May 18th 2024.
The hectic campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections came to an end on Saturday at 6 pm in New Delhi. This phase, which is scheduled for May 20, will see 49 seats across eight states and Union Territories going to the polls, with a total of 695 candidates vying for their chance to represent the people.
Some of the states participating in this phase include Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. With the conclusion of the fourth phase, a total of 428 seats will have completed their voting process. After the fifth phase, there will only be two more rounds of voting left, which will take place on May 25 and June 1. The results of the elections will be announced on June 4.
Among the key candidates and constituencies in this phase are Rajnath Singh, Chirag Paswan, Raj Bhushan Chaudhary, Piyush Goyal, Ajaz Mohammad Safi Khan, Rahul Gandhi, Kishori Lal, Smriti Irani, Karan Bhushan Singh, Rachna Banerjee, Locket Chatterjee, Rohini Acharya, Ujjwal Nikam, Arvind Sawant, and Omar Abdullah, among others.
The constituencies that are set to go to the polls on May 20 are Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, and Hajipur in Bihar; Chatra, Koderma, and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand; Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, and Mumbai South in Maharashtra; Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, and Aska in Odisha; Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Raebareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaisarganj, and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh; and Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, and Arambag in West Bengal. In addition, Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Ladakh will also be participating in this phase.
With so many important candidates and constituencies in the fifth phase, it will be interesting to see the results and how they will shape the final outcome of the Lok Sabha elections. But for now, all we can do is wait and see what the people's verdict will be on June 4.
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