Voter turnout in 1st phase is low, is there reluctance towards Modi government? Polling for the first phase of the biggest festival of democracy was held on April 19 in 102 Lok Sabha election constituencies in 21 states. The first phase of polling was held in five constituencies in Assam.
The total number of polling stations in the first phase of elections was 1.87 lakh. Around 18 lakh officers and employees have been deployed by the Election Commission at this polling station.
The fate of a total of 35 candidates in Assam will be decided in the first phase of elections. Of the total 10,001 polling stations in the first phase, 92 were identified as model polling stations.
In contrast, the number of polling stations run by differently-abled people was 11 and the number of booths run by women was 752.
The number of polling-presiding officers deployed for the first phase of elections was 40,004. 10,001 VVPATs, 10,001 ballot units, 10,001 control units were used in the first phase of elections in Assam.
The fate of eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and a former governor will be decided in the first phase of elections. In these 102 constituencies in 21 states, the UPA won in 45 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the NDA in 41.
Voter turnout in the first phase
In the last election, 53 per cent voter turnout was recorded in these Lok Sabha constituencies, but this time only 47 per cent voting was recorded. On the contrary, Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP has a strong position, has seen a dismal atmosphere in terms of voting.
The eight Lok Sabha constituencies that went to polls in Uttar Pradesh had recorded 67 per cent voter turnout in the previous elections, but this time the voter turnout has dropped to 57 per cent.
In Madhya Pradesh too, 75 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first phase of the last election, but this time only 63 per cent voter turnout was recorded. Rajasthan also recorded 64 per cent voter turnout in 2019, but this time 57 per cent voter turnout was recorded.
Is there a threat to the BJP due to low voter turnout?
Only once did the ruling party regain its reins. In the general elections of the country in the 1980s, the voter turnout dropped significantly. That time the Bharatiya Janata Party government lost its reins.
Similarly, in 1989, due to a substantial decline in the voter turnout, the Congress had to stake power to Ain. The government was formed that time under the leadership of Vishwa Pratap Singh.
However, in 2004, the decline in voting resulted in opposition parties in the country. Powerful leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost the prime minister’s seat.
Ever since the Modi wave in the country has blown up the voting percentage in each election from the other in two consecutive elections. The voter turnout in the 2019 elections increased significantly from the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
As a result, the ruling BJP benefited. The BJP, which had won 282 seats in 2014, managed to win 303 seats in 2019. It is not easy to predict everything correctly in politics even if there is some evidence from such earlier data.
Many a times the figures made by many famous political analysts and agencies are seen to be flawed. But looking at such dismal participation of voters, how successful the BJP, which is confident of crossing 400 in 24, is also a big question in the minds of many now.
What is the percentage of voting in which constituency of Assam?
According to the data, 76.74% voter turnout has been completed in Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, 79.48% in Jorhat, 75.79% in Kaziranga constituency, 74.81% in Sonitpur constituency, 72.65% in Lakhimpur constituency.
Assembly elections 2024
According to the Election Commission, 76.44% voters cast their votes in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections and 79.86% in Sikkim.
It is noteworthy that of the 21 states, Lakshadweep has the highest number of people who exercised their franchise at 83.88%.
Among the candidates contesting in the first phase are candidates with criminal cases.
The BJP has the highest number of candidates with the highest number of criminal cases in the first phase of elections. In the first phase of elections, 28 out of the party’s 77 candidates are being booked for serious criminal cases and 14 candidates.
The Congress also has serious criminal cases registered against 19 of the 56 candidates and 8 against them. Out of the 86 candidates of the BSP party, 11 are facing serious criminal cases registered against them and 8.
The ADR also revealed that 124 candidates are crorepatis. Sixty-nine BJP candidates, 49 from Congress, 35 from AIADMK and 18 BSP candidates contesting the first phase of elections are contesting.
Union ministers contesting the first phase of elections
Boycott of votes in Lok sabha election 2024
The Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation has been demanding a separate administration or a separate state for a long time. The voter turnout in six districts of Nagaland is zero per cent soon after the organisation appealed to the locals to boycott the votes.
The people of 6 districts have been demanding a separate administration or state by merging the backward districts since 2010. The chief electoral officer of the north-eastern state has issued a notice to the ENPO for obstructing the election process.
In a statement, the top election official said the organisation has “interfered with the rights of the people living in the eastern Nagaland region in voting in the general elections.”
Hence a show cause notice has been issued to the organisation. The probe will be initiated under sub-sections of Section 171C of the Indian Penal Code.
