Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Highlights: 58% turnout in 49 seats, 73% polling in West Bengal

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: EVMs brought to strong room at Council Secretariat, Kurbathang in Kargil as the fifth phase of polling comes to an end.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in J-K records all time highest voter turnout of 59 per cent, PTI quoted JK CEO P K Pole as saying. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: 57.47% voter turnout recorded in the fifth phase of elections. 

Bihar- 52.60%

Jammu & Kashmir- 54.49%

Jharkhand- 63.00%

Ladakh-67.15%

Maharashtra- 48.88%

Odisha- 60.72%

Uttar Pradesh-57.79%

West Bengal- 73.00%

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: 57.9 pc turnout reported at 6 pm in Uttar Pradesh. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: EVMs and VVPATS being sealed at a polling centre in Nashik, as voting for the fifth phase of ok sabha elecions2024 concludes.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: EVMs and VVPATS are being sealed at polling booth number 191 in Hooghly district, as voting concludes for the 5th phase

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: EVMs and VVPATS are being sealed at a polling booth in Chapra, Saran District, as voting for the fifth phase of elections concludes. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: “Voting for the 5th phase of Lok Sabha polls will be on till 6 pm. So whoever has come in the queue before 6 pm will be allowed to vote. We appeal to everyone to get in the queue before the 6 pm vote,” ANI quoted S. Chockalingam, Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, as saying.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman Anand Mahindra casts his vote in Mumbai. 

“Governance is the main issue, and outcomes and results that can improve the way of life for everybody. There’s so much uncertainty, terror and war. We are in middle of stable democracy where we get a chance to vote peacefully and decide what kind of government we want,” PTI quoted him saying. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Bobby Deol casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Salman Khan arrives at a polling centre in Mumbai to cast his vote for the fifth phase and later showed his inked finger. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: 56.68% turnout recorded in 49 seats till 5 pm, , said ECI, adding, 67.15% polling took place in Ladakh in the fifth phase.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Long queues of voters witnessed at a polling booth in Baramulla with peiople await for their turn to cast a vote.

Voting is being held for the Baramulla Parliamentary constituency on Monday. The constituency sees a contest among NC’s Omar Abdullah, PDP’s Mir Mohammad Fayaz and JKPC’s Sajad Lone.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Reliance Foundation founder Nita Ambani casts her vote in Mumbai. After the voting, she said, as quoted by news agency ANI, “It is important as an Indian citizen to vote. It is our right & responsibility to vote. I urge everyone to go out and exercise their right to vote.”

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Amitabh Bachchan & MP Jaya Bachchan cast their votes at a polling centre in Mumbai

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actors Sara Ali Khan and Amrita Singh cast their votes at a polling centre in Mumbai for the fifth phase. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Trinamool Congress workers raised slogans against BJP MP candidate from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, Arjun Singh, at Ward no.15, Booth number 108 in Titagarh on 20 May. 

Speaking to reporters, Singh said, “No one is being allowed to vote here. This means that ground has slipped from beneath the feet of TMC.”

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: JKNC Vice President Omar Abdullah visited a polling station in Baramulla’s Rafiabad amid the 5th phase of polling. 

He said, as quoted by PTI, “It’s a good thing that people are coming out in large numbers. This is in spite to what was done to us in 2019. I hope there are 3-4 hours of polling time available, I hope that those who have not cast their vote, they also come out because in democracy, this is one way to make your voice heard.”

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Ranbir Kapoor arrives at a polling centre in Mumbai to cast his vote for the fifth phase.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Migrant Kashmiri Pandits cast vote for Baramulla constituency at the special polling station set up for the Kashmiri migrants in Jagti township.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: 38.77% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm, in 13 constituencies in the fifth phase of elections in Maharashtra

Dindori- 45.95%

Palghar- 42.48%

Mumbai North West- 39.91%

Thane- 36.07%

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Aditya Birla Capital Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said after casting his vote along with daughter Ananya Birla at a polling booth in Peddar Road of Mumbai.

Actor Shah Rukh Khan along with his family arrives at a polling station in Mumbai to cast his vote for the fifth phase. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: 47.5% turnout recorded in 49 seats till 3 pm, said ECI, adding, 62.7% polling took place in West Bengal in the fifth phase. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Despite celebrities coming out in force and appealing people to vote, Mumbai’s voter turnout remains low at 27.28 % till 1:00 pm. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: BJP candidate from Saran Lok Sabha seat Rajiv Pratap Rudy cast his vote for 5th phase.

