5th phase of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 polling is underway in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 6 States and 2 Union Territories. Voting is being conducted in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 13 seats in Maharashtra, seven seats in West Bengal, 5 seats each in Odisha and Bihar, three seats in Jharkhand, and one seat each in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in this phase. Polling is also being held today for 35 Assembly Constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. For smooth and transparent polling, over 9 lakh 47 thousand polling officials have been deployed across 94 thousand 732 polling stations.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) reported a voter turnout of 47.53 percent till 3 pm.
