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LS polls: 58 per cent voting in seven seats of Bihar

Voting began on Wednesday in the crucial fifth phase Bihar Lok Sabha election in seven constituencies to decide the fate of 118 candidates, including LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan and Rabri Devi, former state chief minister Lalu Prasad's wife.



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Live: Modi denied permission for Varanasi rally, BJP seeks transfer of returning officer

Here are all the updates related to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.



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Lok Sabha elections phase 8: Rahul Gandhi, Jagan Reddy among the key candidates

The fate of 897 candidates will be sealed on Wednesday, May 7 as voting was being held across 64 constituencies in seven states. Some of the key candidates include Congress's Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Varun Gandhi, Shanta Kumar, Major General BC Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, RJD nominee Rabri Devi, YSR Congress Party leader YS Vijayalakshmi and Moon Moon Sen of the TMC will be decided by 9,55,22,471 voters at 1,07,430 polling stations.



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LS polls: Over 81 per cent polling recorded in six seats of West Bengal

Amidst tight security, voting began on Wednesday for the election to six Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, four of which are located in the former Maoist hotbed of Jangalmahal.



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LS polls: Nearly 50 per cent turnout in two seats of J&K

India's largest Lok Sabha seat by size Ladakh will also be voting on Wednesday. But, it has just 1.5 lakh voters. According to 'Greater Kashmir' with the cold desert region of Ladakh, the largest constituency in India, going for polls on May 7 in the last phase of the parliamentary elections, the tricky politics of the place has spiced up the electoral contest.



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LS polls: Stage set for polling in Seemandhra on Wednesday

The stage is set for polling in the 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Legislative Assembly constituencies in Seemandhra on Wednesday.



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Stage set for polling on five LS seats in Uttarakhand

About 70 lakh voters are expected to cast votes on Wednesday to decide the electoral fortunes of 74 candidates contesting for 5 Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand, where ruling Congress and Opposition BJP are locked in direct contest.



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Muslims need quotas to become better-educated, employed: Rahman Khan

Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan on Tuesday backed giving reservation to Muslims, saying the community suffers from lack of education and scant represenation in government services. Speaking to journalists at the Indian Women's Press Corps, Khan said that all the commissions formed to study the socio-economic conditions of Muslims have concluded "that their level of education remains lower than the scheduled caste/scheduled tribes.



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Lok sabha elections live: Over 66 pc voting in 502 seats till phase 8

Voting for the eighth phase of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections began on Wednesday across 64 constituencies in seven seats. One of the most watched battles in this phase is that of Amethi where Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is pitted against BJP's Smriti Irani and AAP's Kumar Vishwas.



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LS poll: Over 76 per cent voters exercise their franchise in Seemandhra

Polling for 25 Lok Sabha constituencies and 175 Legislative Assembly seats in Seemandhra began on Thursday morning to decide the fate of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy among others.



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