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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Highlights: Sunday marks the eve of elections to 49 Lok Sabha seats across six states and two Union territories in the fifth leg of the ongoing seven-phase general elections. High-profile names such as Rahul Gandhi (Rae Bareli), Rajnath Singh (Lucknow) and Smriti Irani (Amethi) are among those in the fray in the fifth phase. Gandhi, an ex-MP from Amethi, also contested from his current constituency, Kerala's Wayanad, which voted in the second phase (April 26). The BJP has fielded Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh against the former Congress chief.

Irani, who defeated Gandhi in 2019, is facing KL Sharma, a loyalist of the grand old party's first family. Lucknow MP Singh is being challenged by Samajwadi Party's Ravidas Mehrotra.

The states where polling will be held in this round are Uttar Pradesh (14/80 seats), Maharashtra (13/48), West Bengal (7/42), Bihar (5/40), Odisha (5/21), and Jharkhand (3/14). The Union territories are Jammu and Kashmir (1/5) and Ladakh (1/1).

Schedule:

Phase 1: April 19

Phase 2: April 26

Phase 3: May 7

Phase 4: May 13

Phase 5: May 20

Phase 6: May 25

Phase 7: June 1

Counting of votes: June 4