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West Bengal: 80.16% 

Delhi: 56.11% 

Haryana: 62.91% 

Uttar Pradesh: 53.37% 

Bihar: 59.29% 

Jharkhand: 64.46% 

Madhya Pradesh: 60.40%

According to Election Commission of India, overall voter turnout (7 pm) is 61.40%

Tamluk: 82.99%

Kanthi: 80.06%

Ghatal: 79.33%

Jhargram: 81.91%

Medinipur: 80.50%

Purulia: 78.89%

Bankura: 75.68%

Bishnupur: 81.90%

Overall voter turnout in West Bengal: 80.16%

Sultanpur: 52.34%

Pratapgarh: 52.38%

Phulpur: 50.86%

Allahabad: 50.73%

Ambedkar Nagar: 60.85%

Shrawasti: 50.20%

Domariyaganj: 46.87%

Basti: 52.85%

Sant Kabir Nagar: 55.72%

Lalganj: 54.82%

Azamgarh: 56.13%

Jaunpur: 55.16%

Machhalishahr: 53.54%

Bhadohi: 52.41%

Overall voter turnout: 51.14%

Morena: 54.36%

Bhind: 50.82%

Gwalior: 56.39%

Guna: 64.80%

Sagar: 60.42%

Vidisha: 66.06%

Bhopal: 61.71%

Rajgarh: 68.90%

Amabala: 61.74%

Kurukshetra: 67.51%

Sirsa: 66.07%

Hisar: 67.07%

Karnal: 56.27%

Sonipat: 64.65%

Rohtak: 64.73%

Bhiwani-Mahendragarh: 63.74%

Gurgaon: 58.31%

Faridabad: 58.68%

Valmiki Nagar: 63.92%
 

Paschim Chaparan: 63.57%
 

Purvi Champaran: 56.02%
 

Sheohar: 54.92%
 

Vaishali: 53.96%
 

Gopalganj (SC): 54.93%
 

Siwan: 53.88%
 

Maharajganj: 52.01%

Election Commission of India has released fresh figures of voter turnout. According to the commission, 59.87% voters came out to vote during 6th phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. These are figures estimated by 6 pm. 

State-wise voter turnout is as follows:

Bihar: 55.04%

Haryana: 62.43%

Madhya Pradesh: 60.46%

Uttar Pradesh: 51.06%

West Bengal: 80.16%

Jharkhand: 64.46%

Delhi: 55.48%

In a shocking development, Congress leader Digvijay Singh conceded that he could not vote.

"Yes, I could not go to vote to Rajgarh and I regret it. Next time I will register my name in Bhopal," he told media.

Digvijay Singh is Congress candidate from Bhopal parliamentary constituency. He is facing-off with BJP's Pragya Thakur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targetted Congress while addressing a rally in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. He mentioned 1984 riots, Bhopal gas tragedy and alluding to Sam Pitroda's remark 'hua toh hua' he said that the Congress will have the same approach to tragedies occurring in future. 

Overall voting percentage is still around 50% according to Election Commission of India which has released fresh figures.

The commission has estimated that 50.95% of voters have cast their vote in constituencies across the country by 4 pm

Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra cast his vote. His picture was tweeted by the Election Commission

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu cast his vote at Nirman Bhavan polling booth sometime ago. He was accompanied by his wife Usha.

Here are voting percentages in each parliamentary constituency in Delhi (3pm):

Chandni Chowk: 44.90%

North East Delhi: 47.36%

East Delhi: 46.70%

New Delhi: 43.13%

North West Delhi: 46.75%

West Delhi: 44.33%

South Delhi: 42.51%

Though Lok Sabha elections are in their final phases, there are titanic fights yet to be fought.

Fate of bigwigs like Akhilesh Yadav, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijay Singh, Pragya Thakur and others hangs in balance during phase 6 voting today.

Want to know more about key fights in Lok Sabha elections 2016? Check out this story 

State-wise estimated voter turnout (3 pm) is as follows: (Source:- Election Commission of India)

Bihar: 44.40%
 

Haryana: 51.68%
 

Madhya Pradesh: 52.58%
 

Uttar Pradesh: 43.26%
 

West Bengal: 70.51%
 

Jharkhand:58.08%
 

Delhi: 44.98%

Phase 6 of Lok Sabha elections has seen a steady rise in voter turnout. According to the estimated figures released by Election Commission of India, 50.68% of voters have exercised their right to vote by 3 pm

Delhi: Former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee casts his vote at a polling booth in NP Primary School, K Kamraj Lane. 