In response, the organisation said the main objective of the universal notification was to reduce the chances of chaos in the eastern Nagaland region, and to reduce the risks associated with the mobilization of anti-social elements.
The association also noted that “eastern Nagaland region is currently under a public emergency. And the announcement was made after consultations with its stakeholders.
It was a “voluntary step” by the public, it added. So the investigation under Section 171C is not applicable here. Because no crime has been committed.
The statement also said that they are ready to cooperate with the Election Commission. Because there is a misunderstanding or misinterpretation.
It may be recalled that the organisation had also announced a boycott of last year’s assembly elections. But they withdrew it after Union Home Minister Amit Shah gave an assurance.
More than 500 voters from Ghilaguri, Bam Chapri and Lakhipathar villages of Assam’s Dhakuakhana assembly constituency boycotted the votes and protested.
BJP’s ‘400 will be possible!
The first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the country has already been held with the slogan ‘400par’ of the BJP, the ‘Modi’s Madhama’ slogan of the Congress. Polling was held in the midst of two or three scattered incidents in 102 constituencies of the country, including five constituencies in Assam.
Although the voter turnout in Assam in the first phase has created a record, the overall voter turnout in the country has come down significantly this time. The decline in the turnout is good for the ruling party but history has proved that the ruling party is in danger whenever the turnout drops.
The declining voter turnout in the country is not very pleasant for the ruling party. Although there are still six phases of elections in the country, political analysts say voters have given some indications in the first phase.
At a time when the BJP is urging people to come out to cross the 400 mark, many questions have also been raised as to why the people are not participating in the voting process.
Even Nitin Gadkari’s constituency in Nagpur, also known as bjp’s Barghar, saw a dip this time much more than 2019. But in the context of Assam, this formula is completely the opposite.
The decline in the voter turnout in Assam has proved to be good for the ruling party and an increase is not very good for the ruling party. The voter turnout in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in Assam was 69.5 per cent.
In 2014, when the BJP formed the government, the voter turnout was 80 per cent. That time, in 2014, the Congress lost several constituencies in Assam.
Are the people reluctant to the Modi government?
People will vote. Those who win will form the government. Essam is overzealous, the other Essam is worried, the common man is confused. As they say is Modi’s government once again or this government needs to be given farewell.
They were better off sitting in the opposition seat than in power. He understood people’s problems and expectations better. When they were in opposition, there was no such division between Hindus and Muslims in the country
Their leader understood what price rise was when he was not in power. He was well aware of how it had an impact on the general public. It came out in protest against the price rise across the country.
They got into bullock carts and protested against the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel.
They changed after coming to power. When they were in opposition, they looked at corruption, black money from the point of view of the common man. It said rs 15 lakh will be given to every Indian. Coming to power, they made electoral bonds.
Forgetting the countrymen to pay Rs 15 lakh, the party’s funds were laundered by thousands of crores with electoral bonds. Its impact was on the heads of the poor and the poor in the form of price rise. It is better to be anti-them than to be rulers.
They are good at hitting the shovel with a spoon. How many do they do, what rules they have made, broken them. They think more about capital as if they think of the people. They did not think twice to pass on the country’s resources to that capitalist.
While sitting in that seat, he saw the problems of tea garden workers. Thought of an increase in wages. He talked about protecting the interests of the Khilonjiya people of Assam. The day after coming to power, he said illegal foreigners living in Assam would flee.
Seeing the 56-inch chest, the foreigners did not. Clause 6 of the Assam Accord that it will implement Clause 6 of the ‘Beard, Comma Adalo without any side’, is also past. None of this happened in action. And there is so much more such things. The things they understood when they were in opposition, the things they said. They came to power and forgot them.
Now the name of Ram on their faces. The ghost of the rise of a particular leader of the opposition in front of Essam’s eyes! He won this election battle. That fear has made him look like a kansa.
The blueprint is to ensure that defeat by putting the commander, the Pali commander in the battle. The good will of the people towards the rivals is sleeping. Despite being tired, he is mainly focusing more on this fight.
This defeat could be an extreme blow for him. Across the state, they now want to portray women as their strength. The beneficiaries, lakhpati baideos, want to ensure votes.
Those who have been abusing another manager of communal forces as Miah’s Sardar for 11 months have made many electoral equations in closed rooms without people seeing them. As per convenience they are scrambling to harm their opponents.
Looking at these, it seems better not to let them become rulers anymore. It is good to let them speak people in opposition. Those who are attracted to them have seen how they break and form rules.
Roadshows on GS Road set that example before our eyes. They need education now. Put them in the opposition’s seat to remember forgotten things