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April 19, 2024, 04:21 AM - 3 mins read
Chief Electoral Officer, B S Jaglan said, "This is for the first time a total of seven members of the Shompen tribe exercised their voting rights. Earlier, we have given them training about EVMs and VVPATs through a trainer. It's good to see that they came out of the jungle and voted for the first time."
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April 19, 2024, 02:00 AM - 1 min read
Cardiac arrest claims lives of two voters in Tamil Nadu.
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April 18, 2024, 11:43 PM - 5 mins read
Officials said tears welled up in the eyes of 92-year-old Sivalingam after casting his vote.
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April 18, 2024, 10:44 PM - 2 mins read
MK Stalin, Actor Rajnikanth, Congress leader P Chidambaram were among the first to cast their ballot on April 19.
Read more![Superstar Rajinikanth cast his vote for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections at a polling booth in Chennai and Union Minister and BJP’s Nilgiris candidate L Murugan cast his vote at a polling station in Chennai’s Koyembedu. Superstar Rajinikanth cast his vote for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections at a polling booth in Chennai and Union Minister and BJP’s Nilgiris candidate L Murugan cast his vote at a polling station in Chennai’s Koyembedu.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Frajnikanthjpg_1713495876689.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
April 18, 2024, 08:04 PM - 2 mins read
The fate of 950 candidates will be decided by about 6.23 crore voters who are set to exercise their franchise in nearly 68,000 polling stations.
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April 18, 2024, 07:23 PM - 11 mins read
Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha polls started across the country for 102 constituencies.
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