Zee Media Bureau/Ajith Vijay Kumar
10:55 am BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi voted in Ahmedabad and later clicked a selfie and posted the picture on Twitter.
Read: Narendra Modi shares a selfie after voting
10:20 am Poll percentages till 9 am: West Bengal 25%, UP 9.35%, Gujarat 9%. 14% voting in Punjab till 10 am.
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9:55 am Congress leader and Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi faced the ire of voters after he broke the queue at the polling booth. An embarrassed Chiranjeevi later join the line to cast his vote.
9:50 am Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal casts his vote, says NarendraModi is fit to be the PM of the country.
9:25 am Holding the lotus symbol of the BJP in his 'inked' hand, Narendra Modi made a feverish poll pitch from Ahmedabad. A confident Modi said, “Maa-bete ki sarkar gayi (time up for the mother-son government)and it can't be saved. The foundation for the new government has already been cast, now the voting is for ensuring a strong and stable government.”
“This is an election of hope. It is bringing a new trust. These elections will give new strength to the nation. On 16th May the message will be clear. There will be a strong government led by BJP. There is no confusion of that,” he added.
Chiding the Congress, Modi said the party has accepted defeat given the way they're giving statements of aligning with Third Front.
Modi asked the electorate to “Vote for a glorious future of India”, adding, “Don't forget Nirbhaya. Don't forget unemployed youth. Don't forget farmers committing suicide. Don't forget how our soldiers were beheaded.”
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9 am Narendra Modi casts his vote in Ranip under Gandhinagar constituency.
8:50 am Fortunate to be a voter in Advani's Parliamentary Constituency, says Narendra Modi.
8:40 am Via the media, special appeal to Dalits and backward classes to vote. Appeal to all to vote: Mayawati after casting her vote in Lucknow
8:15 am Congress' Lucknow candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi and party's challenger to Narendra Modi in Vadodara, Madusudan Mistry confident of convincing wins in their respective constituencies.
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8 am Voting began for seven seats of Bihar and bypoll for one state assembly seat. Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Pappu Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Kirti Azad are among the key candidates facing the electorate.
Read: Polling underway in Bihar
7:55 am Voting is underway in nine Lok Sabha constituencies and bypoll for one state assembly seat in West Bengal Wednesday. Trinamool Congress had won five of the nine seats in 2009.
Read: Polling begins in West Bengal
7:53 am Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan among early voters in Hyderabad
7:50 am All 13 constituencies in Punjab are voting today. Key battleground seats are Amritsar, Patiala, Bhatinda, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur. Amrinder Singh's son Raninder Singh claims that the Congress will all 13 seats in Punjab.
7:45 am It's big day for Telangana as voters in the newly formed state will also elect its first assembly along with representatives to Parliament. Elections are being held in 119 Assembly constituencies and 17 Lok Sabha seats
Read: Voting begins in Telangana amid tight security
7:25 am People should come out in large numbers and cast their vote, appeals Arun Jaitley
7 am Voting began in the 7th phase of Lok Sabha polls 2014 in 89 constituencies spread across seven states and two union territories. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are among the high-profile candidates in the fray today.
While Modi is contesting from Vadodara (he is also contesting from Varanasi), Sonia is fighting the electoral battle from Rai Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Amrinder Singh, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, K Chandrashekhar Rao, Farooq Abdullah and Sharad Yadav are among the other senior leaders whose fates will be decided today.
