Amid the extraordinary election season, campaigning for the fifth part of Lok Sabha elections ended at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The fifth part is scheduled for May 20 for 49 seats throughout eight states and Union Territories will go to the polls to find out the fates of 695 candidates. The outcomes will likely be out on June 4.
(*5*) States
The states taking part on this part embrace Bihar (5), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Jharkhand (3), Ladakh (1), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), Uttar Pradesh (14), and West Bengal (7). Following the conclusion of the fourth part, voting will likely be accomplished in 428 seats. After the fifth part, solely two extra rounds of voting will likely be left which can happen on May 25 and June 1.
Key Candidates To Look Out ForÂ
Key Candidates and constituencies: Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Chirag Paswan (Hajipur, Bihar), Raj Bhushan Chaudhary (Muzaffarpur, Bihar), Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), Ajaz Mohammad Safi Khan (Mumbai North Central), Rahul Gandhi (Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh), Kishori Lal (Amethi), Smriti Irani (Amethi), Karan Bhushan Singh (Kaiserganj, Uttar Pradesh), Rachna Banerjee and Locket Chatterjee (Hooghly, WB), Rohini Acharya (Saran, Bihar), Ujjwal Nikam (Mumbai North Central), Arvind Sawant (Mumbai South), and Omar Abdullah (Baramulla, J&Ok), amongst others.
ConstituenciesÂ
The constituencies that may go to the polls on May 20 are as follows:
Bihar: Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran and Hajipur
Jharkhand: Chatra, Koderma and Hazaribagh
Maharashtra: Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central and Mumbai South
Odisha: Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska
UP: Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Raebareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaisarganj and Gonda
West Bengal: Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly and Arambag
Jammu and Kashmir: Baramulla
Ladakh: Ladakh
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 5 Timing and Schedule
The voting for the fifth part of elections will start on Monday (May 20) at 7:00 a.m. IST and finish at 5 p.m.Â
