New Delhi, April 19 -- Above 40 percent voting recorded till 1 pm

Voting for the first phase of 18th Lok Sabha elections is underway in 21 States and Union Territories comprising a total of 102 seats. At 1 pm, about 40 percent voter turnout was recorded.

Polling is held in Tamil Nadu (all 39 LS Seats), Rajasthan (12 seats), Uttar Pradesh (8 seats), Madhya Pradesh (6 seats), Assam (5 seats), Maharashtra (5 seats), Uttarakhand (5 seats), Bihar (4 seats), West Bengal (3 seats), Manipur (2 seats), Arunachal Pradesh (2 seats), Meghalaya (2 seats), and one each seat in Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chattisgarh, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim and Lakshadweep.

More than 16.63 crore voters, including 8.40 crore...