Vote without fear, says Jaganmohan Reddy after casting vote

Polling for the Assembly elections to Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh will begin at 7 am on Thursday.
New Delhi: Polling for the Assembly elections to Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh has begun at 7 am on Thursday.
The voting for all the 175 Assembly seats in Andhra will conclude at 6 pm. A total of 2,118 contestants are in the fray. Notable, this is going to be the first assembly election for Andhra Pradesh following the bifurcation of Andhra and formation of Telangana in June 2014.
The first phase of polling for 28 assembly seats in Odisha will decide the fate of 191 candidates, including 16 women. There are 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state.
The polling for the 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim has also begun at 7 am, with a total of 150 candidates in the fray. The voting will conclude at 5 pm at 567 polling stations spread over four districts in Sikkim.
In Arunachal Pradesh, a total of more than 7 lakh voters will exercise their franchise for the Assembly polls today. As many as 181 candidates including 11 women are in the fray for 57 assembly constituencies out of total 60 seats in the state.
Lok Sabha and assembly elections are being held simultaneously in these four states. The counting of votes will be held on May 23.
11 April 2019, 11:33 AM
Malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) disrupted the polling in Andhra Pradesh briefly in some constituencies. The polling at Kanchikacherla village of Krishna district had to be halted till the machines were rectified or replaced.
11 April 2019, 11:32 AM
Voting underway at a polling station in Berhampur in Odisha
11 April 2019, 11:22 AM
It is likely that many voters who returned may not come back for voting even if polling is resumed after replacement/repair of existing EVMs.Therefore repolling needed in all polling stations where polling had not commenced upto 9.30am: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a letter to CEC
11 April 2019, 11:20 AM
An overall 7 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 am in Odisha. Lok Sabha seats – Koraput recorded 10 per cent and Berhampur recorded 11 per cent. Malkangiri, which is an assembly seat, recorded 4 per cent.
11 April 2019, 10:58 AM
Life in Kashmir was disrupted Thursday due to a strike called by separatists to protest against polling for first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the Valley and NIA action against Hurriyat Conference leaders and their kin, reported news agency PTI. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed due to the strike while attendance in government and private offices was thin, officials said.
11 April 2019, 10:35 AM
11 April 2019, 10:32 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.
11 April 2019, 09:31 AM
People in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh queue up to cast their votes for Lok Sabha election: Watch
11 April 2019, 09:30 AM
Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s K Kavitha casts her vote at a polling station in Pothangal, in Nizamabad parliamentary constituency.
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It will 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 ana worthy candidate, and I think I’ve done that: Andhra Pradesh IT Minister and TDP’s Nara Lokesh
11 April 2019, 09:05 AM
YSR Congress Party chief Jaganmohan Reddy after casting his votes in Kadapa: I’m very confident, people are looking for a change, vote without fear.
11 April 2019, 09:04 AM
TDP MP candidate from Vijayawada, Kesineni Srinivas castes his vote at a polling booth in St. Joseph Girl’s High School, Gunadala, Vijayawada
11 April 2019, 09:03 AM
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his family after casting their vote for Lok Sabha election in Amravati.
11 April 2019, 09:02 AM
People queue up at a polling booth in Amaravati to cast their vote.
11 April 2019, 09:01 AM
Visuals from a polling booth in Visakhapatnam:
11 April 2019, 09:00 AM
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets and says. #LokSabhaElections2019 commence today. I call upon all those whose constituencies are voting in the first phase today to turn out in record numbers and exercise their franchise. I specially urge young and first-time voters to vote in large numbers.
11 April 2019, 08:58 AM
Voters queue outside polling booth no 134 in Pulivendula, ahead of voting for the first phase Lok Sabha election.
11 April 2019, 08:22 AM
“Election day is when we must all take the lead and march to polling booths. At ZEE we pledge to encourage voter turnout by pausing our shows & content across our channels on election days from 8 AM-10 AM. Requesting every eligible Indian citizen to go out & vote. #GrownUpsGoVote,” tweeted Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.
11 April 2019, 08:01 AM
Voting underway in five constituencies in Assam: Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaliabor, Lakhimpur, Tezpur
Voting underway in five constituencies in Uttarakhand: Almora, Garhwal, Hardwar, Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, Tehri Garhwal