New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Voting began on Monday across 51 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over seven states, largely in the Hindi heartland, as the fifth of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise kicked off.
This phase covers the remaining 12 constituencies in Rajasthan, as well as 14 in Uttar Pradesh, including the high-profile Amethi, Rae Bareli and Lucknow seats, five in Bihar, and seven in West Bengal.
Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh go in for their second phase of polls with voting in four and seven constituencies, respectively.
Voting is also being held in the final phase of the three-stage polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, as well as the state’s Ladakh constituency.
General Elections 2019 is being held across seven phases starting April 11 to May 19. Voting in 51 seats under Phase-V is currently underway. Counting of the votes will be held on May 23. Voting of the remaining 118 constituencies will be held in two phases slated on May 12 and May 19.
ALSO READ:
- Lok Sabha Polls 2019: EC gives ‘another’ clean chit to PM Modi; this time for seeking votes on Pulwama, Balakot
- Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Navjot Singh Sidhu gets EC’s notice for ‘personal remarks’ on PM Modi
- Lok Sabha Polls 2019: EC bars Sadhvi Pragya from campaigning for 3 days for remarks on Babri mosque, Hemant Karkare