Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Political Heavyweights Cast Their Vote In Fifth Phase Of Election

Political heavyweights Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani are in the fray in the fifth phase of the national elections in which polling is underway in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, seven seats each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar and four in Jharkhand. With this phase, election will be over in 424 seats and polling in the remaining 118 seats will be held on May 12 and 19. Election to 542 Lok Sabha seats is being conducted in seven phases between April 11 and May 19. Election in Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu had been cancelled following excess use of money power. Results will be declared on May 23.

  • Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore today voted in Jaipur in the fifth phase of the national elections. Mr Rathore is contesting the polls in the Jaipur Rural seat against fellow Olympian Krishna Poonia fielded by the Congress party.
    Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore today voted in Jaipur in the fifth phase of the national elections. Mr Rathore is contesting the polls in the Jaipur Rural seat against fellow Olympian Krishna Poonia fielded by the Congress party.
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  • Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Congress state President Sachin Pilot shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote at a polling station in Jaipur during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
    Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Congress state President Sachin Pilot shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote at a polling station in Jaipur during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
  • Senior congress leader and candidate for Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency Subodh Kant Sahay (R), with his wife (C) and her daughter, shows his ink-marked finger after casting vote at a polling station, during the 5th phase of Lok sabha elections, in Ranchi. The former union minister is facing BJP's Sanjay Seth from Ranchi.
    Senior congress leader and candidate for Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency Subodh Kant Sahay (R), with his wife (C) and her daughter, shows his ink-marked finger after casting vote at a polling station, during the 5th phase of Lok sabha elections, in Ranchi. The former union minister is facing BJP's Sanjay Seth from Ranchi.
  • BJP candidate from Rajsamand, Diya Kumari, who is also the member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jaipur.
    BJP candidate from Rajsamand, Diya Kumari, who is also the member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jaipur.
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  • Union Minister and BJP candidate for Hazaribagh, Jayant Sinha, shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Hazaribagh district. He is contesting against Congress' Gopal Sahu and Communist Party of India's Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta from the constituency.
    Union Minister and BJP candidate for Hazaribagh, Jayant Sinha, shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Hazaribagh district. He is contesting against Congress' Gopal Sahu and Communist Party of India's Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta from the constituency.
  • Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Lucknow. She appealed to the people to "use their voting rights wisely". "Every voter should use the right to vote wisely. Everybody should get out of their homes to cast their votes," she said.
    Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Lucknow. She appealed to the people to "use their voting rights wisely". "Every voter should use the right to vote wisely. Everybody should get out of their homes to cast their votes," she said.
  • Union Minister and BJP candidate from Lucknow, Rajnath Singh, and his wife Savitri Singh show their finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Lucknow. The Home Minister faces Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, on this seat. The Congress has picked self-proclaimed spiritual guru Acharya Pramod Krishnam as its Lucknow candidate.
    Union Minister and BJP candidate from Lucknow, Rajnath Singh, and his wife Savitri Singh show their finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Lucknow. The Home Minister faces Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, on this seat. The Congress has picked self-proclaimed spiritual guru Acharya Pramod Krishnam as its Lucknow candidate.
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