Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting will be held in six states and two Union Territories (File)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates:
Voters from 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls today.
Polling will be held for five parliamentary seats in Bihar, Jharkhand (3), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (7) and two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir (1) and Ladakh (1).
Key candidates contesting in the fifth phase include Union Ministers Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), Smriti Irani (Amethi), and Rajnath Singh (Lucknow).
From the Opposition, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi is defending his mother Sonia Gandhi’s bastion Raebareli, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is fighting from Baramulla, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya is contesting from Saran, while Shiv Sena-UBT leader and Arvind Sawant is contesting from Mumbai South.
Here are LIVE updates on Lok Sabha Election Phase 5 voting:
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#WATCH | Jammu and Kashmir: Voters queue up outside a polling booth in Nowgam
JKNC’s vice president Omar Abdullah, JKPC chairman Sajjad Gani Lone are the the key candidates from this constituency. pic.twitter.com/e4t9o47qN7
– ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2024
🔴#ElectionsWithNDTV | Lok Sabha Elections 5th Phase: Voting Begins⤵️
◆ 49 seats up for grabs in Phase 5
◆ Key contests in Amethi, Raebareli
◆ Voting in Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir’s Baramulla today.
◆ The big fight is expected in the 7 seats of Bengal and the 13 seats of… pic.twitter.com/Q5hte3Gth6– NDTV (@ndtv) May 20, 2024
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Mayawati shows her inked finger after casting her vote for LokSabha Elections 2024 at a polling station in Lucknow.
#WATCH | Former Uttar Pradesh CM and BSP chief Mayawati shows her inked finger after casting her vote for #LokSabhaElections2024 at a polling station in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/ZmtmwJg8Yq
– ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2024
Shiv Sena candidate from South Mumbai, Yamini Jadhav shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote.
#WATCH | Mumbai: Shiv Sena candidate from South Mumbai, Yamini Jadhav shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote.
She faces a contest from Shiv Sena (UBT) MP and candidate Arvind Sawant. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/RCCmM5ZBFN
– ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2024
Industrialist Anil Ambani casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai, for the fifth phase of LokSabha Elections 2024
#WATCH | Industrialist Anil Ambani casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai, for the fifth phase of #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/2CpXIZ6I0l
– ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2024
Voting for 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories begins.
As 49 seats across 8 states and UTs go to the polls today in the 5th phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, urging all those whose constituencies are polling today to vote in record numbers. I specially call upon women voters and young voters to exercise their franchise.
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 20, 2024
