Guardian journalist Hannah talked to a few known Modi haters like Akash Banerjee and Pratik Sinha to claim that misinformation and hate speech have increased during the Modi government
9,13,79,409 electors cast their votes in the first phase of 2019 polls, while 11,00,52,103 votes were cast in the first phase of 2024 polls, Wire claims this is a dip of 1.86 crore votes
As per the voter turnout data, there were 71,14,40,983 total voters in 2019 in the conituencies that are in the first five phases of 2024 out of which 48,47,07,015 exercised their right to vote. That means 68.13% voting. In 2024, there were 76,40,80,337 out of which 50,72,97,288 voters exercised their right to vote. That makes 66.39% voting.