India election 2019: Sixth round of voting for 59 seats completed
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Voters in Delhi and elsewhere in India's north have cast their ballots in the second last round of a seven-phase general election, with the opposition seeking a united stand to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term.
More than 100 million people across seven states were eligible to vote in the sixth phase of the poll. The election began on April 11 and will end on May 19. Votes will be counted on May 23.
Voter turnout overall was 63.3 percent, according to the election commission. In Delhi, it was 59.1 percent, down from 65.1 percent in 2014, broadcaster NDTV said.
Sunday's voting in 59 constituencies, including seven in the Indian capital, completes polling for 483 of 543 seats in the lower house of parliament. The voting for the remaining 60 seats will be held next Sunday.
Turnout in the first five phases averaged 67 percent, nearly the same as in 2014 elections that brought Modi to power.
Opinion polls say the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to be the frontrunner, but it is likely to return with fewer than the 282 seats it won in 2014.
The BJP captured 31 percent of votes in 2014, but it won more than half the seats to wrest power from the Congress party in a first-past-the-post electoral system in which a candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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7 hours ago
Voters in Delhi and elsewhere in India's north have cast their ballots in the second last round of a seven-phase general election, with the opposition seeking a united stand to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term.
More than 100 million people across seven states were eligible to vote in the sixth phase of the poll. The election began on April 11 and will end on May 19. Votes will be counted on May 23.
Voter turnout overall was 63.3 percent, according to the election commission. In Delhi, it was 59.1 percent, down from 65.1 percent in 2014, broadcaster NDTV said.
Sunday's voting in 59 constituencies, including seven in the Indian capital, completes polling for 483 of 543 seats in the lower house of parliament. The voting for the remaining 60 seats will be held next Sunday.
Turnout in the first five phases averaged 67 percent, nearly the same as in 2014 elections that brought Modi to power.
Opinion polls say the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to be the frontrunner, but it is likely to return with fewer than the 282 seats it won in 2014.
The BJP captured 31 percent of votes in 2014, but it won more than half the seats to wrest power from the Congress party in a first-past-the-post electoral system in which a candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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