By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: The Prime Mnister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed the young and first time voters to vote in large numbers. 35.67 lakh first time voters are registered to cast their votes. Additionally, there are 3.51 crore young voters in the age group 20-29 years.
Voting is going on for 102 Lok Sabha seats spreading across 21 States and UTs in the first phase of the 7 phases polls along with 92 Assembly Constituencies in the State Assembly Elections in Arunachal and Sikkim.
‘The 2024 Lok Sabha elections commence today! As 102 seats across 21 States and UTs go to the polls, I urge all those voting in these seats to exercise their franchise in record numbers. I particularly call upon the young and first time voters to vote in large numbers. After all, every vote counts and every voice matters!, PM Modi said in a X post.
Around 16.63 crore voters are exercising their franchise at 1.87 lakh polling stations spread across 21 States and UTs.
Polling for Phase-I of the General Elections 2024 on April 19, for 102 Parliamentary Constituencies (General- 73; ST- 11 ; SC-18) in 21 States/ UTs and 92 Assembly Constituencies in the State Assembly Elections in Arunachal and Sikkim. It has the highest number of parliamentary constituencies among all phases. Voting begins at 7AM and ends at 6 PM .
Over 18 lakh Polling officials will welcome over 16.63 crore voters across 1.87 lakh polling stations.Voters include 8.4 crore Male; 8.23 crore Female and 11,371 Third gender electors.
1625 candidates (Males – 1491 ; Females-134) are in the fray. 41 helicopters, 84 Special trains and nearly 1 lakh vehicles have been deployed to ferry polling and security personnel.
