01:23:21 AM IST, 14 May 2024
Wrap up: Here is everything you need to know
- Andhra Pradesh registered a voter turnout of around 68 per cent in 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies on Monday
- YSRCP MLA from Tenali, Annabattula Shivakumar triggered controversy for allegedly hitting a voter standing in a queue at a polling booth
- Governor S Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu along with their respective family members were among the early voters today.
- The YSRCP is contesting in all 175 Assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha segments in the state. As part of a seat-sharing deal among NDA partners, the TDP was allocated 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies while the BJP is contesting from six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats.
08:18:56 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Elections 2024 Live Update: Voter turnout
“Today we have completed our polling process, except at a few polling stations where polling is still going on because the number of voters this time seems to be on the higher side. By 10 pm, we will close the remaining polling stations also. Up to 5 pm, we had 68 per cent polling,” says Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena.
07:43:02 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Elections 2024 Live Update: Andhra Pradesh records 68.04 per cent voter turnout as polling ends in the state
05:51:20 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Elections 2024 Live Update: Hyderabad’s CP comments on recent identity controversy
Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Srinivas Reddy says, “…ARO has given a complaint against one candidate for checking the identity of voters that is not her job. It is the job of polling officers not even the police. After registering the case, we are investigating it now.”
05:42:23 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Elections 2024 Live Update: Voter turnout for assmebly polls reaches 67.9%
05:30:01 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Elections 2024 Live Update: Visuals of voters in Andhra Pradesh
04:11:27 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Telugu actors spotted at polling booths in AP, Telangana
- Andhra Pradesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Telugu actors were seen at polling booths in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- Notable Telugu actors, including Chiranjeevi, NT Rama Rao, Allu Arjun, and others, cast their votes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- In Telangana’s Kodangal, a wedding-themed polling station welcomed voters with roses, and pink booths managed by women were set up across all constituencies.
03:50:42 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Former Union Minister & Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury cast her vote at Khammam
03:22:33 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: BJP’ Muralidhar Rao, family cast vote at polling booth in Hyderabad
- Telangana BJP’s P Muralidhar Rao, along with his family, exercised their voting rights at a polling booth in DD Colony. Following casting their votes, they displayed the indelible ink marks on their fingers.
- Expressing joy at India’s democratic process, Rao emphasized the nation’s diverse population and successful democracy.
- He urged citizens to participate actively in voting.
02:24:56 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: BJP accuses ruling YSR Congress of attacking NDA workers to influence polls, tells EC police ‘mute spectators’
02:18:15 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Over 5,000 police personnel deployed for smooth polling in Visakhapatnam
Speaking on elaborate security arrangements made in Visakhapatnam, Commissioner of Police Ravi Shankar Ayyanar said, “Extensive security arrangements have been made to ensure smooth polling in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. More than 5,000 personnel are deployed in Visakhapatnam. All the polling activities are being monitored through CCTV. The EVMs are functioning properly and voting is underway across seven constituencies in a peaceful manner. So far, there is no problem in the city.”
Appealing to the voters, he said, “We have made elaborate security arrangements, so I urge all voters to go and vote for the best person, the best party and the best government.”
02:13:17 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Odisha records 39.30% voter turnout at 1 pm
02:12:30 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Andhra Pradesh records 40.26% voter turnout as of 1 pm
Today, the first phase of Assembly elections have begun. People are full of enthusiasm. I want to appeal to the people of Odisha to come and cast their votes for change. In the last 24 years, people have been fed up with the current govt due to their failure…We can clearly see that there is going to be a change in the government in Odisha
– BJP candidate from Sambalpur, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
…I want the women to come out and vote because women have faced a lot of atrocities with this present government. I want them to come and vote for TDP, for their government – the people’s government – because TDP is always for the people. It doesn’t suppress anyone from voicing their opinion. TDP works for the people’s government…
– Nara Bhuvaneswari, wife of former Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu
12:44:02 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Scuffle breaks out between YSRCP leader and voter in Guntur
12:35:47 PM IST, 13 May 2024
AP Election 2024 Live Updates: Andhra records 23% in Assembly polls at 11 am
Governor S Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu along with their respective family members, were among the early voters in Andhra Pradesh on Monday.
11:39:38 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Let’s all do our duty, strengthen democracy, PM Modi tells voters
With assembly polls also being held in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha alongside the Lok Sabha elections across the country, Modi appealed to voters to turn up at polling booths in record numbers.
Everybody has to use the right of their vote. I think it is a good message which we need to pass on to the coming generations
– NTR Jr
10:36:36 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan casts his vote in Mangalagiri
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: The Jan Sena Party is contesting in both the Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha polls in an alliance with the TDP and the BJP
10:15:53 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Chandrababu Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneswari, son Nara Lokesh vote in Guntur
After casting her vote, the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s wife Nara Bhuvaneswari said, “…I want the women to come out and vote because women have faced a lot of atrocities with this present government. I want them to come and vote for TDP, for their government – the people’s government – because TDP is always for the people.”
