Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live Updates: There’s a total 1,210 candidates in the fray today. The BSP has fielded the most candidates in this phase at 74, followed by the BJP at 69 and the Congress at 68.

Voting kicked off for 88 seats across 13 states and UTs as the second phase of general elections commenced on Friday. By the end of the day, a third of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats — including all the seats in Kerala, Rajasthan, Manipur and Tripura, and 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka — will have completed polling. Other seats carrying out the electoral exercise include 8 each in UP and Maharashtra, 7 in MP, 5 each in Assam and Bihar, 3 in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, and 1 in Jammu and Kashmir.