Delhi: Visuals of voters from outside a polling booth in Mayur Vihar Phase-3 (East Delhi Constituency).

Delhi: India TV Chairman and Editor-In-Chief Rajat Sharma casts his vote with wife and Managing Director Ritu Dhawan. 

Delhi: NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora cast their votes.

Chandni Chowk - 31.74

North East Delhi - 35.73

East Delhi - 33.79

New Delhi - 29.31

North West Delhi - 32.82

West Delhi - 34.24

South Delhi - 31.71

Giridih - 50.64

Dhanbad - 44.72

Jamshedpur - 47.34

Singhbhum - 46.35

Tamluk - 59.07

Kanthi - 57.09

Ghatal - 54.95

Jhargram - 58.21

Medinipur - 53.02

Purulia - 56.60

Bankura - 52.82

Bishnupur - 52.84

Sultanpur - 38.70

Pratapgarh - 34.81

Phulpur - 27.37

Allahabad - 32.08

Ambedkar Nagar - 38.23

Shrawasti - 33.56

Domariyaganj - 29.36

Basti - 38.65

Sant Kabir Nagar - 36.84

Lalganj - 33.14

Azamgarh - 34.89

Jaunpur - 35.23

Machhlishahr - 35.58

Bhadohi - 32.56

Morena - 38.32

Bhind - 35.38

Gwalior - 38.39

Guna - 48.42

Sagar - 45.27

Vidisha - 46.93

Bhopal - 40.69

Rajgarh - 45.30 

Ambala - 33.88

Kurukshetra - 44.43

Sirsa - 37.36

Hisar - 43.72

Karnal - 34.71

Sonipat - 40.53

Rohtak - 38.97

Bhiwani-Mahendragarh - 42.20

Gurgaon - 37.06

Faridabad - 36.31

Valmiki Nagar - 37.35

Paschim Champaran - 38.42

Purvi Champaran - 37.03

Sheohar - 35.77

Vaishali - 35.17

Gopalganj - 40.38

Siwan - 32.51

Maharajganj - 25.65

Bihar - 35.22

Haryana - 37.40

Madhya Pradesh - 41.03

Uttar Pradesh - 34.16

West Bengal - 51.55

Jharkhand - 46.64

Delhi - 28.25

BJP candidate Bharati Ghosh was allegedly attacked twice by local people when the former IPS officer tried to visit polling stations in her Ghatal LokSabha constituency on Sunday when the sixth phase of polling was underway there.

One of her security guards was injured in stone pelting in one of the two incidents of attack.

The state CEO has sought reports from the West Midnapore district magistrate about the incidents.

Ghosh suffered minor injuries when a group of women allegedly attacked her when she tried to take one BJP agent inside a polling booth at Keshpur area in the morning, officials said.

Following this, bombs were hurled and stones were pelted towards the former IPS officer's convoy when she was going to visit another booth at Dogachia in Keshpur after receiving complaints of rigging there.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presently addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria.

