Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 5

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has backed the INDIA bloc to come up trumps against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, arguing that mega wins in 2014 and 2019 - in which it scored 282 and 303 seats - meant it had reached a saturation point.

The seventh and last phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha election today saw some key constituencies go to polls, the most important of which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency - Varanasi.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to advance poll timings to 5:30 am from 7 am for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls in view of searing heat and the month of Ramzan.

A polling officer was killed and 24 others, including security personnel, were injured after their vehicle overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, officials said on Tuesday.

An average 43.85 per cent turnout was recorded till 2 pm in seven Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, an election official said.

The states where voting took place are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.

Google Doodle: Like it did in the last four phases of polling, Google today dedicated its doodle to the ongoing seven-phase general elections in India to mark the fifth phase today.

Voting for phase 5 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections had begun at 7 am today morning. This phase had 51 parliamentary constituencies that saw polling across 7 states. As voting ended for the day, the 2019 general elections saw 424 of the total 543 Lok Sabha constituencies complete the polling process.

Top BJP and Congress leaders, including UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, are among the key candidates as 51 constituencies across seven states vote today in the fifth phase of national elections.

At least 63.5 per cent of the 8.75 crore voters in the 51 seats across the seven states have exercised their franchise in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election, which is the lowest in all the phases so far, Election Commission data shows. According to the Commission's Voter Turnout android application, at 9.00 PM, the turnout in the Monday's polli...

Around 62.5 per cent people voted in the fifth round of the national election - up from 61.76 in 2014 -- that was marked by violence in parts of Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. In Bengal, two persons, including a BJP candidate, were injured in separate incidents. A grenade was thrown at a polling booth and an explosion set off elsewhere in Jammu and...

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election witnesses several high-stake battles between the BJP and opposition parties, with people from 51 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states casting their votes today to form the next government. The foremost among them is Amethi, where Congress president Rahul Gandhi will try to hold his own against the B...

Two former Olympians, one former IAS and one former IPS officer, and two seers are among the 134 candidates whose fate will be decided by voters in Rajasthan's 12 Lok Sabha seats that will go to the polls today.

A day before Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama goes to vote, an eerie silence descended on the streets the district hit by one of the state's worst terror attacks earlier this year. People mill around but are guarded in their response. They want to talk about anything but elections.

A total of 51 seats spread across seven states are scheduled to vote in the fifth phase today, with Rae Bareli and Amethi seats in Uttar Pradesh among the most watched contests.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has backed the INDIA bloc to come up trumps against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, arguing that mega wins in 2014 and 2019 - in which it scored 282 and 303 seats - meant it had reached a saturation point.

The seventh and last phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha election today saw some key constituencies go to polls, the most important of which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency - Varanasi.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to advance poll timings to 5:30 am from 7 am for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls in view of searing heat and the month of Ramzan.

A polling officer was killed and 24 others, including security personnel, were injured after their vehicle overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, officials said on Tuesday.

An average 43.85 per cent turnout was recorded till 2 pm in seven Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, an election official said.

The states where voting took place are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.

Google Doodle: Like it did in the last four phases of polling, Google today dedicated its doodle to the ongoing seven-phase general elections in India to mark the fifth phase today.

Voting for phase 5 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections had begun at 7 am today morning. This phase had 51 parliamentary constituencies that saw polling across 7 states. As voting ended for the day, the 2019 general elections saw 424 of the total 543 Lok Sabha constituencies complete the polling process.

Top BJP and Congress leaders, including UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, are among the key candidates as 51 constituencies across seven states vote today in the fifth phase of national elections.

At least 63.5 per cent of the 8.75 crore voters in the 51 seats across the seven states have exercised their franchise in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election, which is the lowest in all the phases so far, Election Commission data shows. According to the Commission's Voter Turnout android application, at 9.00 PM, the turnout in the Monday's polli...

Around 62.5 per cent people voted in the fifth round of the national election - up from 61.76 in 2014 -- that was marked by violence in parts of Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. In Bengal, two persons, including a BJP candidate, were injured in separate incidents. A grenade was thrown at a polling booth and an explosion set off elsewhere in Jammu and...

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election witnesses several high-stake battles between the BJP and opposition parties, with people from 51 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states casting their votes today to form the next government. The foremost among them is Amethi, where Congress president Rahul Gandhi will try to hold his own against the B...

Two former Olympians, one former IAS and one former IPS officer, and two seers are among the 134 candidates whose fate will be decided by voters in Rajasthan's 12 Lok Sabha seats that will go to the polls today.

A day before Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama goes to vote, an eerie silence descended on the streets the district hit by one of the state's worst terror attacks earlier this year. People mill around but are guarded in their response. They want to talk about anything but elections.

A total of 51 seats spread across seven states are scheduled to vote in the fifth phase today, with Rae Bareli and Amethi seats in Uttar Pradesh among the most watched contests.