News: Voting has started in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 88 seats across 13 states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens, especially the young and women voters, to vote in "record numbers".

The votes will be cast in all 20 Lok Sabha seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, six seats in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier, 89 constituencies were expected to vote in this phase. But polling in Madhya Pradesh's Betul was rescheduled after the death of a candidate from the Bahujan Samaj Party. Betul will now vote in the third phase on May 7.

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As per the ECI, here is the voter turnout across all 13 states polling today so far: Karnataka - 38.23%
West Bengal - 47.29%
Assam - 46.31%
UP - 35.73%
Chhattisgarh - 53.09%
MP - 38.96%
Rajasthan - 40.39%
Kerala - 39.26%
Tripura - 54.47%
J&K - 42.88%
Bihar - 33.80%
Maharashtra - 31.77%
Manipur - 54.26%

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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live Updates: Till 11 am, Tripura sees highest turnout at 36.42%, Maharashtra lowest at 18.83%