Lok Sabha elections 2024: Voting begins for 96 seats in fourth phase of LS polls

Voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in 96 Parliamentary Constituencies across nine states and one Union Territory began on Monday at 700 amPolling for all 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha also started simultaneously with the Lok Sabha pollsOf the 96 Lok Sabha seats 25 are from Andhra Pradesh 17 from Telangana 13 from Uttar Pradesh 11 from Maharashtra eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal five from Bihar four each from Jharkhand and Odisha and one from Jammu and KashmirA total of 1717 candidates from 10 StatesUTs will contest elections in phase 4 of the Lok Sabha polls the Election Commission of India said reported ANIAccording to the poll body a total of 4264 nominations were filed for 96 parliamentary constituencies reported ANIThe Election Commission further stated that the maximum number of nomination forms were received from Telangana 1488 followed by Andhra Pradesh with 1103 nominations from 25 constituencies reported ANIMalkajgiri Parliamentary Constituency in Telangana received a maximum of 177 nomination forms followed by 13Nalgonda and 14Bhongir in the same state with 114 nomination forms in eachThe fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 is witnessing key contests in various constituencies Leaders such as AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury TMC leader Mahua Moitra BJP leader Giriraj Singh JDUs Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan Singh TMC leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Yusuf PathanBJP leaders Arjun Munda and Madhavi Latha and Andhra Pradesh Congress Chief YS Sharmila are also looking for electoral successBaharampur Hyderabad Krishnanagar Begusarai Munger Srinagar Asansol Kannauj Kadapa and Khunti are some of the prominent Lok Sabha seats where voting is underwayThe Election Commission on Sunday informed that polling time in certain assembly segments of 17 Parliamentary Constituencies of Telangana was increased by the Commission from 7 am to 6 pm to increase voters participationAs per the IMD forecast there is no significant concern regarding the hot weather conditions for the polling in phase 4The weather forecast indicates that the Parliamentary Constituencies going for polls are likely to experience normal to below normal temperatures 2 degrees and there will be no heat wavelike conditions in these areas on the polling day However for the convenience of voters meticulous arrangements have been made at all polling stations including facilities like water shamiyana and fans the Election Commission said reported ANISo far till phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 polling has concluded smoothly and peacefully in 283 Lok Sabha seatsWith inputs from ANI