First Phase: NDA had won ten seats with lowest voting for 10 years, who will benefit from the decline in votes?

Voting was held on 102 seats in the country on Friday for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. About 63 percent votes were cast in the first phase of elections. The vote percentage on these seats has been less as compared to the last two Lok Sabha elections. There were many seats in the country where the voting percentage was less than 50 percent. Nawada in Bihar had the lowest vote share of 43.8 percent. Which was about 6 percent less than the last election. Similar decline was also seen in Almora, Karauli Dholpur, Gaya, Garhwal, Jamui, Aurangabad, Jhunjhunu, Tehri Garhwal, Bharatpur located in different states of the country. A decline of 4 to 10 percent votes was seen in all these seats.

There were 10 seats where a decline in votes was seen in the first phase. An increase in vote percentage was seen in these seats in the last elections. And in most places, BJP got a bigger victory in 2019 compared to 2014.

Nawada - BJP's Giriraj Singh had won the Nawada seat in the 2014 elections. In 2019, under the alliance, this seat went to LJP's account and LJP leader Chandan Singh was successful in winning the election. However, the decline in vote percentage in BJP's Vivek Thakur field in this election may increase his problems.

Gaya – BJP had won the Gaya seat in 2014. JDU candidates were successful in winning this seat in 2019. JDU had got this seat in 2014 under the alliance. Jitan Ram Manjhi stood second in both the elections. Jitan Ram Manjhi has joined NDA in this election.

Jamui - LJP leader Chirag Paswan had won the Jamui seat of Bihar in the 2014 and 2019 elections. Compared to 2014, Chirag Paswan got a bigger victory in 2019. There was also an increase of about 5 percent in the voting percentage in the last election. However, this time there has been a decline of about 4 percent in the vote percentage. This time, instead of Chirag Paswan, his brother-in-law is contesting the elections.

Aurangabad - Aurangabad seat has been seen as a very strong seat for BJP. There was an increase in the vote percentage in the last two elections, but in this election the vote percentage has declined by 2 percent. Sushil Singh of BJP is the candidate from here.

Almora - BJP candidate Ajay Tamta had won from Almora seat of Uttarakhand. He also won the 2014 elections. In the last two elections, there was about 52 percent voting, but this time there has been a decline of about 6 percent in the voting percentage.

Garhwal - BJP had snatched the Garhwal seat from Congress in 2014. Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri won the elections from here in 2009 and Teerth Singh Rawat won the elections in 2019. However, compared to the last two elections, a decline of about 5 percent has been recorded in the vote percentage this time.

Tehri Garhwal - BJP's Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah is contesting from this seat of Uttarakhand. She has won the last 2 elections. However, there has been a huge decline in the vote percentage in this election. About 7 percent less votes were cast.

Bharatpur - BJP's Ranjita Koli is the MP from Bharatpur in Rajasthan. The vote percentage on this seat was increasing since the last two elections, this time around 7 percent less votes were cast. In such a situation, the question arising is what effect it will have on the election results.

Jhunjhunu - BJP's Narendra Kumar had won from this seat of Rajasthan. In this election, Shubhakaran Choudhary has been fielded by the party. About 10 percent less votes were cast on this seat compared to the last election.

Karauli Dholpur - This seat has also been held by BJP. Manoj Rajoria is a BJP MP. About 52 percent votes were cast on this seat in the last two elections, but this time 3 percent less votes were cast.