Lok Sabha Elections - 5th phase: As it happened
37.46% voting recorded in Rajasthan, 51% in Odisha, 33% in Bihar and 30% in MP till 2 pm.
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Tainted former CM Ashok Chavan says that he won`t comment on any issue today.
9:45 am: First trends: 13.58% voting in Rajasthan, 11.71% voting in UP till 9am 9:40 am: Unfortunate that BJP is now resorting to caste politics in trying to defeat me here in Barmer, says Jaswant Singh. Voting turnout in Barmer 13.39% till 9 am. Read: BJP trying to defeat me by resorting to caste politics: Jaswant Singh 9:30 am: Sachin Pilot`s name missing from voter list in Ajmer, claim reports. He is the sitting MP from the prestigious seat in Rajasthan. Read: Confident of Congress` victory: Sachin Pilot 9:10 am:Ashok Chavan, Misa Bharti and Veerappa Moily among early voters in Nanded, Patliputra, Chikkaballapur respectively 9 am: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, BJP candidate from Jaipur Rural constituency casts his vote, expresses confidence that the party will win all 25 seats in Rajasthan. 8:45 am: Narendra Modi urges voters to vote in record numbers.
Polling for 121 Lok Sabha seats, 77 seats for Odisha Assembly & 2 by-elections in WB underway. Urging voters to vote in record numbers.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 17, 2014
8:35 am: BJP candidate Ram Kripal yadav votes in Patliputra
7:45 am Among the first leaders to cast their votes was BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, who exercised his franchise in Shimoga of Karnataka.
7:30 am NCP`s Supriya Sule casts her vote in Baramati.
7:20 am Over 11 crore voters will choose their MPs in Bihar`s seven constituencies today.
Bihar will vote in the second of the six-phase election, for which security is tight in areas falling under Maoist-belt.
A total of 117 candidates are contesting from Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Nalanda, Jehanabad, Munger, Ara and Buxar Lok Sabha constituencies. 7:10 am Over 16 crore voters from 12 states will elect MPs from among 1761 candidates in the fray for 121 constituencies.
7:00 am Voters from a dozen of states will today exercise their franchise to elect their MPs as a total of 121 constituncies are set to go to the polls in the fifth and the biggest phase of General Elections 2014.
7:00 am Voters from a dozen of states will today exercise their franchise to elect their MPs as a total of 121 constituncies are set to go to the polls in the fifth and the biggest phase of General Elections 2014. Karnataka (28/28): The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is engaged in a close fight with the Congress to reclaim its lost bastion in the south – Karnataka. A number of heavyweights from both the parties are in fray from the 28 seats are at stake.
The Congress` hopes rests on its stellar performance in last year`s assembly elections and the popularity of the Siddaramaih government, even as it worries about the anti-incumbency against its government that ruled at the Centre for 10 years.
Constituencies: Bangalore Rural, Bangalore north, Bangalore central, Bangalore south, Mysore, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Shimoga, Chikkodi, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davengere, Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Chamrajnagar, Chikballapur, Kolar
Key candidates: BS Yeddyurappa (BJP) - Shimoga, Nandan Nilekani (Congress) – Bangalore South, Ananth Kumar (BJP) – Bangalore South, Sadananda Gowda (BJP) – Bangalore North, V Balakrishnan (AAP) – Bangalore central, Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress) – Gulbarga, Remya (Congress) – Mandya, B Sriramulu (BJP) – Bellary, Mahima Patel (JDS) – Davangere, Dharam Singh (Congress) – Bidar, Veerappa Moily (Congress) – Chikballapur, HD Kumaraswamy (JDS) – Chikballapur, Deve Gowda (JDS) - Hassan Also Read: Yeddyurappa seeks to re-establish his dominance from Shimoga Also Read: BJP has lost face in Karnataka: Siddaramaiah Also Read: Ex-CM locked in `decent fight` in Bangalore North Also Read: 27 Congress candidates are billionaires in Karnataka Also Read: Deve Gowda faces tough battle in Hassan
Maharashtra (19/48): After the relatively low polling percentage (62%) recorded in the first phase of polls in the state on April 10, both Congress-NCP combine and BJP-Shiv Sena are hoping for a strong turnout in 19 constituencies that vote today. Spread across the Marathwada, Konkan and Pune regions, the seats going to polls today are central to the ruling combine strategy to ward off the stiff challenge stitched together by the BJP-Shiv Sena. Constituencies: Pune, Baramati, Solapur, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Maval, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shidi, Osmanabad, Latur, Beed, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle
Key candidates: Supriya Sule (NCP) – Baramati, Vishwajeet Kadam (Congress) – Pune, Ashok Chavan (Congress) – Nanded, Gopinath Munde (BJP) – Beed, Nilesh Rane (Congress) – Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Rajiv Satav (Congress) - Hingloi Also Read: Former IPS officer, tribal leader to take on Pawar`s daughter Also Read: Shinde has edge over BJP, AAP in Solapur: MLA daughter Also Read:`Adarsh` fight: Ashok Chavan pitted against BJP man in Nanded Rajasthan Constituencies::Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Ajmer, Nagaur, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran Key candidates: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (BJP) - Jaipur Rural, CP Joshi (Cong)-- Jaipur Rural, Ajit Jogi (Cong) – Mahasamund, Mahesh Joshi (Cong) – Jaipur, Ram Charan Bohra (BJP)- Jaipur, Sachin Pilot (Cong) – Ajmer, Jyoti Mirdha (Cong) – Nagaur, Smt Munni Devi Godara (Cong) – Pali , Santosh Ahlawat(BJP) - Jhunjhunu, Om Birla (BJP) – Kota, Bahadur Singh Koli (BJP) -Bharatpur, Dushyant Singh (BJP)- Jhalawar, Arjun Meghwal (BJP)-Bikaner, Deoji Bhai Patel(BJP) – Jalore, Rahul Kaswa(BJP) –Churu, Swami Sumedanand(BJP) –, Chhotu Ram Chaudhary(BJP) –Nagaur, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP) – Jodhpur, Arjun Meena(BJP) – Udaipur, Manshankar Ninama (BJP) – Banswara, Chandra Prakash Joshi from Chittorgarh, Hari Om Singh Rathore from (BJP) –Rajsamand, Nihal Chand (BJP) – Ganganagar, Subhash Baheria(BJP) –Bhilwara. Bihar (7/40): It is a battle of prestige for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as he desperately tries to retain the influence that got him to the chair two times in a row. High profile contests like the one in Patliputa may ensure that the electorate votes in number after a low - 53% - in the first phase on April 10.
