Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: 57.40% Voter Turnout Till 7 PM
- By Thetripurapost Desk, New Delhi
- May 20, 2024
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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 voting Live Election Desk, New Delhi. In the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 held in seven phases, voting took place on 49 seats in eight states and union territories today i.e. on May 20.
In this phase, voting is took place in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, seven in West Bengal, five in Odisha, five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand, one in Jammu and Kashmir and one in Ladakh.
The electoral reputation of many big names is at stake in the fifth phase. These include stalwarts like Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Rohini Acharya, Omar Abdullah and Piyush Goyal. With the fifth phase, elections will be completed on a total of 428 seats. According to the Election Commission, voting will be held today in Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. In the fifth phase, 9 lakh 47 thousand employees will conduct the election process.
There are a total of more than 8 crore 95 lakh voters in the fifth phase. In this, 5409 voters are third gender. Of these, there are 24,792 voters aged 100 years or more, while there are 7 lakh 81 thousand voters aged 80 years or more. Seven lakh three thousand voters are disabled voters.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 8:21 PM
Till 7 pm in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, 57.40 percent voting took place for 49 Lok Sabha seats in eight states. Which is much less than 62.01 in 2019. However, the Election Commission says that this data is not final.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 5:43 PM
According to the data released by Turnout App, 56.68% voting has taken place till 5:00 pm. Till 5 pm, 52.35% votes have been cast in Bihar , 54.21% in Jammu and Kashmir , 61.90% in Jharkhand , 67.15% in Ladakh, 48.66% in Maharashtra , 55.60% in UP and 73% in West Bengal.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 3:44 PM
Voter turnout at 3 pm, highest voting in West Bengal, lowest in Maharashtra
Bihar: 45.33%
J&K: 44.9%
Jharkhand: 53.9%
Ladakh: 61.26%
Maharashtra: 38.77%
Odisha: 48.95%
Uttar Pradesh: 47.55%
West Bengal: 62.72%
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 1:47 PM
Total voting percentage till 1 pm
: 36.73%
Bihar: 34.62%
J&K:34.79%
Jharkhand: 41.89
Ladakh:52.02%
Maharashtra : 27.78%
Odisha:35.31%
Uttar Pradesh:39.55%
West Bengal: 48.41%
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 11:39 AM
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.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 10:51 AM
Reports of sporadic clashes poured in from multiple pockets since polling began in seven Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal where elections were being held in the fifth phase
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 10:36 AM
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh casts his vote. He is a sitting MP and BJP candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 9:41 AM
10.28% voter turnout recorded till 9 am; states record turnout as follows-
Bihar-8.86%
Jammu & Kashmir-7.63%
Jharkhand-11.68%
Ladakh-10.51%
Maharashtra-6.33%
Odisha-6.87%
West Bengal-15.35%
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 9:23 AM
Smriti Irani casts her vote
BJP candidate from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and Union Minister Smriti Irani cast her vote in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 8:37 AM
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Piyush Goyal reached the polling booth in Mumbai to cast his vote. On the other hand, BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh from Rae Bareli also cast his vote. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also reached Mumbai with his family to cast his vote.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 8:03 AM
Actor Akshay Kumar cast his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 7:10 AM
Industrialist Anil Ambani casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai, for the fifth phase of LokSabha Elections 2024
LIVE Mon, 20 May 2024 7:02 AM
PM Modi makes special appeal to voters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted before voting. He said that in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections today, votes will be cast for 49 seats in 8 states and union territories. I request all the voters of this phase to cast their vote and create a new record of voting. I have a special appeal to women and young voters to participate enthusiastically in this festival of democracy.