“It doesn’t suppress anyone from voicing their opinion. TDP works for the people’s government…” she said.
Notably, voting for all 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly and the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are taking place simultaneously today.
09:50:07 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Voter turnout in Odisha till 9 am
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: Odisha records 9.25% voter turnout till 9 am in the first phase elections to its State Legislative Assembly.
09:50:31 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Voter turnout in Andhra Pradesh till 9 am
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: Andhra Pradesh records 9.21% voter turnout till 9 am in the elections to its State Legislative Assembly
09:32:12 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Odisha votes
Dhal highlighted unique challenges, such as airdropping polling officials for six booths in the remote Nuapada district and using boats in other areas to ensure accessibility.
To address potential threats, police have deployed 17,000 personnel, particularly focusing on areas vulnerable to Maoist activities.
DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi emphasised on ensuring a peaceful voting environment.
09:09:12 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates:”People want to protect democracy,” says Chandrababu Naidu
After casting his vote, N Chandrababu Naidu said, “It is our responsibility to cast our vote and demand a bright future. 100% (TDP will come to power in the state)”
“I have never seen such a crowd during my political career. People have come from America, Bengaluru, Chennai to cast their votes… People want to protect democracy and their future…” he added further.
09:10:19 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: EC rescues three kidnapped TDP polling agents in Andhra Pradesh
According to a press release from the CEO’s office, the TDP agents were kidnapped from Bokaramanda village in Chittoor district’s Sadum mandal, which falls under the Punganuru Assembly constituency.
“TDP district in-charge Jagan Mohan Raju complained that TDP agents belonging to polling stations 188, 189 and 199 were kidnapped by YSRCP leaders while going to the polling stations,” said Meena.
Consequently, the CEO noted that Chittoor district election officials and the Police department responded quickly, rescuing the kidnapped agents from Pileru and later enabled them to attend to their duties.
08:51:21 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: All voters should exercise their voting right and elect the appropriate government, says YSRCP candidate from Nellore, Vijayasai Reddy V
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: After casting his vote, YSRCP candidate from Nellore, Vijayasai Reddy V says, “It is the responsibility of the police force to maintain queues and that there is no chaotic situation in the polling station. Police authorities have miserably failed where I have come to exercise my vote and they are trying to regulate and are asking for time to regulate queues and restore the order… All voters should exercise their voting right and elect the appropriate government.”
08:49:13 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: TDP National General Secretary Nara Lokesh greets people after voting
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: TDP National General Secretary Nara Lokesh greets people after casting his vote at a polling booth in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
08:27:18 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu among early voters
Jagan Mohan Reddy cast his vote at Bhakarapuram in Pulivendula constituency of Kadapa district on Monday while Chandrababu Naidu and his wife exercised their franchise in Amaravati.
Speaking to mediapersons after casting his vote, Jagan Mohan Reddy said the people have seen the best governance during the past five years.
08:18:27 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Challenge BJP to declare CM candidate for Odisha, says BJD’s Pandian
Campaigning in the Sundergarh Lok Sabha seat, Pandian said BJP has been “day-dreaming” about forming government in Odisha since 2014.
“When elections come many leaders come as election tourists, and then they are not seen for five years,” he said.
“It’s a very old habit of BJP leaders of Odisha to daydream about forming government as Naveen Patnaik has said. They have been daydreaming since 2014,” he added.
08:07:16 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: 17,000 cops deployed in Odisha to ensure smooth polling
Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1.
The first phase of polling in Odisha will be held on Monday. In this phase, voting will be conducted in four Parliamentary constituencies — Kalahandi, Nabarangapur, Berhampur, and Koraput — and 28 Assembly segments in Ganjam, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Koraput districts of the state.
08:06:46 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates:Polling begins
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live:Polling begins for 28 seats in Odisha’s first round of assembly elections
07:56:42 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Jagan urges people to vote for a better future
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: “You have seen the governance in the last 5 years and if you think you have benefitted from this governance then vote for that governance which would lead to a brighter future…,” says Jagan
07:55:51 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Jagan casts his vote in Kadapa
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: Andhra Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy cast his vote for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Paradesh’s Kadapa
07:40:21 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Will NTR’s son Balayya hold on to TDP fortress Hindupur?
Like in 2014 and 2019, he is locked in a direct fight with the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) candidate. This time the ruling party has fielded a woman candidate — Tippegowda Narayana Deepika.
07:33:54 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: TDP alleges election irregularities in Andhra Pradesh, files complaint against returning officers
The complaint, lodged by former Rajya Sabha MP Kanakamedala Ravindra kumar, accused Returning Officers of deliberately violating electoral procedures, allegedly under the influence of the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP).
The complaint stated, “No voter list has been made available to political parties, no minimum facilities were made available at the Facilitation Centres, and no date had been made available to any party on voting particulars eligibility, issued and voted”.
