Lok Sabha Election 2019: सात चरणों में हो रहा लोकसभा चुनाव अपने अंतिम चरण में आज 59 सीटों पर मतदान के साथ संपन्न हो जाएगा. वाराणसी सीट पर भी आज ही मतदान होगा, जहां से खुद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी एक बार फिर उम्मीदवार हैं. मतगणना 23 मई को होगी. सातवें चरण में पंजाब में 13, उत्तर प्रदेश में 13, पश्चिम बंगाल में नौ, बिहार और मध्य प्रदेश में आठ-आठ, हिमाचल प्रदेश में चार, झारखंड में तीन और चंडीगढ़ की एकमात्र लोकसभा सीट पर मतदान होगा. इस चरण में 10.01 करोड़ से अधिक मतदाता अपने मताधिकार का इस्तेमाल कर सकेंगे और वे 918 उम्मीदवारों की चुनावी किस्मत का फैसला करेंगे. निर्वाचन आयोग ने मतदान सुगम तरीके से संपन्न कराने के लिए 1.12 लाख मतदान केंद्र बनाए हैं.आज ही पणजी विधानसभा सीट के लिए उपचुनाव होगा जो पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर पर्रिकर के निधन के बाद रिक्त हो गई थी. इसके साथ ही तमिलनाडु की चार विधानसभा सीटों-सुलूर, अरवाकुरुचि, ओत्तापिदरम (सुरक्षित) और तिरुपरंकुंद्रम पर भी रविवार को उपचुनाव होगा. लोकसभा चुनाव के पिछले छह चरणों में औसतन 66.88 प्रतिशत मतदाताओं ने अपने मताधिकार का इस्तेमाल किया. उत्तर प्रदेश में सभी की निगाहें वाराणसी सीट पर हैं, जहां मोदी के मुख्य प्रतिद्वंद्वियों में कांग्रेस के अजय राय, सपा-बसपा महागठबंधन की उम्मीदवार शालिनी यादव शामिल हैं. इस सीट पर कुल 25 उम्मीदवार मैदान में हैं.
60.21% voter turnout recorded till 6 pm: Bihar-49.92%, Himachal Pradesh- 66.18%, Madhya Pradesh-69.38%, Punjab-58.81%, Uttar Pradesh-54.37%, West Bengal- 73.05%, Jharkhand-70.5%, Chandigarh-63.57% in #Phase7 of #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/nBbviNdgvk
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Delhi: Two miscreants killed in exchange of fire with police in Dwarka.
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Patna: Polling was stopped at booth number 101 & 102 in Sarkuna village of Paliganj after a clash broke out between two groups. #Bihar #LokSabhaElections2019 #VotingRound7 pic.twitter.com/sFsxJLbtR3
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: Bengal ki CM jo shuru se dhamki deti aa rahi hain, isliye humein dar hai ki aaj polling khatm hone ke baad se TMC ka narsanghar udhar shuru hoga kya? Isliye hamari maang hai ki Central Armed Forces udhar rahen jab tak MCC khatam na ho. pic.twitter.com/hxnxlGtQOU
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Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu meets CPI (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury pic.twitter.com/hg7adxx3Ok
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Himachal Pradesh: BJP MP Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal after casting their vote in Hamirpur #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/ikXrjl9F20
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Madhya Pradesh: Lok Sabha Speaker & BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan casts her vote at a polling booth in Indore. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/mPUmPXFHS2
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, cast their votes at booth number-134 in Amritsar. #LokSabhaElections2019 #Phase7 #FinalPhase pic.twitter.com/6QZWqgqk0I
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West Bengal: BJP candidate for Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, Nilanjan Roy's car vandalised in Dongaria area of the constituency. pic.twitter.com/Ag09xHu5hZ
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Union Minister and BJP leader Manoj Sinha casts his vote at a polling booth in Ghazipur. pic.twitter.com/gw0IYhhqyV
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Himachal Pradesh: BJP MP Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal wait in queue outside a polling booth in Hamirpur, to cast their votes. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/7DxjikG8ht
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur casts his vote at polling station number 36 in Mandi district. pic.twitter.com/lQsrG66nKx
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Trinamool Congress writes to EC, states, 'Election campaign for last phase of polling for Lok Sabha polls is over, surprisingly Narendra Modi's Kedarnath Yatra is being widely covered by the media for the last 2 days. This is a gross violation of model code of conduct.'
