Updated – May 21, 2024 07:20 am IST
Published – May 21, 2024 06:10 am IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting.
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Following the fifth phase of voting, as the country gears towards wrapping the final two phases of the 2024 general elections, PM Modi today will head to Varanasi to hold ‘Matri Shakti Sammlelan’.
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Over 57% voter turnout was recorded on Monday in 49 constituencies in six States and two Union territories in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election. While Maharashtra recorded the lowest voter turnout at 48.88%, West Bengal recorded the highest polling percentage at 73. Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency recorded a voter turnout of more than 54%, already registering its highest polling percentage in almost four decades.
Varanasi, which goes to the polls on June 1, will see the Prime Minister interact with more than 25,000 women in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency. Mr. Modi is eyeing a hat-trick from the constituency, having secured victories in 2014 and 2019. He is up against the Congress’ Ajay Rai.
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