Bhawan polling booth. (Image: ANI)

  • Provisional voter turnout till 4 pm:

    Bihar: 44.4 percent
    Delhi: 45.2 percent
    Haryana: 51.8 percent
    Madhya Pradesh: 52.6 percent
    Uttar Pradesh: 43.2 percent
    West Bengal: 70.5 percent
    Jharkhand: 58 percent

  • The estimated voter turnout till 4 pm was 50.7 percent.

  • Voter turnout:

    West Bengal: 63 percent
    Delhi: 36.7 percent
    Haryana: 47.5 percent
    Uttar Pradesh: 40.9 percent
    Bihar: 43.8 percent
    Jharkhand: 54 percent
    Madhya Pradesh: 48.5 percent

  • EVM glitches reported in several areas in Delhi

    Complaints about malfunctioning EVMs poured in from several places of the national capital today. Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said 5.5 percent EVMs were replaced in the morning, adding that problems in EVMs were reported from Chandni Chowk and West Delhi. (PTI)

  • JUST IN | Former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee casts his vote at a polling booth in NP Primary School in New Delhi.

  • Overall provisional turnout till 1 pm:

    Bihar: 35.2 percent
    Haryana: 37.7 percent
    Madhya Pradesh: 41.3 percent
    Uttar Pradesh: 34.1 percent
    West Bengal: 52.3 percent
    Jharkhand: 46.6 percent
    Delhi: 28.6 percent

  • JUST IN | BJP delegation to meet Election Commission at 2 pm over violence in polls in Bihar. 

  • Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora casts his vote in New Delhi. (Image: Twitter/ @SpokerspersonECI)