Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2 today: Tripura leads with 77.53% votes polled till 5PM — Voting date, timings, states, seats, key candidates and constituencies - all you need to know

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2 today: Loudspeakers went quiet as campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024 ended on Wednesday, April 24, and voting will be held in 89 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and 1 Union Territory on Friday, April 26. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2: Voter turn-out till 5 pm

Tripura: 77.53%
Manipur: 76.06% 
Chhattisgarh: 72.13% 
West Bengal: 71.84% 
Assam: 70.66%
Jammu and Kashmir: 67.22%
Kerala: 63.97% 
Karnataka: 63.90% 
Rajasthan: 59.19% 
Madhya Pradesh: 54.83%
Maharashtra: 53.51%
Bihar: 53.03% 
Uttar Pradesh: 52.74%

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Voter turnout, roundup

In the first phase of Lok Sabha polls last Friday, the Election Commission (EC) stated that over 65.5 per cent voter turnout was recorded, and the first phase was largely peaceful and the voter turnout was 'high'.

Across 102 Lok Sabha seats, over 16.63 crore people — 8.4 crore men and 8.23 crore women and 11,371 third-gender voters — were eligible to cast their votes.

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: Here are all the details regarding the voting date, timings, states, seats, key candidates and constituencies that go to vote in phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls 2024 — 

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: Date and Time

Election Commission of India's schedule states that the second phase of the seven phase Lok Sabha 2024 elections will be held on April 26 (Friday). 

Voting for second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 will begin at 8.00 PM and end at 5.00 PM on Friday, April 26.

An extra hour - or 60 minutes - will be provided as a buffer time for those voters present in the line to vote at 5.00 PM on the polling date.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Phase 2: General Elections Phases and dates

Phase I - April 19 (Overall turnout - 65.5%)
Phase II - April 26   
Phase III - May 7  
Phase IV - May 13   
Phase V - May 20 
Phase VI - May 25   
Phase VII - June 1
Results - June 4 

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: LS Polls Result date

Lok Sabha polls 2024 results will be declared on Tuesday, June 4.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: Total number of Lok Sabha constituencies going to polls in second phase

89 constituencies across 12 states and 1 Union Territory will go to polls in phase 2 of Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: States and Union Territories going to polls in second phase

In the second phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024, voting will be held across constituencies in the states and union territories of — Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir (U.T.).

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: Constituencies going to polls in second phase

Here is the full list of states and union territories and Lok Sabha seats going to polls in phase 2 of 2024 General Elections —

1) Bihar - Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka

2) Assam - Karimganj, Silchar, Mangaldoi, Nawgong, Kaliabor

3) Chhattisgarh - Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker

4) Jammu and Kashmir - Jammu

5) Karnataka - Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikballapur, Kolar

6) Kerala - Kasaragod, Kannur, Vatakara, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alathur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram

7) Madhya Pradesh - Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul

8) Maharashtra - Buldhana, Akola, Amravati (SC), Wardha, Yavatmal-Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani

9) Manipur - Outer Manipur

10) Rajasthan - Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran

11) Tripura - Tripura East

12) Uttar Pradesh - Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura, Bulandshahr

13) West Bengal - Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2: Key constituencies and key candidates

Wayanad - Kerala: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) 

Balurghat - West Bengal: Sukanta Majumdar (BJP)  

Udaipur - Rajasthan: Tarachand Meena (Congress)

Purnia - Bihar: Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav (IND) 

Bhilwara - Rajasthan: C.P. Joshi (Congress) 

Jalore - Rajasthan: Vaibhav Gehlot (Congress) 

Jodhpur - Rajasthan: Gajendra Singh Shekawat (BJP)

Mathura - Uttar Pradesh: Hema Malini (BJP) 

Tumkur - Karnataka: V. Somanna (BJP)

Rajnandgaon - Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Bhagel (INC) 

Mandya - Karnataka: H.D. Kumaraswamy (JDS)

Meerut - Uttar Pradesh: Arun Govil (BJP)

Bangalore - Karnataka: Mansoor Ali Khan (INC)

Bangalore south - Karnataka: Tejasvi Surya (BJP)

Alappuzha - Kerala: K.C Venugopal (INC)

Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala: Rajeev Chandrasekhar (BJP) vs Shashi Tharoor (INC)