According to data provided by the Election Commission (EC) at 11pm on its Voter Turnout app, 69.49% of voters cast their franchise as part of the Lok Sabha polls while 69.61% as part of the assembly elections in the southern state
Andhra Pradesh, where polling for all 25 Lok Sabha seats was held simultaneously with all 175 assembly seats in a single phase on Monday, registered a voter turnout of approximately 69% amid scattered incidents of violence and allegations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by political parties.
According to data provided by the Election Commission (EC) at 11pm on its Voter Turnout app, 69.49% of voters cast their franchise as part of the Lok Sabha polls while 69.61% as part of the assembly elections in the southern state.
According to data shared by the poll panel, Chittoor Lok Sabha seat, a scheduled caste seat, recorded the highest voter turnout at 77.50 per cent, while Visakhapatnam had the lowest turnout at 60.3 per cent.
“Large queues of voters are forming at all polling stations in the state and voting may go beyond 6 pm and continue till 10 pm,” said Mukesh Kumar Meena, a reinstated police officer in the evening. said Mr.
“The final voting numbers will be announced after all polling stations receive reports on the completion of the voting process,” Meena added.
In the southern state, where Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy took office, a total of 4.08 billion people, approximately 20 million men, 20.7 million women and 3482 voters of the third gender, are eligible to vote. He was eligible to participate in eight votes. The YSRCP-chaired party is seeking a repeat of the party’s stellar performance in the 2019 polls and has joined forces with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and actor Pawan Kalyan’s Janasena Party.
President N. Chandrababu Naidu is leaving the party. The party is doing everything in its power to stop the Jagan train. The results will be announced on June 4 along with the national assembly polls and three other state assembly polls.
According to Meena, sporadic incidents of violence have been reported in several parts of the state. “There were already indications that violence could break out in Anantapur, Palnadu and Annamaya districts. Therefore, we have taken full precautions and deployed additional security forces at these strategic locations.” he said.
The CEO said that an incident of EVM vandalism was reported at a polling station in Macherula town in Palnadu district, but that technicians had inspected the machine and voting data could be recovered.
Earlier in the day, a complaint was received that three TDP poll workers of Punganur assembly constituency were abducted while they were on their way to the polling booth from Bokaramanda village in Sadum block of Chittoor district. “We alerted the Chittoor district election officials and police. They responded immediately and rescued the kidnapped officials from Pillerur, after which they were allowed to carry out their duties,” Meena said. said.
A scuffle broke out between a voter and YSRCP MP Annabatina Shiva Kumar in Tenali, where the former confronted the MP for skipping the queue. MLAs, enraged by the questioning, were seen slapping voters. In return, voters also slapped MLAs, prompting their supporters to intervene. The MLA was later placed under house arrest. In some areas police fired rubber bullets to quell the violence.
The TDP and YSRCP traded allegations of violence at several other locations in the state, especially in Kadapa and Annamayya districts. TDP alleged that YSRCP activists damaged three vehicles belonging to its Narasaraopeta Lok Sabha candidate L Sri Krishna Devarayalu.
At Dalavaipalli village in Railway Kodur constituency, an EVM was destroyed. Cars belonging to the ruling party and TDP were damaged. A TDP agent was hospitalised after an attack at Nakkaladinne village in Myduruku constituency.
The ruling YSRCP alleged that party agent Suresh Reddy was stabbed at Mandi Krishnapuram village in Chittoor’s Gudipala mandal.
The party also claimed TDP supporters damaged the vehicle of senior YSRCP leader Nandigam Suresh and attacked party member B Anji Reddy at Aravallipadu in Darsi constituency. He sustained a head injury, the party claimed.
Meena said the Commission had suspended a Sub-Inspector in Punganuru for letting off those who indulged in violence. He said stringent action would be taken against all the persons involved in violence.
The YSRCP is contesting in all 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats of the state. The TDP, which is contesting as part of the NDA, was allocated 144 assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats. Its alliance partner BJP is six Lok Sabha and 10 assembly seats. Actor Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party is contesting two Lok Sabha and 21 assembly seats.