Election to 542 Lok Sabha seats is being conducted in seven phases between April 11 and May 19, the results of which will be announced on May 23.
Voting in Phase five is being conducted in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, seven seats each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar and four in Jharkhand. In Jammu and Kashmir, polling is being held in Ladakh constituency and Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag seat.
Nearly nine crore voters will decide the fate of 674 candidates, including political bigwigs Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani, in the fifth phase of polling today in 51 Lok Sabha constituencies in seven states.
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3:40 PM | State-wise voter turnout till 3 PM
2:30 PM | State-wise voter turnout till 2 PM
11:50 AM | State-wise voter turnout till 11 AM
10:20 AM | EVM machine vandalized in Bihar, one arrested
Ranjit Paswan arrested on charges of vandalizing an EVM machine at polling booth number 131 in Chhapra, according to news agency ANI.
09:45 AM | Voter turnout till 9 AM
Bihar: 3.74%
Jammu and Kashmir: 0.28%
Madhya Pradesh: 0.49%
Rajasthan: 0.68%
Uttar Pradesh: 4.75%
West Bengal: 2.39%
Jharkhand: 2.05%
09:20 AM | Voters boycott voting in Amethi, demand underpass to be built
Voters at a polling booth in Amethi have reportedly boycotted voting saying that Congress chief and sitting MP Rahul Gandhi had promised an underpass to be built but it never happened.
