Lok Sabha Election Fifth Phase Voting Live Updates: Polling To Begin In 49 Seats Shortly

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting will be held in six states and two Union Territories (File)

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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May 20, 2024 06:44 (IST) Lok Sabha Elections 5th Phase: PM Modi Urges Voters To Come Out In large Numbers

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