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| Today is India's biggest voting day |
| Today is India's biggest voting day: 10 facts
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| INDIA
, 17-April-2014
4:59:55 AM |
| Voters lined up at 7:00 am in 121 constituencies across 12 states where more than 16.61 crore voters are eligible to cast ballots. (121 seats across 12 states vote in biggest round of Lok Sabha election)
2.45 of the 121 seats that will be decided today are with the Congress and its allies; the BJP and its allies hold 47. (Elections 2014: Full Coverage)
3.Voting today is being held in states including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Till noon, 26% voters had cast their votes in Karnataka and 19% in Madhya Pradesh. In UP, over 27 % voters had voted till 11 am. Voter-turnout in Maharashtra till 11 am was around 18%.(Read: top 10 heavyweights in phase 5)
4.UP, India's most populous state, selects 80 parliamentarians; Maharashtra elects another 48. The BJP and its partners are expected to gain huge ground in both, according to opinion polls.
5.Among the mega battles today is the election in South Bangalore where Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is running against the BJP's Ananth Kumar, a five-time parliamentarian. Here voter turnout was nearly 30% till noon. (10 big fights: featuring Nandan Nilekani, Lalu's daughter)
6.The key polling day comes after the Gandhis, who lead the Congress, cranked up the rhetoric in a bid to claw back support from Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidat
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