Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, covering 49 seats across six states and two union territories (UTs) was held on May 20. A voter turnout of 47.53 per cent was recorded till 5 pm as per the Election Commission’s Voter Turnout App.
Of the 49 Lok Sabha constituencies,14 were from UP, 13 from Maharashtra, 7 from West Bengal, 5 from Bihar, 3 from Jharkhand, 5 from Odisha, and one each from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Voting was also held in 35 assembly constituencies in Odihsa, where Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister Navin Patnaik was among the candidates in the fray.
Key candidates who are contesting in this phase includeRahul Gandhi, (Congress), BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Piyush Goyal, Ujjwal Nikam, Karan Bhushan Singh, LJP (Ramvilas) chief Chirag Paswan, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference’s Omar Abdullah, and Rastriya Janata Dal leader Rohini Acharya.
