The Fifth Phase of General Elections-2019 will be held on 6 May 2019. In which 51* Lok Sabha Constituencies across 7 States headed to Polls. Over 8 crore 75 lakh voters to decide the fate of 674 candidates and over 96 thousand polling booths are placed for smooth conduct of polls.
| State/UT | Number of Parliamentary Constituencies in Phase 5 | Total Number of voters | Number of
Contesting Candidates |
Number of Polling Booths |
| Bihar | 5 | 8766722 | 82 | 8899 |
| Jammu & Kashmir* | 2* | 697498 | 22# | 1254 |
| Jharkhand | 4 | 6587028 | 61 | 5550 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7 | 11956447 | 110 | 15240 |
| Rajasthan | 12 | 23179623 | 134 | 23783 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 14 | 24709515 | 182 | 28072 |
| West Bengal | 7 | 11691889 | 83 | 13290 |
| Total | 51* | 87588722 | 674# | 96088 |
* Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in Jammu & Kashmir is going to polls in Phase III, Phase IV & Phase V of General Elections 2019, the only such PC in the country. The Four Districts to be covered in the Anantnag (PC No. 3) are Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, and Pulwama. Data above is for Shopian, Pulwama, and Leh & Kargil districts for polls to be held on 6th May.
# 18 candidates contesting from Anantnag PC included in the final tally as Anantnag PC election is spread out to Phase III, Phase IV and Phase V of General Elections 2019.
Here are live polling updates
62.86% polling percentage recorded in Madhya Pradesh till 5 pm
53.19 polling percentage recorded in Uttar Pradesh till 5 pm
Polling percentage recorded till 4 pm: Bihar: 44.08%, Rajasthan: 50.44%, West Bengal: 63.57%, Jharkhand: 58.07%, Uttar Pradesh: 44.89%, Jammu and Kashmir: 15.51%
Overall Voting in MP till 2.30pm 43.99%
Tikamgarh-43.37%, Damoh-45.83%, Khajuraho-42.51%, Satna-41.10%, Rewa-39.37%, Hoshangabad-45.76%, Betul-49.95%
Mahendra Singh Dhoni casts his vote in Ranchi
Voting percentage till 1 PM: Bihar- 24.49, Jammu and Kashmir- 6.54, Rajasthan- 33.82, Madhya Pradesh- 31.46, Uttar Pradesh- 26.53, West Bengal- 39.55 and Jharkhand- 37.24. Total- 31.29%
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported during polling in
in seven seats of West Bengal.
So far, Rajnath Singh, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Mayawati, Yashwant Sinha, and Jayant Sinha were spotted casting their votes.
BJP leader Smriti Irani alleges that voters are forcefully being made to voter for the Congress in Amethi
हाथ पकड़कर जबरदस्ती पंजा पर धर दिहिन हम देहे जात रहिन कमल पर ( कमल पर देना चाहती थी, जबरदस्ती पंजा पर डलवा दिया)
यह मामला गौरीगंज के गूजरटोला बूथ नंबर 316 का है जहाँ पीठासीन अधिकारी ने जबरदस्ती कांग्रेस को डलवा दिया ।।@smritiirani @ECISVEEP @AmethiDm pic.twitter.com/RR9jv4pUF0
— Chowkidar Vivek Maheshwari (@im_VMaheshwari) May 6, 2019
