Hyderabad: The country is all set to vote in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024 on April 26. People from across 12 states and one Union Territory will vote in the second phase. Polling will begin at 7 AM. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
Full list of 88 Seats in Phase 2
Voting will be held in as many as 88 seats across 12 states and one Union Territory in the second phase of the general elections on April 26. The polls will be conducted across seven phases. The hot seats include Maharashtra's Akola, Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir, Kota in Rajasthan, Wayanad and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bengaluru Central, Mysore and Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka, Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
How to Download Voting Slip Online?
You can download the voting slip, which is essential when you vote at the polling station. The voting slips contain all the necessary information of the voter like his name, age, polling booth name and room number. The voting slips can be downloaded through your cell phone or the website - 'voters.eci-gov-in'. Read More...
Can you Carry Your Cell Phones to Polling Booths?
The Election Commission of India prohibits voters from carrying their mobile phones to the polling booth. One can take the cell phones till the polling booth but cannot take it inside. Only the Presiding Officer of the Polling Booth is permitted to carry his or her cell phone inside the polling booth but he has to keep it on silent mode. Read More...
How to Vote Without Voter ID Card
Sometimes, people lose or misplace their voter ID cards or do not have a hard copy with them. At times, new voters, who get their names on the electoral roll, may not get their voter ID card with photograph on time. All these citizens, too, can cast their votes. Read More...
e-EPIC Cards
In an era where everything is turning tech-savvy, why not the elections? e-EPIC card is a secure portable document format (PDF) version of the EPIC, which can be downloaded on mobile or in a self-printable form on the computer. A voter can thus store the card on his/her mobile, upload it as a PDF on Digi locker or print it and self-laminate it. Read More...
What If EVM Malfunctions?
An EVM is an electronic device for recording votes and consists of two units--a Control Unit (CU) and a Balloting Unit (BU)--joined by a five-meter cable. However, the device can at times malfunction. In that case, Zonal, Area or Sector Magistrates keep on patrolling with reserved EVMs. In case, the EVM of a particular polling station goes out of order, then the same is replaced with a new one. Read More...
Service Voter
A service voter is a voter having service qualification. The people, who are, members of the Armed Forces of the Union, members of a Force to which provisions of the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), have been made applicable whether with or without modification, being a member of a Force to which provisions of the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), have been made applicable whether with or without modification, being a member of an Armed Police Force of a state, and serving outside that state, being a person, who is employed under the Government of India, in a post outside India - fall under of category of service voters. Read More...
The threat of AI in LS Polls
At a time when parties and leaders have put in everything for the win, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), deepfake and voice cloning technologies have been discussed time and again. With this advanced technology comes both advantages and disadvantages. With these tools, cybercriminals are creating havoc with actions such as changing a person's appearance and impersonating words. There is a possibility of using such technical gimmicks in the elections to influence the voters as well. This can be biased for/against a party. Read More...
Elections Operations Centre by Meta
Meta has announced that the company is activating an India-specific Elections Operations Centre, bringing together experts to identify potential threats and put specific mitigations in place across its apps while aiming to curb AI-generated fake or manipulated content spread via Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Threads. Read More...
What Happened in the First Phase?
Full list of 102 Seats in Phase 1
As many as 102 seats across 21 states and union territories voted in the first phase of the general elections that will be conducted across seven phases on April 19. The hot seats included Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur, Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Muzzafarnagar and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and Coochbehar and Alipurduars in West Bengal. Read More...
Dry Days on Polling Days
The states, which went to polls, had accordingly declared dry days coinciding with voting days. The temporary ban on liquor in 102 constituencies started on April 17 and was in place till April 19. Read More...
194 Parties, 890 Independent Candidates
A total of 194 political parties tried their luck in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls. As many as 890 independent candidates were contesting in the 102 constituencies. Karur constituency of Tamil Nadu had the maximum number of candidates (54), while Dibrugarh and Nagaland constituency had least number of candidates (3). Read More...
First Time Voters
There were 19.74 crore young voters aged 20-29 years, while there were 1.8 crore first-time voters. Read More...
