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New Delhi: Voting in 49 constituencies across 6 states and 2 Union Territories has begun in the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Polling is underway in 5 parliamentary seats in Bihar, 3 in Jharkhand, 13 in Maharashtra, 5 in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, 7 in West Bengal and one each in J&K and Ladakh.
Key candidates in the fray in this phase include Union ministers Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), Smriti Irani (Amethi), Niranjan Jyoti (Fatehpur) and Kaushal Kishore (Mohanlalganj).
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is also in the fray in this phase, contesting in the family bastion Rae Bareli which his mother Sonia Gandhi won in 2019.
Other key contestants include former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah in Baramulla, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya in Saran, and Shiv Sena-UBT leader Arvind Sawant in Mumbai South.
05:40 pm: Four generations of a family came together to cast their vote in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.
Source: Election Commission of India
05:30 pm: Bollywood actor Salman Khan shows inked finger after casting vote at a polling booth in Mumbai. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachan and Sonakshi Sinha also exercised their democratic right to vote in Mumbai.
#WATCH | Actor Salman Khan shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/9M7DADf8gr
04:40 pm: With the fifth phase of elections live, here is a look at two significant women candidates – Smriti Irani from Amethi and Rohini Acharya from Saran.
3:30 pm: Actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh cast their votes in a polling station in Mumbai. Deepika Padukone can be seen with a baby bump.
2:10 pm: As of 1 pm, ECI recorded voter participation of 36.73 per cent in Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections in six states and two union territories. Here’s a state breakdown:
Ladakh UT leads with 52.02 per cent, followed by West Bengal (48.41%) and Jharkhand (41.89%).
Meanwhile, Maharashtra continues to have poor voter turnout at 27.78 per cent.
01:50 pm: Former Congress President and candidate from Wayanad (Kerala) and Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) arrives for inspection at the Raebareli polling booth.
01:15 pm: Police detain three Shiv SenaI(UBT) workers for allegedly installing dummy EVMs near a polling station in Mumbai. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Rait attacks the BJP after the move.
He says, “Dummy EVM was kept more than 100 metres away from the polling station, for the people who do not know how to cast their votes…BJP knows that their candidate is going to lose from here so they are using the Police to put pressure on us, but Shiv Sena (UBT) will not get scared by all this…”
#WATCH | On Mumbai Police detaining 3 workers from Shiv Sena (UBT) for allegedly installing dummy EVMs near the polling station in Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sunil Raut says “Dummy EVM was kept more than 100 metres away from the polling station, for the people who do not know… pic.twitter.com/w5mEuXq0x4
12:25 pm: BJP MP and candidate from Hooghly, Locket Chatterjee gets into an argument with a man claiming to be a poll agent at a polling station in Dasghara High School under Hooghly Lok Sabha Constituency. Chatterjee alleged that he was a TMC agent. She later took that person out of the polling station.
#WATCH | BJP MP and candidate from Hooghly, Locket Chatterjee says “He was a TMC agent and does not have any documents. He went inside the booth and kept asking people to vote for TMC. Police are not doing anything…” pic.twitter.com/at6bH92MIp
11:15 am: Amid ongoing polls in Odisha, Prime Minister holds road show, addresses public rally in Puri to support BJP candidate Sambit Patra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a roadshow for Lok Sabha elections, in Puri, Monday, May 20, 2024 | PTI
10:50 am: Arjun Singh, the BJP candidate for the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, and a TMC worker get into an argument in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Singh claims that TMC officials are stopping people from leaving their homes to vote in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Heavy police deployment is seen in the area.
#WATCH | West Bengal: An argument erupts between BJP candidate from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat Arjun Singh and a TMC worker, in North 24 Parganas.
Arjun Singh alleges that the TMC workers are not letting people come out of their houses to cast their votes for the fifth phase of… pic.twitter.com/44fBIB7wce
10:30 am: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh casts his vote in a polling station in Lucknow. He is also BJP’s candidate from the same constituency.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Defence Minister and BJP candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh casts his vote for #LokSabhaElections2024 at a polling booth in Lucknow
10:00 am: “All important decisions have been taken by our government, the Modi government. Therefore, I am confident people will vote for Mahayuti,” says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde as he casts his vote in polling station in Thane
09:45 am: ECI records 10.3 percent voter turnout till 9 am. West Bengal records the highest turnout at 15.4 percent, Maharashtra records lowest at 6.3 percent
09:30 am: Polling is being held in the lone seat of Ladakh today, in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections
08:40 am: “I feel there will be a power shift this time. The people are silent and observing what is happening in the country,” says former Uttar Pradesh CM and BSP chief Mayawati
#WATCH | On being asked if there will be a change in this election, former Uttar Pradesh CM and BSP chief Mayawati says “I am hopeful that there will be a change (in power) this time. I can sense that the public is silent and they are seeing all of this…”… pic.twitter.com/W9vOoPCG9s
08:20 am: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat, Piyush Goyal casts his vote at a polling station in Mumbai, shows his inked finger. BJP’s Raebareli candidate, Dinesh Pratap Singh also casts his vote at a polling booth in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh.
#WATCH | Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat, Piyush Goyal shows his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling station in Mumbai.#LokSabhaElections2024
08:00 am: With voting underway on 49 seats, this phase will cover 8 states/UTs. These include Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, J&K and Ladakh.
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