After casting his vote, Rudy said, as quoted by ANI, “… In the case of defeat, RJD workers are threatening the voters… I hope people will give a befitting reply to the violence of Lalu Yadav…”

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Ratan Tata casts his vote in Mumbai. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao show their inked finger after casting their votes at a polling station in Mumbai

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan cast their votes at a polling station in Mumbai. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: 36.73% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm, in the fifth phase of elections.

Bihar 34.62%

Jammu & Kashmir 34.79%

Jharkhand 41.89%

Ladakh 52.02%

Maharashtra 27.78%

Odisha 35.31%

Uttar Pradesh 39.55%

West Bengal 48.41% (Source: ANI)

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Lyricist Javed Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi show their inked fingers after casting votes at a polling station in Mumbai

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal casts his vote along with his family at a polling booth in Nashik.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actors Jackky Bhagnani and his wife actor Rakul Preet Singh show their inked fingers after casting votes at a polling station in Mumbai. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Director David Dhawan and Actor Varun Dhawan showed their inked finger after casting votes at a polling station in Mumbai. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh casts his vote at a polling booth in Peddar Road in Mumbai.

“There is a low voting. The process is slow also. People stood even for one hour. It is necessary to have a stable government. We have to grow rapidly. Infrastructure is getting good in Mumbai. The priority of the government will be to bring the lower strata up. With 7-9 pc growth rate, India will be a different place,” PTI quoted him as saying. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Konkona Sen Sharma casts her vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.

“I feel very good after casting my vote. I love my country and it is my democratic right as a citizen. We all should vote,” PTI quoted her as saying. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor-Director Arbaz Khan casts his vote at a polling station in Mumbai

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actress Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty along with their mother cast their vote in Mumbai. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Actor Sanjay Dutt casts his vote at a polling booth in Bandra West’s Pali Hill, Mumbai.

After voting, he said, as quoted by PTI, “I appeal everyone to come and vote. I have also cast my vote.”

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: About 40.38% voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm in the Assembly by-election to Gandey constituency in Jharkhand, said ECI. 

Also, 34.03% voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm in the Assembly by-election to Lucknow East constituency in Uttar Pradesh, the ECI added. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Former Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal shows his inked finger after casting a vote at a polling station in Mumbai, for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: The 49 seats voting in phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 registered 36.73 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm, according to Election Commission of India. Ladakh recorded 52.02 per cent polling followed by West Bengal with 48.4 per cent, Jharkhand with 41.8 per cent and Uttar Pradesh with 39.5 per cent turnout, the poll panel said. The Baramulla seat in J&K recorded 34.79 per cent turnout till 1 pm. Maharashtra recorded about 27.78 per cent turnout till 1 pm.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his son cricketer Arjun Tendulkar cast their votes at a polling station in Mumbai.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited polling booths in Raebareli seat. Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha election from Raebareli seat in the 2024 elections. Raebareli is voting in fifth phase of elections on Monday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: SSP Baramulla, Amod Ashok Nagpure said on Monday that people have come in large numbers to come to vote. “Voting is going on well. People have come out in large numbers. We have ensured adequate security arrangements so that people can vote without any fear,” he told news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Women voters show their inked fingers after casting their votes in old Lucknow with iconic Hussainabad Clock Tower in the backdrop. Lucknow voted along with 13 other seats of UP in fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Monday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: The 49 seats voting in phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections registered 23.6 per cent voter turnout till 11 am, according to Election Commission of India. West Bengal recorded highest with 33 per cent followed by Ladakh with 27.8  per cent, UP with 27.7 per cent, and Jharkhand with 26 per cent turnout, the poll panel said. The Baramulla seat in J&K recorded 21.3 per cent turnout till 11 am. Maharashtra recorded about 16 per cent turnout till 11 am.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Sanjay Prasad, additional chief secretary, UP voted along with his wife and daughter who is first time voter at Red Hill School polling booth 24 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Monday. 14 seats of UP, including Lucknow are voting in fifth phase today. 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting is underway in Bihar’s Chhapra in the fifth phase of polling across six states and two UT’s on Monday, 

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: MLA Manisha Anuragi took selfie with other women after they voted in Rath, Hamirpur. 14 seats of UP are voting in the fifth phase of polling in UP on Monday.