07:28:11 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: People of disputed Kotia to cast votes in both AP, Odisha polls
Twenty-one of the 28 villages of the picturesque Kotia cluster are claimed by both states and a case over the dispute has been pending with the Supreme Court since 1968.
Due to the dispute, residents of Kotia get the best of both worlds since they have Aadhaar and ration cards issued by both states and receive the benefits of schemes announced by the two governments.
07:27:19 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Reddy sibling rivalry turns Pulivendula into battleground, TDP eyes gains
But as voters gear up for crucial assembly and parliamentary polls on May 13, all eyes are on the high-stakes battle in Pulivendula, an assembly constituency that has been a Reddy family stronghold for over four decades.
Late Chief Minister, the iconic Y S Rajasekhara Reddy won the seat for the first time in 1978 on a Congress ticket. Since then, members of his family have consecutively emerged victorious in 13 elections, including three by-polls.
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the incumbent chief minister and head of the ruling YSR Congress Party, is vying for a hat-trick win here. But his path to victory has been obstructed by none other than his estranged sister, Y S Sharmila Reddy.
07:09:23 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: YSRCP, TDP, Janasena are ‘B’ team of BJP in Andhra, says RaGa
Addressing a poll rally in Kadapa, the Congress leader alleged the remote control of the three leaders is with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Invoking the name of former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), Rahul Gandhi said the former’s marathon political walkathon (padayatra) across Andhra Pradesh was the inspiration for his nationwide Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“Today, Andhra Pradesh is run by the ‘B’ team of BJP. The BJP’s ‘B’ team means B for Babu, J for Jagan and P for Pawan. Remote control of these three people is with Narendra Modi,” Gandhi said, taking a dig at the three parties.
07:05:49 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Andhra gets out to vote
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: Polling for all 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha starts alongside the Lok Sabha polls
07:01:03 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: No security for people’s land, says Chandrababu Naidu
Calling the ruling YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy a ‘traitor’ of the Rayalaseema region, the opposition leader claimed that even the lands of YSRCP activists would not be safe.
“If the Land Titling Act comes into force it is like hanging oneself and you should now hang the YSRCP by voting it out of power,” said Naidu, addressing a public meeting on the last day of election campaigning in the southern state.
06:57:37 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Unemployment, water crisis top election issues in Kurnool; in Tirupati polarisation and corruption wary ruling YSRCP
The city, which was declared the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh from October 1953 to October 1956, will witness a triangular contest between BY Ramaiah of the YSRCP, Nagaraju of TDP and PG Rampullaiah Yadav of the INDIA bloc.
Notably, Sanjeev Kumar of the YSRCP was the MP of Kurnool. He quit the party after being denied a ticket from Kurnool for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and was removed as YSRCP party in-charge of Kurnool constituency in January.
06:50:53 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: EC to use 1.6 lakh EVMs for simultaneous LS, Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh
In a release, Meena said, “Initially, it was estimated that 1.45 lakh EVMs would be sufficient for 46,165 polling stations. However, the addition of 224 auxiliary polling stations necessitated the procurement of another 15,000 EVMs.”
He also noted that the Election Commission is striving to increase the polling percentage in the southern state to 83 per cent, compared to the 79.83 percentage registered during the 2019 polls.
06:40:48 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Voters gold rush
Various bus and railway stations were crowded with passengers, eager to reach their destinations in time. First-time voters were excited to participate in the festival of democracy.
06:34:49 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: YSRCP banking on ‘Navaratnalu Plus’
The ruling YSRCP is contesting on all 175 seats eyeing another term while as part of a seat-sharing arrangement among NDA partners, TDP is contesting on 144 assembly seats, Jana Sena on 21 and BJP on 10.
06:33:54 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: BJP leaders shedding crocodile tears ahead of polls, claims Odisha CM Patnaik
The BJD supremo’s remark came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in election rallies in the state on Saturday, lashed out at Patnaik’s government, accusing it of misrule and failing to develop the state during his 24-year rule.
06:32:30 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Odisha votes for 28 of its 147-seat Assembly
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: The state of Odisha is set to go to polls for both the Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, with the state voting for 28 of its 147 seats in the Legislative Assembly and for four Lok Sabha seats
06:28:31 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: The Opposition looking to spoil Jagan’s party
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: As part of a seat-sharing deal among NDA partners, TDP was allocated 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies while BJP will contest from six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats. JanaSena will contest two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats.
06:27:41 AM IST, 13 May 2024
AP, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 Live Updates: Andhra Pradesh votes for its 175-member Assembly
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Elections Voting 2024 News Live: The Telugu state of Andhra Pradesh is set to vote simultaneously for the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections, with Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress eyeing a repeat of its success from the last time these polls were held. Challenging the YSRCP is the NDA, led by Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party, with the BJP contesting a few seats.