Constituencies: Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Arrah, Munger, Nalanda, Buxar, Jahanabad
Key candidates: Shatrughan Sinha (BJP) – Patna Sahib, Misa Yadav (RJD) – Patliputra, Ramkripal Yadav ( BJP) – Patliputra, RK Singh (BJP) – Arrah, Kaushlendra Kumar (JDU) - Nalanda Also Read: No one reads manifesto, leader`s intention important: Paswan Also Read: Lalu`s daughter hires two IITians to manage her campaign
Uttar Pradesh (9/80): After polls in 10 constituencies of western UP saw 65% voting on April 10, other important seats in the region are voting today. Constituencies: Pilibhit, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Amroha, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly
Key candidates: Maneka Gandhi (BJP) – Pilibhit, Kazim Ali Khan (Congress) – Rampur, Begum Noor Bano (Congress) - Moradabad, Haji Yakub Quereshi (BSP) – Moradabad Madhya Pradesh (10/29): On stake is the prestige of a Maharaja as Guna votes will decide whether to re-elect Jyotiraditya Scindia as its voice in the Parliament. Other key contest would be Gwalior where BJP state president is contesting from.
Constituencies: Guna,Gwalior, Morena, Bhind, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Rajgarh Key candidates: Guna – Jotiraditya Scindia (Congress) – Guna, Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya (BJP) – Guna, Narendra Singh Tomar (BJP) – Gwalior, Alok Sanjar (BJP) - Bhopal, PC Sharma (Congress) – Bhopal Also Read: BJP will surely win 27 out of 29 seats in MP: Jha Read: Shivraj Singh Chouhan criticises attempts to `communalise` elections
Chhattisgarh (3/11): The tribal state is witnessing to two high-voltage fights in Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund. Abhishek Singh is the son of Chief Minister Raman Singh while Ajit Jogi, who is trying his luck from Mahasamund is a former CM.
Constituencies: Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
Key candidates: Abhishek Singh (BJP) – Rajnandgaon, Ajit Jogi (Congress) – Mahasamund Also Read: CM`s son enters LS poll fray riding on `simple, youth` image
J&K (1/6): Union minister and Congress heavyweight Gulam Nabi Azad is facing a tough battle against Jitender Singh of the BJP. For Azad it is not just about winning the seat again but more about retaining his hold on the party in the state, a loss would hit him hard. The first phase of polls in state on April 10 had seen 68% voting in Jammu.
Constituency: Udhampur
Key candidates: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress), Jitender Singh (BJP) Also Read: Azad faces career`s biggest challenge in Udhampur
Jharkhand (6/41):
Constituencies: Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Giridih, Jamshedpur, Singhbum, Khunti
Key candidates: Jayant Sinha (BJP) – Hazaribagh, Sudesh Mahto (AJSU) - Ranchi, Subodh Kant Sahai (Congress) – Ranchi, Dr Ajoy Kumar (JVM) – Jamshedpur, Bidyut Baran Mahto (BJP) - Jamshedpur Also Read: Jharkhand- Can Congress-JMM stop BJP?
Manipur (1/2): Inner Manipur
Dr Gurumayum Tonsana (MDPF), Th Meinya (Congress), RK Ranjan (BJP) Odisha (11/21): Puri, Bhubneswar, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Cuttak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur,
Key candidates: Srikant Jena (Congress) – Balasore, Pinaki Mishra (BJD) – Puri, Sucharita Mohanty (Congress) – Puri, Bhartruhari Mahatab (BJD) – Cuttak, Aparajita Mohanty (Congress) – Cuttak Also Read: City of Jagannath sees two `Delhi-wallahs` in race for LS seat Aslo Read: Naveen Babu`s BJD set to sweep Lok Sabha polls in Odisha
West Bengal (4/42): Coochbehar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling
Key candidates: Renuka Sinha (TMC) – Coochbehar, Baichung Bhutia (TMC) – Darjeeling, SS Ahluwalia (BJP) – Darjeeling