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LS polls: Tripura records highest turnout in initial hours, stray incidents of violence in Bengal

IndiaTimes Friday, 19 April 2024
In the early hours of polling on Friday, during phase one of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories, a voter turnout ranging from 16.33 per cent to 34.54 per cent was recorded. The situation was marred by sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal and an IED blast in Chhattisgarh that left a CRPF commandant injured.
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