Voting for Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 5 will be held on Monday, 6 May, in 51 parliamentary constituencies across 7 states. The fifth phase is the smallest in terms of seats.

A total of 674 candidates are in the fray, some of them are political heavyweights.

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All eyes will be on Uttar Pradesh. Of the 14 seats where polling will be held in the fifth phase in the state are Lucknow, Amethi and Rae Bareli.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will see his political future getting decided by the voters of Amethi, his parliamentary seat. Though Amethi is the traditional bastion of the Gandhi family, the 48-year-old Congress chief played a gamble by also contesting from Wayanad – where voting was held in the third phase.

Gandhi is up against BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi.

On the other hand is UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who will be looking forward to extending her hold over Rae Bareli for five more years.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, too, is in the fray. He is contesting from Lucknow, the parliamentary seat from where he won in 2014.

Over 8 crore 75 lakh voters are expected to cast their votes in this phase.

A total of 96,088 polling booths have been set up. Madhya Pradesh has the highest mean average number of booths per constituency at 2,177. Voting in MP will be held on 7 seats.

The phase will also witness polling in Ladakh, the biggest parliamentary constituency by area.

Polling is expected to begin at 7 am and end by 5 pm.

Here is a look at the seats and key contenders where polling will take place on 6 May. 

Bihar – 5

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur

Number of contenders:

82

Main parties:

BJP+JD(U)+LJP, Mahagathbandhan of RJD+Congress+others

Key contest/s:

Sitamarhi – Arjun Rai of RJD versus Varun Kumar of JD(U)

Muzaffarpur – Ajay Nishad of BJP versus Raj Bhushan Choudhary of VIP

Saran – Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP versus RJD’s Chandrika Rai

Jammu-Kashmir – 2 (including Anantnag)

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Anantnag (in all polling stations of Shopian and Pulwama districts), Ladakh

Number of contenders:

22

Main parties:

PDP, NC, Congress

Key contest/s:

Anantnag – PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti versus Congress’ Ghulam Ahmad Mir versus NC’s Hasnain Masoodi

Ladakh – BJP’s Jamyang Tsering Namgyal versus Independent Sajjad Hussain (backed by PDP and NC

Jharkhand – 4

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh

Number of contenders:

61

Main parties:

BJP, Congress+JMM+JVM+RJD

Key contest/s:

Hazaribagh – Jayant Sinha of BJP versus Gopal Sahu of Congress

Koderma – BJP’s Annapurna Devi Yadav versus Babulal Marandi of JVM

Madhya Pradesh– 7

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul

Number of contenders:

110

Main parties:

BJP, Congress

Key contest/s:

Satna – Ganesh Singh of BJP versus Raja Ram Tripathi of Congress

Betul – Durgadas Uikeof BJP versus Ramu Tekam of Congress

Rajasthan – 12

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur

Number of contenders:

134

Main parties:

BJP, Congress

Key contest/s:

Bikaner –Arjun Ram Meghwal of BJP versus Madangopal Meghwal of Congress

Jaipur Rural – BJP’s Rajyavardhan Rathore versus Congress’ Krishna Poonia

Churu – Rahul Kaswan of BJP versus Rafique Mandela of Congress

Nagaur – Hanuman Beniwal or RLP (BJP ally) versus Congress’ Jyoti Mirdha

Uttar Pradesh– 14

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Gonda

Number of contenders:

182

Main parties:

BJP, Congress, SP+BSP+RLD

Key contest/s:

Lucknow – BJP’s Rajnath Singh versus SP’s Poonam Sinha versus Acharya Pramod Krishnam of Congress

Rae Bareli – Congress’ Sonia Gandhi versus Dinesh Pratap Singh of BJP

Amethi – Rahul Gandhi of Congress versus Smriti Irani of BJP

Faizabad – Nirmal Khatri of Congress versus BJP’s Lallu Singh versus Anand Sen Yadav of SP

West Bengal – 7

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Bangaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Uleberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambag

Number of contenders:

83

Main parties:

TMC, BJP, Congress

Key contest/s:

Hoogly – Locket Chatterjee of BJP versus Congress’ Pratul Saha versus Ratna De Nag of TMC

Howrah – Rantidev Sen Gupta of BJP versus Surva Ghosh of Congress versus Prasun Banerjee of TMC

Sreerampur – Kalyan Banerjeeof TMC versus Debajit Sarkar of BJP versus Debabrata Biswas of Congress

Barrackpore – TMC’s Dinesh Trivedi versus BJP’s Arjun Singh versus Congress’ Mohammad Alam

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