India General Elections 2024 Phase 6 LIVE: Avg voter turnout till 5 pm is 57.7pc

India General Elections 2024 Phase 6 LIVE Updates: 57.7 pc voter turnout recorded in Phase 6 till 5 pm, West Bengal leads with 77.99 pc

The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 58 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 57.7 per cent till 5 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission on Saturday. According to the poll body, West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout (77.99 per cent) followed by Jharkhand (61.41 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (52.02 per cent), Odisha (59.60 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir (51.35 per cent), Bihar (52.24 per cent), Haryana (55.93 per cent), and Delhi (53.73 per cent).

India General Elections 2024 Phase 6 LIVE Updates: "If people don`t wake up in the morning and come out to vote then the country will sleep for the next five years. It is important for you to wake up and vote so that the country progresses," says poet and writer Surendra Sharma after casting his vote in Delhi.

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: "If people don`t wake up in the morning and come out to vote then the country will sleep for the next five years. It is important for you to wake up and vote so that the country progresses," says poet and writer Surendra Sharma after casting his… pic.twitter.com/og8YakqWnz

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India General Elections 2024 Phase 6 LIVE Updates: This election is people vs Modi, people vs BJP, people vs RSS, says Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that the ongoing Lok Sabha elections are a contest between the people and Modi, the people and BJP, and the people and RSS. "This election is people vs. Modi, people vs. BJP, and people vs. RSS. People are fighting for us and themselves. There is a high possibility of our victory. This is why I said earlier that on June 4, the INDIA bloc will form a government," Kharge said.

India General Elections 2024 Phase 6 LIVE Updates: "No false case will ever be found against BJP. I have never seen such a party. Even the CPI(M) didn`t do what the BJP is doing in Nandigram, but the people will give a befitting reply to this," says TMC leader Debangshu Bhattacharya on attack on party workers in Nandigram.

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: "No false case will ever be found against BJP. I have never seen such a party. Even the CPI(M) didn`t do what the BJP is doing in Nandigram, but the people will give a befitting reply to this," says TMC leader Debangshu Bhattacharya on attack on… pic.twitter.com/bQ9djraRj2

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