13 May, 21:56 (IST)

Ashok Kumar Garg has been posted as the new Returning Officer of Faridabad parliamentary constituency by the Election Commission.

13 May, 21:08 (IST)

EC to Deploy 710 Companies of Central Forces for Phase 7 in West Bengal. Special Police observer for West Bengal Vivek Dubey said, "As many as 710 companies of central forces will be deployed in West Bengal for the seventh phase of elections on May 19."

13 May, 20:56 (IST)

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress in Indore, Madhya Pradesh: He is such a defence expert that he himself decided who will manufacture planes, he decided those who have never made a plane in their lives will make it.....He thought, the weather is cloudy, it won't come on the radar.

13 May, 20:35 (IST)

Congress Releases List for Bye-Election to Telangana Legislative Assembly. Enagala Venkatram Reddy to be Congress' candidate from Warangal, Komatireddy Laxmi from Nalgonda, Uday Mohan Reddy from Ranga Reddy.

13 May, 20:33 (IST)

EC Announces Repolling in Station 88 of Faridabad Seat on May 19. It said, "Re-poll to be held at polling station-88 of Faridabad parliamentary constituency on 19th May, after a complaint of a violation of secrecy was found to be true."

13 May, 20:29 (IST)

Bye-Election to Telangana Legislative Assembly: Enagala Venkatram Reddy to be Congress' candidate from Warangal, Komatireddy Laxmi from Nalgonda, Uday Mohan Reddy from Ranga Reddy.

13 May, 20:27 (IST)

Election Commission: Re-poll to be held at polling station-88 of Faridabad parliamentary constituency on 19th May, after a complaint of violation of secrecy was found to be true.

13 May, 20:21 (IST)

Election Commission: Speech delivered on 2nd April by Milind Deora, Congress found violative of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Commission censured and warned him to be more careful in the future.

13 May, 20:00 (IST)

EC finds Milind Deora's speech violative of MCC. It said, "Speech delivered on 2nd April by Milind Deora, Congress found violative of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Commission censured and warned him to be more careful in the future."

13 May, 19:45 (IST)

Gautam Gambhir voter ID case: Delhi's Tees Hazari Court fixes 31 May as the date to record the pre summoning evidence in the case. Complainant Atishi to appear before the court to record her statement in the matter, on next hearing.

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New Delhi, May 13: Amid the polling season, political leaders have been campaigning massively too woo voters. With just one phase, i.e. the seventh phase, left to go for voting on May 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters. While the Prime Minister will hold public meetings and rallies in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, Gandhi will hold several meetings in parts of Punjab. Stay tuned here for sitethe live news and updates on Lok Sabha elections 2019 candidates, campaigns and rallies on May 13.  PM Modi, Rajnath Singh Call For High Voter Turnout as Penultimate Battle Begins. 

In the sixth phase of polling on Sunday, voter turnout of 63.3 per cent was recorded, which was less than 65.67 per cent recorded in 2014 for the same seats, the Election Commission said on Sunday. The sixth phase polling was held in 59 seats across seven states in India.

According to reports, the  voter turnout was higher in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and almost the same in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 59.8 per cent which is less than the 65.1 per cent in 2014. According to a report by IANS,  the polling percentage was 62.91 in Haryana (71.86 in 2014), 65.17 in Jharkhand (65.43 in 2014), 79.93 in West Bengal (84.98 in 2014), 60.06 in Madhya Pradesh (56.8 in 2014), 59.38 in Bihar (57.25 in 2014) and 54.12 in Uttar Pradesh (54.53 in 2014).