Mumbai: Clashes that left one TDP man dead and malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs) marred votes in Andhra Pradesh which is seeing simultaneous state and general elections today.
In Andhra, the major factors that could determine the outcome of the elections are strong anti-incumbency, caste and corruption. This is the first state and general elections in the state after its bifurcation in 2014.
Here are LIVE updates:
02:50 pm: Guntur: TDP leader Kodela Siva Prasada Rao attacked at a polling booth in Sattenapalli.
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02:25 pm: The deceased have been identified as Pulla Reddy of YSR Congress party and Sidda Bhaskar Reddy of the TDP, according to police sources, reported PTI.
01:55 pm: 41 per cent polling was recorded till 1 pm for the 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.
01:45 pm: TDP leader S Bhaskar Reddy was killed in clashes in Tadipatri town of Anantapur. TDP has alleged that YSRCP workers were behind the incident.
#WATCH: Clash broke out between YSRCP and TDP workers in Puthalapattu Constituency in Bandarlapalli, Andhra Pradesh. Police resorted to lathi-charge pic.twitter.com/q7vxRIR0R8
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
12:20 pm: Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan at the polling booth set up at Chaitanya School in Vijayawada.
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10:00 am: Jana Sena MLA candidate Madhusudhan Gupta smashes an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in Gooty, in Anantapur district. He has been arrested by police.
#WATCH Jana Sena MLA candidate Madhusudhan Gupta smashes an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in Gooty, in Anantapur district. He has been arrested by police. #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/VoAFNdA6Jo
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
09:00 am: There have complaints of EVM glitches in nearly 50 booths, resulting in some delay in polling.
08:55 am: After casting his vote, Andhra Pradesh IT Minister and TDP's Nara Lokesh in Amaravati said, “It'll be a decisive win in Mangalgiri (assembly seat) and also across the state. I am here to convince my electorate that I am a meaningful and a worthy candidate, and I think I've done that.”
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08:30 am: "I'm very confident, people are looking for a change, vote without fear": YSR Congress Party Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy after casting his votes in Kadapa.
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08:20 am: TDP MP candidate from Vijaywada, Kesineni Srinivas castes his vote.
Andhra Pradesh: TDP MP candidate from Vijaywada, Kesineni Srinivas castes his vote at a polling booth in St. Joseph Girl's High School, Gunadala, Vijaywada pic.twitter.com/nKUyBMupY3
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
08:15 am: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his family caste their vote for in Amravati.
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07:45 am: People queue up at a polling booth in Amaravati to cast their vote
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07:05 am: Visuals of polling booth in Vishapkhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh: Visuals from a polling booth in Vishapkhapatnam as voting begins for #LokSabhaElections2019 . Voting on 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state is being held today. pic.twitter.com/PRvxWQXgQp
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
07:00 am: Voting for 2019 Lok Sabha election and Assembly polls begin.
06:55 am: Voters queue outside polling booths to caste their votes.
Andhra Pradesh: Voters queue outside polling booth no 134 in Pulivendula, ahead of voting for the first phase #LokSabhaElections2019. Voting on 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state will be held today. pic.twitter.com/xLhGo4fYra
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
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