Elections 2019 Phase 5 LIVE: Modi urges voters to ensure a historic turnout

Voting in 7 states for 51 seats in Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 is underway. Catch LIVE updates on General elections

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A polling officer puts an indelible ink mark on the finger of a voter during the second phase of the general elections, at a polling station, in Nagaon, Thursday, April 18, 2019 | Photo: PTI
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 | Photo: PTI

Voting for Phase 5 of is underway. 656 candidates are in the fray from 51 constituencies. States which are going to vote in Phase 5 Lok Sabha Elections are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. Among the prominent candidates for Phase 5 are chief Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, all contesting from Uttar Pradesh. Other key candidates include Union Minister and former Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Samajwadi Party's Poonam Sinha, who is the wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, and parliamentarian Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

Prime Minister led the BJP's campaigning, holding several rallies. BJP chief Amit Shah, president and a host of Union ministers among others also canvassed for their party candidates in the past few days, undertaking whirlwind tours of constituencies.

Result of will be declared on May 23.

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