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A voter turnout of over 63% was recorded in phase 2 of Lok Sabha elections.

In this round of polls, 1,202 candidates, including 1,098 male, 102 female and two transgender contestants, were vying for a seat in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament. Voters in four villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, Rajasthan’s Banswara and Maharashtra’s Parbhani boycott polls; Bru voters from Tripura exercised their franchise for the first time.

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Polling took place in Kerala (for all 20 seats), Karnataka (14 of the 28 seats), Rajasthan (13 seats), Maharashtra (eight seats), Uttar Pradesh (eight seats), Madhya Pradesh (six seats), Assam (five seats) and Bihar (five seats). Voting is also taking place in Chhattisgarh (three), West Bengal(three), Manipur (one), Tripura (one) and Jammu and Kashmir (one).

Voting in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul, which was scheduled to be held on April 26, was shifted to the third phase on May 7 following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ashok Balawi.

Also read: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 2 polling