Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Phase 5 Polling Concludes, 62.56% Voter Turnout Recorded
The states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal went to polls on Monday under phase 5 of the General Elections 2019.
New Delhi, May 6: Voting in the seven states which went to polls on Monday in round five of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 came to an end with the total voter percentage recorded in the seven states was 62.56 percent. The states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal went to polls on Monday under phase 5 of the General Elections 2019. The lowest voter turnout was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir and the highest in West Bengal. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 5 Live News Updates: Final Voter Turnout Recorded in Phase 5 Polling in 7 States is 62.56%.
The final polling percentage recorded in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir (Anantnag - 8.76, Ladakh- 63.76), Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal at the time of ending of polls is 63.72 percent, 57.86 percent, 17 percent, 59.3 percent, 62.6 percent, 57.33 percent and 73.97 percent respectively.
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Though the elections were largely peaceful, scuffle broke out between TMC's MP from Howrah, Prasun Banerjee and security forces at polling booth no 49 and 50 in Howrah, West Bengal.
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The fifth phase of polling is especially crucial for the incumbent BJP, for which as many as 39 seats are at stake in the seven states. However, the polling on Monday has become a matter of prestige for the Congress as party President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency- Amethi and Raebareli respectively, went to polls on May 6.
The NDA in Bihar (BJP, JDU and LJP) will look to gain seats compared to previous Lok Sabha Elections (though they were not fighting together then). The biggest gain that the BJP expects from this phase is in West Bengal, where the party did not do well last time despite the Narendra Modi wave. Polling was held in Jharkhand for four seats.
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