Elections 2024 Phase 1 Voting: Nearly 60% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pmacross the states.
The First phase of voting for the 18th Lok Sabha elections began in 21 states and Union territories today. Nearly 60% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm across the states. Seats in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry go to polls today.
More than 16.63 crore Voters, which include over 8 crore men and women each, will cast their vote at nearly 2 lakh polling stations.
Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Bhupendra Yadav, Kiren Rijiju, Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Sarbananda Sonowal are in the fray in the first phase. Congress’s Gaurav Gogoi, DMK’s Kanimozhi and BJP’s Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai are also contesting the polls today.
While the BJP-led NDA is seeking a stronger majority,  the opposition INDIA bloc are hoping for a rebound. In 2019, the UPA had won 45 of the 102 seats at stake on Friday and the NDA 41. Six of these seats have been redrawn as part of the delimitation exercise.
The general elections to elect 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha will be held in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The results will be announced on June 4.
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Lok Sabha 2024 Polls LIVE: Sri Lankan Tamil Born In Refugee Camp In India, Votes For 1st Time
Born in 1986 at a refugee centre in Rameswaram Mandapam camp and now living at a rehabilitation camp for Sri Lankan Tamils in Trichy’s Kottapattu, Nalaini Kirubakaran cast her vote for the first time today, reported news agency ANI. “For the first time, I voted… I am very happy. At the age of 38, my dream has been fulfilled. I am the first person in Tamil Nadu to vote from Sri Lankan Refugee Camp,” Ms Kirubakaran said.
In 2021, she moved the Madras High Court when her application for an Indian passport was rejected by a regional passport office.
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court in August 2022 directed officials to issue her am Indian passport, pointing out that the birth certificate is from Mandapam and states that a person born in India between January 26, 1950 and July 1, 1987 is a “citizen by birth,” according to the Section 3 of the Citizenship Act, 1995.
Despite getting her passport, Nalaini Kirubakaran continues to live in the rehabilitation camp, with special permission from the district collector since her family is still stateless and living inside the Trichy refugee camp. She applied for a Voter ID card and received it in January 2024.
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CREDIT: – NDTV
