Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: 37% voter turnout in 49 seats till 1 pm, 52% polling in Ladakh

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his son cricketer Arjun Tendulkar cast their votes at a polling station in Mumbai.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited polling booths in Raebareli seat. Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha election from Raebareli seat in the 2024 elections. Raebareli is voting in fifth phase of elections on Monday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: SSP Baramulla, Amod Ashok Nagpure said on Monday that people have come in large numbers to come to vote. “Voting is going on well. People have come out in large numbers. We have ensured adequate security arrangements so that people can vote without any fear,” he told news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Women voters show their inked fingers after casting their votes in old Lucknow with iconic Hussainabad Clock Tower in the backdrop. Lucknow voted along with 13 other seats of UP in fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Monday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: The 49 seats voting in phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections registered 23.6 per cent voter turnout till 11 am, according to Election Commission of India. West Bengal recorded highest with 33 per cent followed by Ladakh with 27.8  per cent, UP with 27.7 per cent, and Jharkhand with 26 per cent turnout, the poll panel said. The Baramulla seat in J&K recorded 21.3 per cent turnout till 11 am. Maharashtra recorded about 16 per cent turnout till 11 am.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Sanjay Prasad, additional chief secretary, UP voted along with his wife and daughter who is first time voter at Red Hill School polling booth 24 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Monday. 14 seats of UP, including Lucknow are voting in fifth phase today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting is underway in Bihar’s Chhapra in the fifth phase of polling across six states and two UT’s on Monday, 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: MLA Manisha Anuragi took selfie with other women after they voted in Rath, Hamirpur. 14 seats of UP are voting in the fifth phase of polling in UP on Monday. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh casts vote in Lucknow. “I appeal to the voters of the country to cast their vote along with their family members…,”Singh, the BJP candidate from Lucknow said. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra cast his vote in Lucknow in the phase 5 of polling underway across 49 seats, including the UP capital on Monday. 14 seats of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, are voting today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: The 49 seats voting in phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections have recorded 10.28 per cent voter turnout till 9 am, according to Election Commission of India. West Bengal recorded highest with 15 per cent followed by UP with 12.89% turnout  Jharkhand with 11.68 per cent turnout, the poll panel said.  Bihar recorded 8.86%, Jammu & Kashmir 7.63%,  Ladakh 10.51%, Maharashtra 6.33% and Odisha 6.87% voter turnout in first two hours.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brijesh Pathak shows his inked finger with his family after casting his vote in Lucknow on Monday. Lucknow is among 14 seats of UP polling today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Baramulla saw a voter turnout of 35 per cent as against 14.43 per cent turnout in Srinagar. In 2014 elections, Baramulla recorded 39 per cent turnout as against 25.86 per cent in Srinagar. And in 2009, the Baramulla seat recorded 41 per cent turnout while Srinagar recorded 25.55 per cent turnout in the same year.

Read More: After Srinagar’s highest voter turnout, will Baramulla break the 1996 record in phase 5 polling today?

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that a storm of change was sweeping the country. Gandhi’s remark came in his poll day message as 49 seats are voting in the fifth phase across six states and two UTs. Gandhi is also a candidate from Raebareli seat voting today.  “It has become clear in the first four phases that the people have stood up to protect the Constitution and democracy and are defeating the BJP. This country, bored with the politics of hatred, is now voting on its issues. Youth for jobs, farmers for MSP and freedom from debt, women for economic independence and security and labourers for fair wages. The people of India are fighting this election together and a storm of change is sweeping across the country. I am appealing to the entire country, including Amethi and Rae Bareli – come out in large numbers and vote for the prosperity of your families, for your own rights, for the progress of India,” Gandhi said. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Polling started at all polling stations in Ladakh parliamentary constituency on Monday. Voters of all ages have started queuing at the Polling Stations for voting, the Election Commission said. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that this election has given him the opportunity to meet several people. “This election has given me the opportunity to meet several people and take their blessings. Being a Mumbaikar, the way people have hosted me is a wonderful feeling…My family members have come from abroad to exercise their right to vote,” Goyal said after casting her vote in Mumbai. Goyal is a BJP candidate from Mumbai north.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Union minister Bhanu Pratap Varma is looking for sixth term from Jalaun seat in UP. Varma cast his vote on Monday in the fifth phase. 14 seats of UP, including Jalaun, are voting today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live:  A local resident of Baramulla said people are voting for justice and development. ‘Previously, the voting was boycotted, but this time, a lot of voters have turned up. The reason is justice and development,” the voter Nasir Hameed from Sopore told news agency ANI

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: BSP chief Mayawati cast her vote in Lucknow in fifth phase of Lok Sabha Polls on Monday. 14 seats of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, are voting today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Divisional Commissioner of Lucknow, Roshan Jacob cast her vote at Model polling station CSI tower in phase 5 voting on Monday. Lucknow is among 14 seats of UP voting today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Maharashtra is in the spotlight as 13 constituencies, including the significant six seats in Mumbai, are set to vote on Monday in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024.

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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Fourteen Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh are voting in the phase 5 polling today. These include Lucknow, Mohanlalganj, Amethi, Raebareli, Jalaun, Jhansi, Banda, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Barabanki, Kaushambi, Faizabad, Kaiserganj and Gonda. UP sends 80 members to Lok Sabha. The BJP won 62 in 2019 elections. 

Read More: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Raebareli, Amethi among 14 UP seats voting in Phase 5 today

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Among the Lok Sabha seats voting in phase 5 today, the BJP had won 32 in 2019 while its allies had won 7 constituencies. The saffron party bagged a vote share of more than 40 per cent in at least 30 seats. In 2019, the Congress won just one seat – Raebareli – of the 49 seats. Its allies, including the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had won seven seats. 

Read More: In 2019, BJP won 32, Congress just 1 of the 49 seats voting in phase 5 today

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Union Minister Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal are among the 695 candidates who are in the fray in Phase 5 of polling underway across 6 states and 2 UTs today

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged women and young voters to vote in large numbers in the fifth phase of polling of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today. “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,” the PM said in a post on X. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Apart from 49 Lok Sabha seats, 35 assembly constituencies in Odisha are also voting today.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Over 8.95 crore voters including 4.69 crore men and 4.26 crore women, and 5,409 third gender electors are eligible to vote in the fifth phase today. There are over 7.81 lakh registered 85+ years old, 24,792 voters above 100 years old, too

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live:  The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will see a contest on several high-profile seats, with many prominent minister and leaders in the fray. The key candidates in the fray include Rahul Gandhi (Rae Bareli, UP), Smriti Irani (Amethi, UP), Rajnath Singh (Lucknow, UP), Karan Bhushan Singh (Kaiserganj, UP, Rohini Acharya (Saran, Bihar), Chirag Paswan (Hajipur, Bihar),Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), Ujjwal Nikam (Mumbai North-Central) and Omar Abdullah (Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir).

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Polling in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union territories in phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is being held today, May 20. The polling, which begins at 7 am, will take place in Uttar Pradesh (14), Maharashtra (13), West Bengal (7), Bihar (5), Odisha (5), Jharkhand (3), and one seat each in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.