Chandni Chowk - 18.04

North East Delhi - 21.56

East Delhi - 20.56

New Delhi - 18.39

North West Delhi - 19.57

West Delhi - 19.73

South Delhi - 18.14

Giridih - 34.43

Dhanbad - 29.07

Jamshedpur - 29.33

Singhbhum - 33.34

Tamluk - 41.20

Kanthi - 37.53

Ghatal - 39.41

Jhargram - 41.74

Medinipur - 39.61

Purulia - 35.78

Bankura - 33.07

Bishnupur - 37.50

Sultanpur - 25.40

Pratapgarh - 23.05

Phulpur - 18.03

Allahabad - 19.85

Ambedkar Nagar - 25.04

Shrawasti - 23.23

Domariyaganj - 13.81

Basti - 26.39

Sant Kabir Nagar - 23.79

Lalganj - 21.93

Azamgarh - 19.75

Jaunpur - 22.76

Machhlishahr - 22.11

Bhadohi - 19.97

Morena - 24.29

Bhind - 21.99

Gwalior - 22.89

Guna - 34.11

Sagar - 30.30

Vidisha - 35.54

Bhopal - 26.15

Rajgarh - 32.39 

Ambala - 20.18

Kurukshetra - 23.81

Sirsa - 24.15

Hisar - 27.17

Karnal - 20.91 

Sonipat - 24.28

Rohtak - 21.46

Bhiwani-Mahendragarh - 25.24

Gurgaon - 23.43

Faridabad - 23.24

Valmiki Nagar - 20.44

Paschim Champaran - 20.22

Purvi Champaran - 20.40

Sheohar - 20.55

Vaishali - 21.95

Gopalganj - 21.87

Siwan - 21.28

Maharajganj - 18.81

Delhi: Senior CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat casts his vote at a polling booth in Sanchar Bhawan.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Sunday said it was "very clear" that the BJP will face defeat in Lok Sabha polls as people are "angry and distressed" and will convey their sentiments through voting.

Interacting with reporters after exercising her franchise, the senior party leader said, it was "very clear that the BJP government is going".

"There is anger among people, and they are under distress. Modiji, instead of talking about real issues, has been talking about random things. And, now, they will express their anger against this government through voting," the Congress general secretary said.

She said this will be witnessed especially in Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar - 20.70

Haryana - 23.26

Madhya Pradesh - 28.16

Uttar Pradesh - 21.75

West Bengal - 38.08

Jharkhand - 31.27

Delhi - 19.53

Referring to encounter between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, "Will our jawans take the Election Commission's permission before opening fire at militants?" 

The prime minister's remark came while he was addressing an election rally in UP's Kushinagar.

While addressing a rally in UP's Kushinagar today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Opposition parties will fall flat in Lok Sabha polls. 

On Alwar gangrape, the prime minister attacked BSP chief Mayawati and said, "Mayawati is shedding crocodile tears over Alwar gangrape, why does BSP not withdraw support from the Congress government in Rajasthan?" 

"Even Congress, which is in power in Rajasthan, tried to suppress Alwar gangrape case as party thinks 'hua toh hua'," PM Modi said.

Chandni Chowk - 18.04

North East Delhi - 21.56

East Delhi - 20.56

New Delhi - 17.89

North West Delhi - 19.57

West Delhi - 19.73

South Delhi - 18.14

Giridih - 34.43

Dhanbad - 29.07

Jamshedpur - 29.33

Singhbhum - 33.34

Tamluk - 41.20

Kanthi - 37.53

Ghatal - 39.41

Jhargram - 41.74

Medinipur - 38.21

Purulia - 35.78

Bankura - 33.07

Bishnupur - 37.50

Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra cast their votes at a polling booth in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya at Lodhi Estate.

Sultanpur - 25.40

Pratapgarh - 23.05

Phulpur - 18.03

Allahabad - 19.85

Ambedkar Nagar - 25.04

Shrawasti - 23.23

Domariyaganj - 13.81

Basti - 26.39

Sant Kabir Nagar - 23.79

Lalganj - 21.93

Azamgarh - 19.75

Jaunpur - 22.76

Machhlishahr - 22.11

Bhadohi - 19.97

West Bengal: Scuffle between BJP and TMC workers at polling booth number 254 in Bankura after BJP alleged rigging by TMC workers. 

Morena - 24.29

Bhind - 21.71

Gwalior - 22.96

Guna - 33.64

Sagar - 30.30

Vidisha - 30.75

Bhopal - 26.15

Rajgarh - 32.39 

Ambala - 18.22

Kurukshetra - 23.81

Sirsa - 24.15

Hisar - 27.17

Karnal - 20.91 

Sonipat - 22.76

Rohtak - 19.24

Bhiwani-Mahendragarh - 25.24

Gurgaon - 22.80

Faridabad - 21.51

Valmiki Nagar - 20.44

Paschim Champaran - 20.22

Purvi Champaran - 20.40

Sheohar - 20.55

Vaishali - 21.95

Gopalganj - 21.28

Siwan - 21.28

Maharajganj - 18.81

Bihar - 20.70​

Haryana - 22.40

Madhya Pradesh - 27.41

Uttar Pradesh - 21.75

West Bengal - 38.00

Jharkhand - 31.27

Delhi - 18.68

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presently addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar.

