In the heartland states, where the BJP had won 30 out of 32 seats in 2014, 62 per cent turnout was recorded in Rajasthan (13 seats), 53.12 per cent in Uttar Pradesh (13 seats) and 65.86 per cent Madhya Pradesh (6 seats).

SRK's appealed voters with a rap song he released on Monday. SRK collaborated with music composer Tanishk Bagchi and shared a music video on social media on Monday evening

Before casting his vote for the Lok Sabha Election 2019, PM Narendra Modi arrived to the polling booth in an open jeep instead of a bulletproof car. The jeep moved slowly through the crowd as he waved in a road-show style.

The Srinagar constituency comprising eight assembly segments recorded zero turnout in as many as 50 polling booths. The majority of these booths were located in Eidgah, Khanyar, Habba Kadal and Batmaloo, a news report said.

The much-awaited Lok Sabha Election 2019 has begun in India. On Thursday people will vote for the 91 constituencies to choose their leader. PM Narendra Modi has made a hard pitch for a second term, based on his work done in last five years. Opposition, on the other hand, has energized themselves with a fresh Rahul Gandhi for the elections.

Amid tight security, polling began at 7 am for the 40-member Mizoram assembly election on Wednesday, officials said.

Voting started normally on Tuesday for the fourth phase of Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir under tight security arrangements.

In an unfortunate incident, a cameraperson of Doordarshan and two policemen were killed in a Maoist attack today in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh. Other two policemen were severely injured.

Voting was underway on Sunday in a heavily-criticised presidential election in the Maldives that has been gripped by political upheaval .

The election to 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Karnataka held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. registered 63.8 per cent voting, the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Friday.