Amid the intense election season, campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections ended at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The fifth phase is scheduled for May 20 for 49 seats across eight states and Union Territories will go to the polls to determine the fates of 695 candidates. The results will be out on June 4.


Participating States


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The states participating in this phase include 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 phase, voting will be completed in 428 seats. After the fifth phase, only two more rounds of voting will be left which will take place on May 25 and June 1.


Key Candidates To Look Out For 


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&K), among others.


Constituencies 


The constituencies that will 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 phase of elections will begin on Monday (May 20) at 7:00 a.m. IST and end at 5 p.m.