Delhi: Legendary Cricketer Kapil Dev arrives to cast his vote at a polling booth in DPS Mathura Road, along with wife Romi and daughter Amiya.

Delhi: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives to cast her vote at a polling booth in Nirman Bhavan.

Gandhi was accompanied by former Chief Minister and Delhi Congress President Sheila Dikshit, who is contesting from the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency against state BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and Aam Aadmi Party's Dilip Pandey.

In 2014, the BJP won all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.

Congress candidate from Sonipat, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress candidate from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda, cast their votes at a polling booth in Rohtak, Haryana.

Delhi's eldest voter, 111-year old Bachan Singh after casting his vote at a polling booth in Sant Garh.

Till the last assembly elections in 2015, the centenarian cycled to the polling booth to cast his vote. This time, he reached the booth in a car along with poll officers in full media glare. He was later wheeled into the polling both using a chair.

Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj casts her vote at a polling booth in NP Senior Secondary School in Aurangzeb Lane.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal casts his vote at a polling booth in Civil Lines.

 Bihar - 9.03

Haryana - 9.37

Madhya Pradesh - 13.22

Uttar Pradesh - 9.37

West Bengal - 17.10

Jharkhand - 15.36

Delhi - 8.00

Voting, that was scheduled to start at 7 am, began late at some booths in the national capital Sunday. Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said that voting started 50 minutes late at three polling booths.

"Voting started at 7.50 am at 3 booths of Railway Jhuggi, Shakurbasti," he tweeted.

However, there was no immediate response from the Chief Electoral Office.

Shashi Devi, a 58-year-old resident of Mayur Vihar I, said that she and her son were made to wait for 20 minutes by officials at a polling booth.

"My son and I came to cast our votes to avoid the heat, but after reaching the polling booth at 7 am, we were asked to wait for 20 minutes as officials were still in the process of starting polling," Devi said.

Another voter, Rahul Sharma, had to wait to for half an hour outside the polling booth of his area to cast his vote.

Polling is underway in a booth in the repoll in Kamaraj Nagar Assembly segment of Puducherry Parliamentary constituency Sunday.

The Election Commission had ordered re-polling at the booth following a complaint that officials had not cleared the mock poll votes recorded on the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine.

The mock polling was conducted before the actual election on April 18.

A total of 952 voters including 479 women are expected to exercise their franchise at the repoll, official sources said.

Rahul Gandhi casts his vote in Delhi.

"The election was fought on key issues including demonetization, farmer problems, Gabbar Singh Tax and corruption in Rafale. Narendra Modi used hatred in the campaign and we used love and I am confident love will win," he says. 

Former Union Minister Shakeel Ahmad, suspended by the Congress for contesting the Lok Sabha polls as an independent from Madhubani, has said the partys action against him was harsh and he contested as the candidate of the Grand Alliance was "weak" to defeat the BJP.

He also said that the Congress, which is contesting nine of the 49 seats in Bihar, should have contested at least 12 seats in the state as part of the alliance.

"Congress got less seats. It should have got at least 12 seats. The negotiations should have been done in a better way. It led to demoralization in Bihar Congress," Ahmad said.
 

Around 12.30 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 am in eight Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh. Voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state commenced at 7 am in a peaceful manner, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) VL Kantha Rao said.

"During mock poll conducted before the actual voting began, 30 to 40 electronic voting machines (EVMs) were changed because of some technical problems," he said.

AAP candidate from East Delhi, Atishi casts her vote at a polling booth in Kamla Nehru Govt Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Jangpura.

She is up against BJP's Gautam Gambhir and Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely.

Delhi BJP Chief and party candidate from North-East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, casts his vote at polling booth number 60 in Yamuna Vihar.

He is up against Congress's Sheila Dikshit and AAP's Dilip Pandey. 

Chandni Chowk - 6.87

North East Delhi - 9.06

East Delhi - 8.31

New Delhi - 6.33

North West Delhi - 7.85

West Delhi - 8.31

South Delhi - 7.27

Polling began Sunday morning in ten constituencies of Haryana in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, which will seal the fate of 223 candidates, including Union ministers Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar.

Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the 10 parliamentary constituencies, officials said.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was among the early voters in Karnal.

