Mumbai: Assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha are underway with voting of 91 Lok Sabha constituencies across 18 states and 2 Union Territories in the first of the seven phases.
In Andhra, the major factors that could determine the outcome of the elections are strong anti-incumbency, caste and corruption. This is the first general election in the state after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
Here are the LIVE updates:
02:50 pm: Guntur: TDP leader Kodela Siva Prasada Rao attacked at a polling booth in Sattenapalli.
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02:25 pm: The deceased have been identified as Pulla Reddy of YSR Congress party and Sidda Bhaskar Reddy of the TDP, according to police sources, reported PTI.
01:55 pm: 41 per cent polling was recorded till 1 pm for the 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.
01:45 pm: TDP leader S Bhaskar Reddy killed in clashes in Tadipatri town of Anantapur. TDP has alleged that YSRCP workers are behind the incident.
#WATCH: Clash broke out between YSRCP and TDP workers in Puthalapattu Constituency in Bandarlapalli, Andhra Pradesh. Police resorted to lathi-charge pic.twitter.com/q7vxRIR0R8
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
12:20 pm: Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan at the polling booth set up at Chaitanya School in Vijayawada.
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10:00 am: Jana Sena MLA candidate Madhusudhan Gupta smashes an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in Gooty, in Anantapur district. He has been arrested by police.
#WATCH Jana Sena MLA candidate Madhusudhan Gupta smashes an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in Gooty, in Anantapur district. He has been arrested by police. #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/VoAFNdA6Jo
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
09:00 am: There have complaints of EVM glitches in nearly 50 booths, resulting in some delay in polling.
08:55 am: After casting his vote, Andhra Pradesh IT Minister and TDP's Nara Lokesh in Amaravati said, “It'll be a decisive win in Mangalgiri (assembly seat) and also across the state. I am here to convince my electorate that I am a meaningful and a worthy candidate, and I think I've done that.”
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08:30 am: "I'm very confident, people are looking for a change, vote without fear": YSR Congress Party Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy after casting his votes in Kadapa.
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08:20 am: TDP MP candidate from Vijaywada , Kesineni Srinivas castes his vote.
Andhra Pradesh: TDP MP candidate from Vijaywada, Kesineni Srinivas castes his vote at a polling booth in St. Joseph Girl's High School, Gunadala, Vijaywada pic.twitter.com/nKUyBMupY3
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
08:15 am: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his family caste their vote for in Amravati.
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07:45 am: People queue up at a polling booth in Amaravati to cast their vote
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07:05 am: Visuals of polling booth in Vishapkhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh: Visuals from a polling booth in Vishapkhapatnam as voting begins for #LokSabhaElections2019 . Voting on 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state is being held today. pic.twitter.com/PRvxWQXgQp
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
07:00 am: Voting for 2019 Lok Sabha election and Assembly polls begin.
06:55 am: Voters queue outside polling booths to caste their votes.
Andhra Pradesh: Voters queue outside polling booth no 134 in Pulivendula, ahead of voting for the first phase #LokSabhaElections2019. Voting on 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state will be held today. pic.twitter.com/xLhGo4fYra
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
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