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By Anuj Cariappa

| Updated: Monday, May 6, 2019, 21:46 [IST]

New Delhi, May 06: Nearly nine crore voted on Monday to decide the fate of 674 candidates in the fifth phase of polling in 51 Lok Sabha constituencies in seven states.

Two explosions at polling stations in Pulwama in Kashmir and clashes between TMC and BJP in West Bengal were reported during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday across seven states in which over 62 per cent turnout was recorded.

Polling in West Bengal (Image courtesy - PTI)

The BJP demanded fresh polling at Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of unleashing "violence" on its voters.

Meanwhile, Union minister Smriti Irani accused Congress president and rival candidate from Amethi Rahul Gandhi of capturing polling booth in the constituency.

Voting took place 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. In Jammu and Kashmir, polling will take place in Ladakh constituency and Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag seat.

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.

Stay tuned for all the UPDATES here

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12:24 PM, 16 May

Uttar Pradesh

Subrata Roy casts his vote:

Sahara chief Subrata Roy casts his vote at a polling booth in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/d4VjVsIGsL
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 6, 2019

12:23 PM, 16 May

Delhi

ebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Devinder Kumar Sehrawat joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of Union Minister Vijay Goel.

12:23 PM, 16 May

Jammu Kashmir

The Congress has sought repolling in several booths in Shopian and Pulwama districts of the Anantnag parliamentary constituency, alleging that the NC and the PDP indulged in bogus voting in many areas.

12:20 PM, 16 May

Jammu Kashmir

Clahses broke out at a polling booth in Pulwama's Rajpora when PDP workers thrashed a Congress polling agent.

12:19 PM, 16 May

West Bengal

Scuffle breaks out between TMC's Prasun Banerjee and security forces.

12:13 PM, 16 May

Madhya Pradesh

Visuals from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh where voting concluded for Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election 2019.

9:46 PM, 6 May

Jammu and Kashmir

In Jammu and Kashmir, 64 per cent polling was recorded in Ladakh but the turnout was barely three per cent in militancy-infested Shopian and Pulwama districts in the final of the three-phase election to Anantnag constituency held amid militant threats and boycott call by separatists in Kashmir.

9:45 PM, 6 May

The voter turnout was 74.42 in seven seats in West Bengal, where incidents of Trinamool Congress and BJP workers attacking each other, hurling of bombs, injury to a candidate due to lathicharge by central forces, manhandling of a contestant and beating up of a polling agent were reported in Bangaon (SC), Barrackpore, Hooghly and Howrah constituencies.

9:45 PM, 6 May

In Rajasthan, 63.78 per cent polling was recorded in 12 seats, while it was 63.88 per cent in seven constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, 57.86 per cent five seats in Bihar and 63.72 in four seats in Jharkhand that went to polls on Monday.

9:44 PM, 6 May

According to the Election Commission, over 57.33 per cent of 2.47 crore eligible people cast their vote in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, where political heavyweights like Congress' Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani were in the fray.

8:16 PM, 6 May

Total voter turnout in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election 2019 is 62.56%.

7:52 PM, 6 May

Himachal Pradesh

The Chief Electoral Officer of Himachal Pradesh has directed Kangra district election officer to take action under section 127A of Representation of People Act,1950 regarding violation of Model Code of Conduct by Congress candidate for Kangra, Pawan Kajal.

6:58 PM, 6 May

Madhya Pradesh

Visuals from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh where voting concluded for Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election 2019.

6:54 PM, 6 May

Rajasthan

Voting concludes for the 5th phase of LokSabhaElection2019 in Rajasthan.

6:37 PM, 6 May

West Bengal

West Bengal BJP writes to CEO West Bengal over poll related violence the letter states,"On all LS seats which were having polling today have seen wide spread violence including rigging of booths, destruction of EVMs&brutal attacks on BJP candidates.Also seek order for re-polling"

6:25 PM, 6 May

Bihar

57.86% voter turnout recorded in Bihar (five Lok Sabha constituencies) in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, till 6pm.

6:18 PM, 6 May

West Bengal

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Locket Chatterjee staged a sit-in at District Magistrate's office in Hooghly after her car was vandalized by unknown miscreants, earlier today.

5:35 PM, 6 May

Assembly elections in Odisha's Patkura constituency has been re-scheduled to May 19 following the death of Biju Janata Dal candidate Ved Prakash Agarwal. Patnaik had earlier requested ECI for the same on his visit to Delhi on the 24th.

5:34 PM, 6 May

Scuffle breaks out between TMC's Prasun Banerjee and security forces

#WATCH West Bengal: Scuffle breaks out between TMC's MP from Howrah, Prasun Banerjee and security forces at polling booth no. 49 & 50 in Howrah. #LokSabhaElections2019 #Phase5 pic.twitter.com/UOoZcEzUce
— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019

5:34 PM, 6 May

5:02 PM, 6 May

Voter Turnout in Madhya Pradesh till 3 PM has been recorded at 54.22%. Seven of MP's seats are polling in this phase of the elections.

4:44 PM, 6 May

The Election Commission has directed Bengal police to lodge FIRs against all those present in the booth in Hooghly where an EVM was ransacked in the presence of BJP candidate Locket Chatterjee.

3:45 PM, 6 May

Clahses broke out at a polling booth in Pulwama's Rajpora when PDP workers thrashed a Congress polling agent.

