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Lok Sabha Phase 2 voting concludes in Kerala, Karnataka

Polling concludes in all 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, and 14 parliamentary constituencies in Karnataka.

Below is the voter turn out till 5 PM

Kerala - 63.97% Karnataka - 63.90%

Karnataka LS polls: 5 complaints lodged

Vasanth Kumar, the Advocate & BJP legal cell Convenor informs that at least five complaints were lodged with the Election Commission. "Today 5 complaints were lodged with the Election Commission. One is canvassing and speaking to workers by CM Siddaramaiah inside a polling booth in Mysuru...another complaint is, in a polling booth in Kolar constituency, one ex-councillor Venkatesh is distributing cash to voters, another complaint is AICC Youth President Srinivas is protesting...today is polling day so he is violating Model Code of Conduct," he stated.

Case registered against Tejasvi Surya

A case has been booked against MP Tejasvi Surya and candidate of Bengaluru South PC on April 25 at Jayanagar PS u/s 123(3) for posting a video in the 'X' handle and soliciting votes on the grounds of religion, cites Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka.

Karnataka LS polls: Highest turnout reported in Dakshina Kannada

With less than three hours left for voting to end, over 50 per cent turnout was reported in Karnataka where polling is underway in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies on Friday. According to election officials, the voter percentage till 3 PM was about 50.93 per cent. The voting that began at 7 am, will end by 6 pm. Out of 14 segments that are going to polls today, the highest turnout of 58.76 percent was recorded in Dakshina Kannada, followed by Udupi-Chikmagalur at 57.49 percent. The least was 40.10 percent in Bangalore Central. The turnout was 40.77 percent in Bangalore South and 41.12 percent in Bangalore North.

Actor and film producer Mammootty cast his vote

Actor and film producer Mammootty cast his vote in Kerala’s Ernakulam.

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Actor and film producer Mammootty (@mammukka) cast his vote at a polling booth in Kerala’s Ernakulam earlier today.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/dv5TRARJn4) pic.twitter.com/4yE6YevkqB

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 26, 2024

Voter turn out till 3 PM

Karnataka 50.93% Kerala 51.64%

N Chaluvaraya Swamy casts his vote

Karnataka Minister N Chaluvaraya Swamy votes at a polling booth in Mandya.

Actors, Politicians cast their vote in Kerala

Prominent persons, including senior politicians and candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha polls as well as popular actors and heads of church, turned up in the first half of Friday to exercise their franchise during the polling in Kerala and urged everyone to vote. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan, BJP state president K Surendran, saffron party candidates Suresh Gopi and Anil Antony as well as Congress' K C Venugopal and Shafi Parambil were seen casting their votes early in the morning.

Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas BV casts his vote

Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas BV arrives in Bengaluru to cast his vote.

Below is the turnout numbers till 1 PM

Karnataka 38.23% Kerala 39.26%

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar casts his vote

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar casts his vote in Kanakapura. Shivakumar's brother & Congress leader DK Suresh is contesting from Bangalore Rural constituency.

#LokSabhaElections2024 | Karnataka Deputy CM & Congress leader DK Shivakumar casts his vote in Kanakapura

His brother & Congress leader DK Suresh is contesting from Bangalore Rural constituency. pic.twitter.com/uZkRz0PkNf

— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2024

Actor Yash cast his vote

Actor Yash cast his vote at a polling booth in Hoskerehalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Below is the turnout till 11 AM

Karnataka 22.34% Kerala 25.61%

HD Kumaraswamy expresses confidence on BJP-JDS alliance

Former Karnataka CM and JD(S) candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha seat HD Kumaraswamy confides in (BJP-JDS alliance) to win all the 14 seats in Karnataka.

Shashi Tharoor casts his vote

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor casts his vote in Thiruvananthapuram.

Sure of a historic mandate in Kerala: BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta

BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta, Anil Antony says, "We are sure of a historic mandate in Kerala, so this is not an election to choose a few MPs in Kerala. This is a national election...This is the first time in India's history where a two-time sitting PM is going for a third election with zero anti-incumbency, there is a pro-Modi wave across India...There is a lot of excitement for PM's vision for India. Kerala is no exception. So, we are sure that we will win more than 370 seats for our party and more than 400 seats for our coalition. Rest assured, a large number of them will be from Kerala...This time we will create history...There is a large anti-incumbency wave against the Left Government."

