Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:16am on 20 May 2024,Monday Politics
Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections is underway across 49 constituencies in six states and two Union Territories. By 11am, voter turnout was recorded at 23.7%. Key seats include five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand, 13 in Maharashtra, five in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, and seven in West Bengal, along with one each in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Notable candidates include Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Smriti Irani, and Rajnath Singh, as well as Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah.