Haryana's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Inder Jeet said over 1.80 crore people are eligible to vote in the state. Of them, 97,16,516 are male, 83,40,173 female and 207 transgenders.

Over one lakh of the total voters are physically challenged and special facilities have been provided for them, he said.

Around 9.03 per cent of 1.38 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in eight Lok Sabha seats of Bihar in the sixth phase
on Sunday, election officials said.

Polling is underway peacefully in Valmikinagar, West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan and Maharajganj with a few incidents of malfunctioning of Electronic Voting Machines, the officials said.

UP records 9.28% polling till 9 am 

Bihar - 9.03%

Haryana - 8.79%

Madhya Pradesh - 12.30%

Uttar Pradesh - 9.37%

West Bengal - 16.68%

Jharkhand - 15.36%

Delhi - 7.82%

1. 59 Lok Sabha constituencies across 7 states headed to polls

2. Over 10.17 crore voters to decide fate of 979 candidates

3. Over 1.13 lakh polling stations in place for smooth conduct of polls

4. In the last five phases, 424 out of 543 seats have already gone to polls

5. Percentage-wise, 78 per cent seats have undergone the electoral exercise till the fifth phase 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to people on Sunday morning to vote for those who have done work and not for those spreading "hatred" and "venom" as polling in seven Lok Sabha constituency got underway.

The chief minister asked people not to vote for those who are stopping the works of Delhi.

"Good morning Delhi. Please vote. Vote for those who have done your works. Don't vote for those who are spreading hatred and venom and also stopping Delhi's works. Your vote can change the country," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar casts his vote at a polling booth in Karnal.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia casts his vote at a polling booth in Pandav Nagar, in East Delhi Constituency.

Delhi: President Ramnath Kovind casts his vote at a polling booth in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Kovind was accompanied by his wife.

This is the sixth and penultimate round of the mega seven-phased electoral exercise.

Voting was underway on Sunday for 14 parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, election officials said.

Voting began at 7 a.m. in the constituencies of Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shravasti, Dumariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr and Bhadohi. Polling will end at 6 p.m.

Chief Electoral Officer L. Venkateshwar Loo said that a total of 2.57 crore voters will decide the fate of 177 candidates in the fray in this phase.  

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar early on Sunday travelled by Shatabdi express from Chandigarh to his hometown Karnal to cast his vote.

"Departing from Chandigarh to Karnal for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections today," Khattar tweeted.

"I am quite excited about the vote and all of you should go to your respective polling booth with full enthusiasm and ensure your participation," he said.

All the 10 Lok Sabha seats of Haryana went to the polls on the day amid tight security in the penultimate phase of the general elections.

Voting began for eight seats in the Bhojpuri-speaking north Bihar belt on Sunday amid reports of a freak incident in Sheohar where a voter was injured by a stray bullet fired from a home guard's rifle. There was also delay in polling at some booths due to EVM glitches.

In the first hour, long queues of men and women were seen outside the booths under a summer sun as heat wave surged through the area.

According to officials, more than 1.38 lakh voters would decide the fate of 127 candidates in Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj, East Champaran, West Champaran, Valmiki Nagar, Sheohar and Vaishali constituencies.

The Sheohar voter was seriously injured as the bullet hit him in the stomach, said a district police official. The voter fell down at the polling booth and was rushed to a hospital. 

UP: Argument breaks out between Union Minister and BJP candidate from Sultanpur, Maneka Gandhi and Mahagathbandhan candidate Sonu Singh.

Gandhi alleged that Singh's supporters were threatening voters.

Voters queued up outside polling booths on Sunday morning in all seven Lok Sabha constituencies of the national capital where former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Union minister Harsh Vardhan and cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir are among those in the fray.

Voting began at 7 am and among the early voters were Dikshit, party's New Delhi candidate Ajay Maken, Union minister Vardhan, BJP's East Delhi candidate Gambhir, and BJP National General Secretary (Organisation) Ram Lal.

Mudit Agarwal, son of Congress' Chandni Chowk candidate JP Agarwal alleged malfunctioning of EVMs at a few booths in Matiamahal and Ballimaran Assembly segments.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia casts his vote in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 from Gwalior.

The leader said the elections this year is a "contest between Narendra Modi and India".

Scindia, who is seeking a re-election from Guna seat, went early in the morning to exercise his democratic right at a booth in his constituency, after the polling began at 7 am.

