MP Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2: Low turnout in the second phase of elections has increased the tension between BJP and Congress. Nearly 59 percent voting took place on Friday (April 26) in six parliamentary seats of the state, which is 8 percent less than the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The highest voting percentage was 68.36 percent in Hoshangabad, while 48.67 percent voting took place in Rewa.
There is talk in the political streets of the capital Bhopal that Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav is also worried about the low turnout. He conducted the review immediately after the second phase of voting ended on Friday.
Amit Shah also worried about low voting
It is being said that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has also expressed displeasure with the state leadership regarding low voting. There is even talk of warning ministers and MLAs. According to media reports, Shah has clearly told Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav that the ministers in whose areas the party’s performance will not be better will have to lose their posts.
Voting decreased on second phase seats
On Friday, about 59 percent votes were cast in six parliamentary seats of the state, Khajuraho, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Tikamgarh, Satna and Damoh. More than one crore 11 lakh 62 thousand voters had the right to vote at 12 thousand 828 polling stations. According to the data released by the Election Commission, 67 percent votes were cast on these seats in the year 2019. Accordingly, voting decreased by 8 percent in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In comparison to 6 Lok Sabha constituencies in the first phase, voting in 6 seats of the second phase has also decreased by 9.33 percent.
In the second phase, Hoshangabad seat saw the highest voting percentage of 68.36 percent. At the same time, the lowest voter turnout was 48.67 percent in Rewa. Voting was 61.87 percent in Satna, 59.79 percent in Tikamgarh, 59.79 percent in Khajuraho and 56.48 percent in Damoh. In the first phase of elections, there was 7.50 percent less voting in Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Balaghat, Mandla, Sidhi and Shahdol Lok Sabha seats as compared to the year 2019.
At the same time, in the year 2019, the voting percentage of Madhya Pradesh was 71.20. of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Voting was 66.62 percent in Tikamgarh seat, 68.31 percent in Khajuraho seat, 70.71 percent in Satna seat, 65.83 percent in Damoh seat, 60.40 percent in Rewa seat and 74.22 percent in Hoshangabad seat.
Khajuraho was discussed the most
In the second phase, everyone’s eyes were especially focused on Khajuraho seat. BJP state president and sitting MP Vishnu Dutt Sharma is contesting from Khajuraho. Congress had left the Khajuraho seat for alliance partner Samajwadi Party. But the nomination of SP candidate Meera Yadav was rejected. In such a situation, the opposition alliance ‘India’ announced its support to All India Forward Bloc candidate RB Prajapati (retired IAS).
Apart from this, the fate of Union Minister Virendra Khatik (BJP) from Tikamgarh, sitting MP Ganesh Singh (BJP) from Satna and the richest candidate from Hoshangabad Sanjay Sharma (Congress) were also decided in EVMs during the second phase of voting. Presently all these six seats are held by BJP. Now low voting has scared both the major parties of the state, BJP and Congress. Especially in the second phase, the voting percentage of women has decreased by 11 percent compared to the previous elections.
This time there has been a 10 percent decrease in female voters instead of male voters. Senior journalist of Madhya Pradesh Ravindra Dubey says that there could be two-three main reasons for the decline in voting. He said that there were many weddings on Friday 26th April. Apart from this, the temperature also remained more than 40 degrees. Dubey says that the lack of greed for an effective election campaign like ‘Ladli Brahmin Yojana’ can also be a major reason for the decline in voting.