Polling for the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began at 7 a.m. (IST) on Saturday. With this, the general elections in India will be over and the results will be announced on June 4.
Voting began across 57 constituencies spanning seven states and the union territory of Chandigarh. As many as 904 candidates are contesting in the final phase.
Polling is being held on 13 seats in both Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand, and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Chandigarh.
'Let’s Make Our Democracy More Vibrant': Modi
Earlier in the day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to turn out in huge numbers and participate in voting.
“Voting is going to take place today for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections. I request all the voters of this phase to participate enthusiastically in this great festival of democracy. I am confident that our youth and women voters will come forward in record numbers to cast their votes. Let us together make our democracy more vibrant”, Modi said in his poll day message on X (formerly Twitter).
Apart from this, various other politicians, including federal Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh state chief Yogi Adityanath, made similar appeals.
Members from the opposition bloc also asked the people come out in large numbers and vote for the INDIA bloc.
“Today is the seventh and final phase of voting and from the trends so far it is clear that INDIA's government is going to be formed in the country. I am proud that even in the scorching heat, all of you have come out to vote to protect democracy and the Constitution”, Congress parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.