Gujarat (26/26)
Constituencies: Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, Valsad
Key candidates: Narendra Modi (BJP) -Vadodara, Liladharbhai Vaghela (BJP) - Patan, LK Advani (BJP) - Gandhi Nagar, Paresh Raval (BJP) - Ahmedabad East, Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya (BJP) - Rajkot, Madusudan Mistry (Congress) - Vadodara, Mohanbhai Patel(AAP) - Surat, Dilipbhai Patel (BJP) - Anand
Punjab (13/13)
Constituencies: Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgharh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala
Key candidates: Vinod Khanna (BJP) - Gurdaspur, Arun Jaitley (BJP) - Amritsar, Amrinder Singh (Congress) - Amritsar Santokh Singh Chudhary (Congress) - Jalandhar, Ambika Soni (Congress) - Anandpur Sahib, Pream Singh (SAD) - Anandpur Sahib, Ravneet Singh (Congress) - Ludhiana, Kulwant Singh (SAD) - Fatehghar Sahib, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) - Bathinda, Preneet Kaur (Congress)-Patiala, Paramjit Kaur Gulshan (SAD) - Faridkot
Uttar Pradesh (14/80)
Constituencies: Dhaurahar, Sitapur, Misrikh, Unnao, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Kanpur, Jalaun, Jhasi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Barabanki
Key candidates: Kuwar Jitin Prasad (Congress) - Dhaurahra, Jasmir Ansari (BSP) – Sitapur, Rita Bahuguna Joshi (Congress) - Lucknow, Rajnath Singh (BJP) - Lucknow, Jaaved Jaaferi (AAP) - Lucknow, Sonia Gandhi (Congress) - Rae Bareli, Shri Prakash Jaiswal (Congress) - Kanpur, Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP) - Kanpur, Uma Bharti (BJP) - Jhansi, Chandrapal Singh Yadav(SP) - Jhansi, Kunwar Puspendra Singh (BJP) - Hamirpur, Bal Kumar Patel (SP) - Banda, P L Punia (Congress) - Barabanki
Andhra Pradesh (17/4)
Constituencies: Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam
Key candidates: Ramesh Rathod (TDP) - Adilabad, Godam Nagesh (TRS) -Adilabad, Balka Suman (TRS) - Peddapalle, C Vidya Sagar Rao (BJP) - Karimnagar, Ponnam Prabhakar (Congress) - Karimnagar, K Kavita (TRS) - Nizamabad, Suresh Shetkar (Congress) - Zahirabad, K Chandrashekar Rao (TRS) - Medak, Sarvey Sathyanarayana (Congress) - Malkajgiri, Ch Malla Reddy (TDP) - Malkajgiri, Anjan Kumar Yadav (Congress) - Secunderabad, Asaduddin Owasisi (AIMIM) - Hyderabad, S Jaipal Reddy (Congress) - Mahbubnagar, Bakkani Narsimulu (TDP) - Nagarkurnool, K Rajgopal Reddy (Congress) -Bhongir, P Srinivasa Reddy (YSR Congress) - Khammam
Bihar (7/40)
Constituencies: Madhubani, Jhanjharpur, Madhepura, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagariya
Key candidates: Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav (BJP) - Madubani, Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD) - Madubani, Pappu Yadav (RJD) - Madhepura, Sharad Yadav (JD(U)) - Madhepura, Kirti Azad(BJP) - Darbhanga, Ram Chandra Paswan(LJP) - Samastipur, Krishan Kumari Yadav (RJD) - Khagaria, Rajendra Prasad Singh (CPI) - Begusarai, Bhola Singh (BJP) -Begusarai
Jammu and Kashmir (1/6)
Constituency: Srinagar
Key candidates: Farooq Abdullah (JKNC) - Srinagar, Tariq Hameed Karra (JKPDP) - Srinagar
West Bengal(9/42)
Constituencies: Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambag, Bardhaman Purba, Durgapur, Bolpur, Birbhum
Key candidates: Parsun Benerjee (TMC) - Howrah, Sridip Bhattacharya (CPI(M)) -Howrah, Bappi Lahiri (BJP) - Srerampur, Pradip Saha (CPI(M)) -Hooghly, Aparupa Poddar (TMC) - Arambagh, Santosh Roy (BJP) - Bardhaman Purba, Sunil Kumar Mondal (TMC) - Bardhaman Puraba, Mumtaz Sanghamita (TMC) - Durgapur, Anupan Hazra (TMC) - Bolpur, Siraj Syed (Congress)- Birbhum, Dr Kamre Elahi Muhammad(CPI(M)) - Birbhum
Dadar & Nagar Haveli (1/1)
Constituency: Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Key candidates: Chhutubhai Patel (AAP), Nathubhai Patel (BJP), Delkar Mohanbhai (Congress)
Daman & Diu (1/1)
Constituency: Daman & Diu.
Key candidates: Lalubhai Babubhai Patel (BJP), Ketan Patel (Congress)
With inputs from Sidanth Giri
First Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 07:11
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