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Polling officials carrying electronic voting machine (EVMs) and other election related materials for the 5th Phase of the General Elections at Serampore, West Bengal on 19 May 2024.
  • The second phase of voting was conducted on 26 April 2024.[24][25] 66.71% polling was recorded in the first phase.[3] Re-polling was ordered on 29 April for a polling station in Chamarajanagar due to violence and EVM damage[26][27] and for six polling stations in Outer Manipur on 30 April due to violence, EVM damage and forced voting allegedly carried out by unidentified armed individuals.[28][29] Re-polling was also conducted for a polling station in Ajmer on 2 May 2024 due to misplaced voters' register.[30][31] Eight voters in Kerala died of heat stroke while voting.[32][33] In Manipur, two CPRF personnel were killed and two more were seriously injured in a militant attack in Bishnupur district,[34][35] a man was killed in a gunfight between two unidentified groups in the Kangpokpi and Imphal East districts,[36][37] and incidents of EVM vandalism, voter intimidation and coercion were reported in two polling stations in Ukhrul.[38][39]
  • The third phase of voting was conducted on 7 May 2024. The voter turnout was recorded as 65.68% from the 17.24 crore including 8.85 crore men and 8.39 crore women, who were eligible to cast their votes.[40] Isolated incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal.[41]
  • The fourth phase of voting was conducted on 13 May 2024, where 96 constituencies went to polls.[42] Voter turnout was recorded as 69.16%.[43] Polling was largely peaceful with scattered incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal.[44]
  • The fifth phase of voting was conducted on 20 May 2024, where 49 constituencies voted.[45] 62.2% voters cast their votes.[46] Isolated incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal.[47]
  • The seventh and last phase of voting was conducted on 1 June, where 57 constituencies voted.[54] The voter turn out in the last phase was 63.88%.[55] Re-polling was ordered at one booth each in the Barasat and Mathurapur constituencies of West Bengal on 3 June due to violence.[56] During the phase, a mob looted election material from a polling booth and dumped it into a pond in Kultali, Jaynagar in West Bengal and clashes erupted between BJP and TMC supporters in Sandeshkhali.[57] In Uttar Pradesh, at least 33 election workers, including security and sanitation staff, died of heat stroke, along with a voter waiting in line in Ballia.[58] State election officials subsequently stated that compensation of 1.5 million rupees ($18,000) would be given to the families of the deceased workers.[59] At least ten election related deaths were also reported in Bihar.[60] In response to the heatwave related deaths, ECI chief Rajiv Kumar opined that the election should have been conducted a month earlier.[61] Before the polling, in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, about 33 nominations challenging Narendra Modi were rejected, of which eight applicants claimed that their nominations were rejected incorrectly.[62]
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