Voting for Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections, encompassing 49 constituencies across eight States/UTs, is scheduled for Monday.
The Bandra - Worli sea link is illuminated awareness of Voting ahead of Lok Sabha Election, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
According to the Election Commission, 695 candidates are contesting across these constituencies. This count emerged after scrutinising 1,586 nomination forms filed for the fifth phase. Of these, 749 were deemed valid after the May 3 deadline.
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Remarkably, only 82 of the total 695 candidates contesting in the May 20 phase are women, as reported by the Association for Democratic Reforms.
Voting will kick off at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm. The average number of contesting candidates per parliamentary constituency in the fifth phase is 18, as per the ECI.
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