In the fifth of the seven phases of general election 2019 to be held on May 6, a total of 51 seats across seven States will go to polls.Voting will take place in a number of seats in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Jammu and Kashmir.
The key contestants are senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Smriti Zubin Irani, Congress leader and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress leader Jitin Prassd and SP's Poonam Sinha, wife of Shatrughan Sinha. SP-BSP- RLD Alliance has not fielded its candidates in Amethi and Raebareli. Barring Amethi and Raebareli seats, remaining 12 in this phase were bagged by BJP in 2014.
In Uttar Pradesh, polling parties are being sent to their respective booths under tight security. The constituencies which will go to pollls included Lucknow, Raebareili, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambhi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Behraich, Kaisarganj, Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj and Gonda.
According to reports 82 candidates, including six women, are in the fray. Important candidates whose fate will be decided are former Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Pashupati Kumar Paras of LJP, Chandrika Roy of RJD and former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad who is contesting as an independent. Besides Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ashok Yadav and Ajay Kumar Nishad will try their luck. The election commission has made special arrangements at each polling booth for divyang and elderly voters.
In West Bengal, more than 13,000 polling stations have been set up. Important candidates in the fray include former Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress nominee Dinesh Trivedi, BJP's Arjun Singh, former Arjun awarders footballer, Prasun Banerjee and Ratna Dey Nag of Trinamool Congress.
In Madhya Pradesh, seven parliamentary constituencies will go to polls tomorrow. AIR correspondent reports that voting will be held in Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad and Betul. All these seats are currently with the BJP. In this phase, about one crore 20 lakh voters will decide the fate of 110 candidates, including nine women. 454 polling stations will be fully operated by women polling personnel while 43 polling booths by Divyanga staff.
In Jammu and Kashmir, in the high altitude constituency of Ladakh, BJP is trying to retain the seat by fielding the Leh Hill Council Chief Executive Councillor Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. Congress has given ticket to the Council's former CEC Rigzin Spalbar. Ladakh is all set to go for polls in the 5th phase of general election tomorrow.
This high altitude constituency has seen a high voltage campaign. BJP is trying to retain the seat by fielding the Leh Hill Council Chief Executive Councillor Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. The Congress has given ticket to the Council's former CEC Rigzin Spalbar.
The key contestants are senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Smriti Zubin Irani, Congress leader and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress leader Jitin Prassd and SP's Poonam Sinha, wife of Shatrughan Sinha. SP-BSP- RLD Alliance has not fielded its candidates in Amethi and Raebareli. Barring Amethi and Raebareli seats, remaining 12 in this phase were bagged by BJP in 2014.
In Uttar Pradesh, polling parties are being sent to their respective booths under tight security. The constituencies which will go to pollls included Lucknow, Raebareili, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambhi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Behraich, Kaisarganj, Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj and Gonda.
According to reports 82 candidates, including six women, are in the fray. Important candidates whose fate will be decided are former Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Pashupati Kumar Paras of LJP, Chandrika Roy of RJD and former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad who is contesting as an independent. Besides Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ashok Yadav and Ajay Kumar Nishad will try their luck. The election commission has made special arrangements at each polling booth for divyang and elderly voters.
In West Bengal, more than 13,000 polling stations have been set up. Important candidates in the fray include former Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress nominee Dinesh Trivedi, BJP's Arjun Singh, former Arjun awarders footballer, Prasun Banerjee and Ratna Dey Nag of Trinamool Congress.
In Madhya Pradesh, seven parliamentary constituencies will go to polls tomorrow. AIR correspondent reports that voting will be held in Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad and Betul. All these seats are currently with the BJP. In this phase, about one crore 20 lakh voters will decide the fate of 110 candidates, including nine women. 454 polling stations will be fully operated by women polling personnel while 43 polling booths by Divyanga staff.
In Jammu and Kashmir, in the high altitude constituency of Ladakh, BJP is trying to retain the seat by fielding the Leh Hill Council Chief Executive Councillor Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. Congress has given ticket to the Council's former CEC Rigzin Spalbar. Ladakh is all set to go for polls in the 5th phase of general election tomorrow.
This high altitude constituency has seen a high voltage campaign. BJP is trying to retain the seat by fielding the Leh Hill Council Chief Executive Councillor Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. The Congress has given ticket to the Council's former CEC Rigzin Spalbar.
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