Complaints about malfunctioning EVMs poured in from several places of the national capital on Sunday where voting is underway.

Adarsh Gupta, a resident of Matia Mahal area, claimed that at polling booth number 84, 85 and 86, electronic voting machines were initially not working in the morning.

Aam Aadmi Party's Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti alleged that EVMs at booths number -- 116,117 and 122 -- were not functioning.

"EVM in booth 132, Hauzrani is showing 50 votes without anyone casting any vote in the machine n EVMs at booths 116,117, 122 in Malviya nagar not functioning," Bharti tweeted.

However, there was no immediate reaction from the chief electoral office.

Former Delhi CM and Congress candidate from North-East Delhi, Sheila Dikshit casts her vote at a polling booth in Nizamuddin (East).

UP: Polling underway at booth no. 329 - 332 at Sidharth Shiksha Niketan in Siddharthnagar.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Sidharth Nath Singh casts his vote at a polling booth in Prayagraj.

Haryana: Visuals from polling booth number 152 in Prem Nagar in Karnal constituency.

Jharkhand: A first-time voter, Rita Kumari from Dhanbad casts her vote. 

BJP candidate from East Delhi, Gautam Gambhir, casts his vote at a polling booth in Old Rajinder Nagar.

He is up against AAP's Atishi and Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely.

Haryana: Team India Captain Virat Kohli casts his vote at a polling booth in Pinecrest School in Gurugram.

Madhya Pradesh: BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur casts her vote.

Digvijaya Singh is the Congress candidate from the constituency. 

Delhi: People queue up to vote at polling booth number 124 in Civil Lines (Chandni Chowk constituency).

Amid heightened security, voting began for eight parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Sunday. The polling, which started at 7 am, will continue till 6 pm.

The eight constituencies -- Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram (ST), Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur (SC) -- are spread over East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura and part of East Burdwan districts.

In the general elections five years back, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress had won all the eight seats.

An electorate of around 1,33,56,964 will decide the fate of 83 candidates -- 78 male and five female -- in the eight seats.

West Bengal: BJP worker Raman Singh found dead in Gopiballabpur, Jhargram last night.

Two BJP workers, Ananta Guchait and Ranjit Maity, shot at last night in Bhagabanpur, East Medinipur; both the injured admitted to hospital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges people to vote in record numbers. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister said, "Yet another phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections is here! Urging all those whose constituencies are polling in today’s sixth phase to go out and vote. I hope youngsters are voting in record numbers. After all, their participation makes the polls even more special."

Polling for sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections across 59 constituencies begins. 

Union ministers Radha Mohan Singh, Harsh Vardhan and Maneka Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia among several prominent faces in the fray.

Elections are being held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. 

Jharkhand: Mock poll underway for Dhanbad parliamentary constituency at booth numbers 202, 203, 204 and 313 at Laxmi Narayan Vidya Mandir Madhya Vidyalaya.

Congress' Kirti Azad and BJP's PN Singh are contesting from this constituency.

Delhi: Polling officials gear up for voting for the East Delhi constituency at booth number 64, 65, and 66 at MCD Primary School in Jal Vihar.

BJP's Gautam Gambhir, AAP's Atishi and Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely are contesting from this constituency.

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah to address 3 public rallies in Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur, Chamba and Sirmaur) and 1 public rally in Punjab (Amritsar) today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address two public rallies in Uttar Pradesh (Kushinagar and Deoria) and 2 public rallies in Madhya Pradesh (Khandwa and Indore) today.

Madhya Pradesh: Polling officials ensure poll preparedness at polling station number 152/230 in Bhopal parliamentary constituency.

Congress' Digvijaya Singh and BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur are contesting from this constituency.

Haryana: Polling preparation underway at polling station number 20-21 of the Sirsa parliamentary constituency. 

Re-polling to be held at 168 polling stations of Tripura West constituency and 1 polling station each of Puducherry, Barrackpur, and Arambag parliamentary constituencies, today. 

Polling in 59 constituencies across 7 states is slated to begin at 7 am.

Hello and welcome to our election live updates. The sixth phase of polling for the world's biggest election is set to begin shortly in India. Polling will be held in 59 constituencies across 7 states.