More than 61 per cent turnout was recorded in the 57 seats across 8 states/UT that went to polls in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti will skip the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on Saturday due to the health concerns of her mother.
Amid reports of tension and violence surfacing from different places in West Bengal on Saturday, the average polling percentage for the nine Lok Sabha constituencies till 9 a.m. was recorded at a moderate of 12.94, slightly higher than the national average of 11.39.
BJP National President J.P. Nadda and his wife Mallika Nadda were the first voters to cast their votes in a polling station at their native place in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district for the seventh and the last phase of the general elections on Saturday morning.
Congress has decided not to participate in TV debates on exit polls. Party spokesperson Pawan Khera said that Congress does not want to be a part of TRP game.
On Friday night in Amritsar, Punjab, youths riding on two bikes opened fire on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker and his companions. One person died in this incident, while 4 people were injured. The injured have been admitted to the hospital.
