Lok Sabha elections: Fifth phase of polling begins in 49 constituencies
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference’s Omar Abdullah are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
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Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Monday in 49 seats across six states and two Union territories.
Polling is underway in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, seven in West Bengal, five each in Bihar and Odisha, three in Jharkhand and one seat each in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Out of the total of 543 Lok Sabha seats, voting has been completed in 379 constituencies in the first four phases of the election.
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The voting will be held today for 49 constituencies spread across six states and two Union Territories.
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Candidates in the fray
In Jammu and Kashmir, voting is taking place in the Baramulla constituency, which covers 18 Assembly segments. National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is contesting the seat against Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference leader Sajad Lone and 21 other candidates.
Abdullah’s party is part of the Opposition’s INDIA bloc.
In Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is contesting from the Rae Bareli seat, which has been a stronghold of his mother Sonia Gandhi. In Amethi, Bharatiya...
