Polling Continues for 5th Phase LS Elections, Know the High-Profile Candidates in Fray

New Delhi: Voting continues for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 49 seats across six states and two union territories (UTs) on Monday.

Voters will choose their representatives in high-profile constituencies like Raebareli, Amethi, and Lucknow in this phase.

Of the 49 Lok Sabha seats, 14 are from Uttar Pradesh, 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.

The fate of top leaders like Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Piyush Goyal, Ujjwal Nikam, Karan Bhushan Singh, LJP (Ramvilas) chief Chirag Paswan, JKNC chief Omar Abdullah, and RJD leader Rohini Acharya will be be decided in this phase.

Polling is also being held for 35 assembly constituencies of the Odisha legislative assembly simultaneously on Monday.

As per the ECI, over 8.95 crore voters, including 4.69 crore males, 4.26 crore females, and 5409 third-gender will decide the fate of 695 candidates in the fifth phase of voting.