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in Jharkhand was 58.63 percent

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in West Bengal was 62.79 percent

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in Uttar Pradesh was 44.79 percent

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in Rajasthan was 50.39 percent

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in Madhya Pradesh was 53.37 percent

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in Jammu & Kashmir was 15.34 percent

3:44 PM, 6 May

Voter turnout till 3 pm in Bihar was 44.08 percent

12:16 AM, 6 May

The fifth phase will see voting in many high-profile seats. In Uttar Pradesh, both Rae Bareli and Amethi — constituencies which are traditional strongholds of Congress — will see a riveting contest, with the SP-BSP alliance lending their support to the party.

12:16 AM, 6 May

This is an important phase for BJP in Uttar Pradesh since it had won 12 of the 14 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress won only Rae Bareli and Amethi — the only two constituencies where the party succeeded out of the 80 seats in the state.

12:17 AM, 6 May

In Amethi and Rae Bareli, the SP-BSP alliance has not put up any candidate, leaving the two constituencies for the Congress.

12:17 AM, 6 May

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is seeking re-election from Lucknow, while his colleague at the Centre Smriti Irani is again taking on Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.

12:17 AM, 6 May

In the seven Lok Sabha constituencies spread across three districts in West Bengal, it is a four-cornered contest between the Trinamool Congress, BJP, Congress and the CPI(M). The Trinamool had won all the seven seats in 2014.

5:34 AM, 6 May

79(12%) female candidates are contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 5 elections.

5:43 AM, 6 May

208(31%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 343(51%) candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 113(17%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years. 3 candidates have not given their age.

5:55 AM, 6 May

Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 48 BJP candidates is Rs. 6.91 crores, 45 INC candidates is Rs 8.74 crores, 33 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 3.32 crores, and 9 SP candidates have average assets of Rs 31.57 crores.

6:04 AM, 6 May

The average asset per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 5 election is Rs. 2.57 crores.

6:14 AM, 6 May

184(28%) candidates who have assets worth Rs. 1 crore and more. Among the major parties 38(79%) out of 48 candidates from BJP, 32(71%) out of 45 candidates from INC,17(52%) out of 33 candidates from BSP, 8(89%) out of 9 candidates from SP and 31(12%) out of 252 independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

6:24 AM, 6 May

5 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping (IPC Section-363) and Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364) , against themselves.

6:34 AM, 6 May

21 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves.

6:42 AM, 6 May

2.47 crore people are eligible to vote in Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj (SC), Lucknow, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi (SC), Barabanki (SC), Faizabad, Bahraich (SC), Kaiserganj, Amethi, Raebareli and Gonda constituencies. There are 182 candidates in the fray from these seats.

6:44 AM, 6 May

6 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves. 3 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section -302) against themselves.

6:44 AM, 6 May

In Raebareli, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is contesting against former Congress MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh.

6:44 AM, 6 May

In the 2014 polls at Kaushambi, the BJP polled 331,724, while the SP and BSP together had 490,146 votes. Bahraich: BJP: 432,392, SP-BSP: 552,224, Sitapur: BJP: 417,546, SP-BSP: 522,689, Mohanlalganj: BJP: 455,274, SP:BSP: 552,224, Banda: BJP: 342,066, SP-BSP: 416,008, Dhaurahra: BJP: 360,357, SP-BSP: 468,714 and Kaisarganj: BJP: 381,500, SP-BSP: 450,008.

6:44 AM, 6 May

The Lucknow seat from where Rajnath Singh is seeking a re-election has been with the BJP since 1991. The seat was won that year by former PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This year Singh will take on Poonam Sinha, the candidate fielded by the SP-BSP.

6:55 AM, 6 May

Phase five of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, will witness a keen contest in seven off the 12 seats in Uttar Pradesh. Phase would also witness polling in Amethi and Raebareli, which are being contested by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi respectively.

7:05 AM, 6 May

Voting is underway at 51 Lok Sabha constituencies.

7:06 AM, 6 May

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha and his wife are among the early voters.

7:29 AM, 6 May

Rajasthan

Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and his wife Gayatri Rathore arrive at a polling station in Jaipur to cast their vote.

7:54 AM, 6 May

Home Minister Rajnath Singh casts his vote at Lucknow

8:02 AM, 6 May

EVM glitches in West Bengal. Polling is yet to begin at booth numbers 289/ 291/292 in Howrah

8:24 AM, 6 May

Uttar Pradesh

BSP Chief Mayawati casts her vote at a polling booth in City Montessori Inter College in Lucknow.

8:24 AM, 6 May

Polling in Jammu and Kashmir:

Jammu and Kashmir: Visuals from polling booth 66 in Govt High School in Pulwama( Anantnag Lok Sabha seat) #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/EKLbGTmkX3
— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019

8:26 AM, 6 May

Uttar Pradesh

"Right to vote should be used for your own good. I appeal all to come out of homes and vote," says Mayawati after casting vote.

8:38 AM, 6 May

Important facts about 5th phase: Uttar Pradesh has maximum number of polling booths - 28,072, while Jammu and Kashmir has the least number of polling booths - 1,254.

8:42 AM, 6 May

Jammu and Kashmir

Voting underway in South Kashmir's Khrew area in Pulwama. Pulwama is an insurgency prone area and it is for this reason that polling in Ananthnag Lok Sabha constituency is being held in three rounds.

8:46 AM, 6 May