Tejasvi Surya casts his vote

#WATCH | Karnataka: BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency Tejasvi Surya casts his vote for the Lok Sabha polls.

Congress has fielded Sowmya Reddy opposite Tejasvi Surya in the Bengaluru South constituency.

Karnataka is voting on 14 seats today in the second phase… pic.twitter.com/2TWLTRBnFL

— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2024

Congress realises that PM Modi will implement good ideas: BJP's Tejasvi Surya

BJP candidate from Bengaluru South Tejasvi Surya says, "Today is a celebration day in Karnataka. it is a festival of democracy. Millions of people will go out and vote... This is not just a right, but also a duty, because if we don't vote, we are not registering our voice, and contributing meaningfully to a democracy... Just like every year, more senior citizens are seen at the booths, they are coming out in big numbers to vote. I wish young people draw inspiration from senior citizens and also come out in big numbers and vote... Congress party has become absolutely frustrated. Survey after survey shows that it may not win more than 30 seats... The more personal attacks and baseless allegations they make against the PM, history has shown that the Prime Minister has only gotten stronger and the BJP has only gotten popular... The fact that Mallikarjun Kharge wants to meet the Prime Minister to explain his party manifesto indicates that perhaps even the Congress realises that it will be the PM who will implement some good ideas that may be present in the Congress manifesto... Perhaps this is the admission of Congress that they are not coming anywhere near power for the next two decades."

Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble cast vote in Bengaluru

Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble cast their votes in Bengaluru.

Lok Sabha 2024 Polls: Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble cast vote in Bengaluru

Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/McA6VeomQD#RahulDravid #AnilKumble #Bengaluru #LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/TAfwPpfxhy

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) April 26, 2024

Below is the voter turnout till 9 AM

Kerala - 11.98% Karnataka - 9.21%

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan casts his vote

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan arrives at a polling booth in Kannur to cast his vote.

BJP Kerala president and Wayanad candidate casts his vote

Bharatiya Janata Party's Kerala Chief and Wayanad candidate K Surendran casts his vote in Kozhikode.

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP Kerala state president and Wayanad candidate K Surendran (@surendranbjp) casts his vote in Kozhikode.

Polling is underway in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union territories in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.… pic.twitter.com/rzEga6DLS8

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 26, 2024

Kerala Film Actor & Producer Tovino Thomas casts his vote

VIDEO | Kerala: Film actor and producer Tovino Thomas casts his vote at a polling booth in Iringalakuda, #Thrissur.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/2NkNVzL7LF

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 26, 2024

BJP leader DV Sadananda Gowda hopes for 100% result

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: “Practically, 50 per cent of the seats (in Karnataka) are going to polls today. There’s a very good response across the state. Voting on 14 seats is being held today, and we hope that we will have a 100 per cent result,” says Union Minister and… pic.twitter.com/JQRKqXg7AV

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 26, 2024

Kerala minister Veena George casts vote

Kerala minister Veena George casts her vote at a polling booth in Pathanamthitta.

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kerala minister Veena George arrives at a polling booth in Pathanamthitta to cast her vote.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/dv5TRARJn4) pic.twitter.com/3w9vQVdwRL

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 26, 2024

We have given more than double: Karnataka CEC

"We have given more than double the Central paramilitary force for Bangalore Rural constituency. Seven companies of Central paramilitary forces have been inducted at the constituency since April 22," Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena has said.

50,000 civil police personnel deployed

According to Election Commission, 1.4 lakh polling officials are on duty for the first phase. Besides them, 5,000 micro-observers, 50,000 civil police personnel, and 65 companies of Central Paramilitary Force and State Armed Police force of other States have been deployed for security.

Voting underway in Karnataka

Voting was underway on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies in Karnataka. Polling began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. A total of 247 candidates, 226 men and 21 women are in the fray for the first phase covering most of the southern and coastal districts, where more than 2.88 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 30,602 polling stations.

Southern India votes in Phase 2

A total of 89 constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) will vote in the Phase 2 of the general elections.