Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 63.48% voter turnout in phase 6
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 13, 2019, 13:40:28 IST
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 63.48% voter turnout in phase 6

Voting is under way in 59 constituencies across 7 states for the 6th phase of Lok Sabha elections. Stay updated with Times of India for all the live updates
08:51 (IST) May 12
Polling for the sixth phase of the general elections begins today. I am hopeful that people will come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise: Rajnath Singh on Twitter
08:51 (IST) May 12
Former Delhi CM and Congress's candidate from North-East Delhi, Sheila Dikshit after casting her vote at a polling booth in Nizamuddin (East)
Former Delhi CM and Congress's candidate from North-East Delhi, Sheila Dikshit after casting her vote at a polling booth in Nizamuddin (East)
08:41 (IST) May 12
Visuals from a polling booth in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
08:40 (IST) May 12
Karnal candidate Sanjay bhatia and his wife Anju Bhatia in Panipat
Karnal candidate Sanjay bhatia and his wife Anju Bhatia in Panipat
08:29 (IST) May 12
Criminal candidates of Lok Sabha poll phase 6
Criminal candidates of Lok Sabha poll phase 6
08:28 (IST) May 12
Crorepati candidates of Lok Sabha poll phase 6
Crorepati candidates of Lok Sabha poll phase 6
08:22 (IST) May 12
Uttar Pradesh minister Sidharth Nath Singh after casting his vote at a polling booth in Prayagraj
08:20 (IST) May 12
BJP MLA from Jind Krishan Midha going to cast his vote in Jind on bike
BJP MLA from Jind Krishan Midha going to cast his vote in Jind on bike
08:19 (IST) May 12
Congress candidate from Faridabad Avtar Singh Bhadana submitted a complaint against BJP candidate and union minister Krishan Pal Gujjar for violation of code of conduct
08:10 (IST) May 12
Voters queue up to cast their franchise in Haryana
Voters queue up to cast their franchise in Haryana
08:03 (IST) May 12
Lucknow: Dharmendra Sonkar came 1 hour before to exercise his franchise and was happy to be awarded the first voter certificate
Lucknow: Dharmendra Sonkar came 1 hour before to exercise his franchise  and was happy to be awarded the first voter certificate
07:55 (IST) May 12
BJP candidate from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir casts his vote at a polling booth in Old Rajinder Nagar.
BJP candidate from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir casts his vote at a polling booth in Old Rajinder Nagar.
07:48 (IST) May 12
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07:45 (IST) May 12
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: PM Modi on Twitter
07:43 (IST) May 12
Virat Kohli after casting his vote at a polling booth in Pinecrest School in Gurugram
Virat Kohli after casting his vote at a polling booth in Pinecrest School in Gurugram
07:42 (IST) May 12
BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur after casting her vote.
07:05 (IST) May 12
Voting begins for 59 parliamentary constituencies in the 6th phase of polling across Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Delhi
06:44 (IST) May 12
Contest of bahubalis, moneybags & mantris in Bihar
Money and muscle power are in focus in most of the eight Bihar LS seats in the mix in this phase as bahubalis, ministers and moneybags battle it out, some of them by proxy. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, NDA had swept all eight seats.
06:30 (IST) May 12
Polling in 53 of 80 seats in UP is over and the sixth phase will cover 14 seats of which 13 were swept by BJP in 2014, the lone holdout being Azamgarh where SP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav won. This time around, the SP-BSP gathbandhan will be put to the test while Mulayam’s son and former CM Akhilesh Yadav is in the fray from Azamgarh