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West Bengal: Mohammed Salim, CPI (Marxist) candidate from Raiganj Parliamentary constituency, casts his vote at a polling booth in St. Thomas' Girls School, Kolkata. #LokSabhaElection2019 pic.twitter.com/iUw5kQvlDz
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
BJP's CK Bose: Last night, I was getting calls from my workers from different booths that they have been threatened by TMC's 'jihadi' brigade that if you sit as booth agents for BJP, you'll be murdered. There's no difference between a terrorist organisation & TMC. #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/OkG6e4l3TT
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Tamil Nadu: A 103-year-old woman has cast her vote in Sulur for by-election to the Sulur assembly constituency. pic.twitter.com/CZNK7fdaFE
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Chandigarh: Congress MP Candidate from Chandigarh, Pawan Kumar Bansal casts his vote at booth no 228, Government Model High School, Sector 28 C. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/2nlTdGNfQW
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Punjab: Former Union Minister and Congress's candidate from Anandpur Sahib parliamentary constituency, Manish Tewari cast his vote at Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/f8W91yM5r9
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
@BJP4India @BJP4MP के वरिष्ठ नेता @parasjainonline साइकिल से निकले मतदान करने @ndtvindia @ECISVEEP #LokSabhaElections2019 #ModiInKedarnath #ElectionsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/yUeP7g73KE
- Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) May 19, 2019
मतदान से पहले घर में पूजा करते @KailashOnline @BJP4India @BJP4MP @ndtvindia #ModiInKedarnath #ModiFlopPressConference #PollofPolls pic.twitter.com/4wgQXdmp1n
- Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) May 19, 2019
Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya casts his vote at polling booth number 316 in Indore. pic.twitter.com/22hMLkFN7H
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
UP CM Yogi Adityanath: Elections are a festival in a democracy, the way people have participated in these elections is commendable. Compare UP and West Bengal, violence wasn't reported from UP in the last 6 phases of elections unlike West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/WnNE4fkBHq
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 19, 2019
Bihar: Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad casts his vote at booth no. 77 in Patna Women's College. pic.twitter.com/rH9HwBEiVn
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Bihar: Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad arrives to cast his vote at booth no. 77 in Patna Women's College. pic.twitter.com/RRR2RJrdCR
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West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew & TMC leader, Abhishek Banerjee casts his vote at polling booth no. 208 in South Kolkata Parliamentary Constituency. pic.twitter.com/PLmTu7HpHH
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Today is the final phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. I urge all those voting in this phase to vote in record numbers. Your one vote will shape India's development trajectory in the years to come. I also hope first time voters vote enthusiastically.
- Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 19, 2019
Today is the final phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. I urge all those voting in this phase to vote in record numbers. Your one vote will shape India's development trajectory in the years to come. I also hope first time voters vote enthusiastically.
- Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 19, 2019
Madhya Pradesh: Fire broke out at a car showroom in Betul, early morning today. pic.twitter.com/2bxjMT2sEX
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
#Punjab: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh waits in queue to cast his vote at a polling booth in Jalandhar's Garhi village. pic.twitter.com/Fo2triU623
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Bihar: EVM malfunction reported at booth no.6 in Pant Nagar of Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency). #VotingRound7
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#LokSabhaElections2019 : Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi casts his vote at booth number 49 in Patna. pic.twitter.com/Blwg9EThAX
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Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar: Elections should not be held over such a long duration, there was a long gap between each phase of voting. I will write to leaders of all parties to build a consensus on this. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/Qrh2ocDJpo
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar casts his vote at polling booth number 326 at a school in Raj Bhawan, Patna. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/5OIMZptQnw
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath exercises his franchise at polling booth no. 246 in Gorakhpur. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/heXwytEqlY
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 19, 2019
Voting begins for 59 parliamentary constituencies in the 7th phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 across Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, MP, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Chandigarh. pic.twitter.com/azmqo02dYx
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
West Bengal: People queue up outside polling station no. 152/41 and 152/47 in South Kolkata to cast their votes. Voting for the 7th and last phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 will begin at 7 AM. pic.twitter.com/ir9ig7jpGQ
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Gorakhpur: CM Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Gorakhnath Temple. pic.twitter.com/jxACCAij5t
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Bihar: Visuals from polling booth number 326 at a school in Raj Bhavan, Patna. CM Nitish Kumar will cast his vote here today. Voting for the 7th and last phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 will begin at 7 AM. pic.twitter.com/P2PZutKwpj
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Visuals of preparation at polling booth no.243-249 in Gorakhpur. CM Yogi Adityanath will cast his vote at booth no. 246 here. Voting for the 7th and last phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 will begin at 7 AM today. pic.twitter.com/4UFlnpDS8W
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 19, 2019
Madhya Pradesh: Visuals of preparation from polling booth no. 321-325 in Indore's Nanda Nagar. Voting for the 7th and last phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 will begin at 7 AM today. pic.twitter.com/sZsadi4oVU
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Punjab: Preparations are underway at polling station no.118 in Badal, Bathinda. The 7th and last phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 will begin at 7 AM today. pic.twitter.com/vURkHCVF1A
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Punjab: Visuals from polling booth no.25, 26, 27 at DAV Senior Secondary School, Hathi Gate in Amritsar. The 7th phase of #LokSabhaElections2019 will begin at 7 AM today. pic.twitter.com/s0hbcEWDSO
- ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019