Uttar Pradesh election 2024 highlights: Voter turnout of 57.98% recorded till 5pm

A voter turnout of 57.98 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in Uttar Pradesh where polling is underway for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 14 constituencies.

Here's the constituency-wise breakup:

Amethi: 54.40%

Banda 59.64 %

Barabanki: 67.10%

Faizabad: 59.10%

Fatehpur: 57.05%

Gonda: 51.64%

Hamirpur: 60.56%

Jalaun: 56.15%

Jhansi: 63.70%

Kaisarganj: 55.68%

Kaushambi: 52.79%

Lucknow: 52.23%

Mohanlalganj: 62.72%

Rae Bareli: 58.04%

Assembly bypoll:

Lucknow east: 52.25%

A voter turnout of 55.80 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in Uttar Pradesh where polling is underway for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 14 constituencies.

Here's the constituency-wise breakup:

Amethi: 52.68%
Banda 57.38 %
Barabanki: 64.86%
Faizabad 57.36%
Fatehpur 54.56 %
Gonda 50.21%
Hamirpur 57.83%
Jalaun 53.73%
Jhansi 61.18%
Kaisarganj 53.92%
Kaushambi 50.65%
Lucknow 49.88%
Mohanlalganj 60.10%
Rae Bareli: 56.26%

BJP candidate Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has alleged that Samajwadi Party workers workers attempted to attack her when she was visiting polling booths in Jahanabad.

According to her, the incident occurred despite the presence of the station officer. Jyoti claimes that her vehicle was surrounded and stones were thrown at it.

Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 47.55 per cent till 3 pm on May 20, while the overall average voter turnout stood at 47.53 percent in the fifth phase.

IMD predicted that heatwave conditions will persist in west Uttar Pradesh for the next five days, with voters lining up in the scorching heat.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said, “Whenever there is any crisis in the country, Rahul Gandhi's name comes first among those who run away from the country.”

Uttar Pradesh DGP Prashant Kumar and his wife cast their votes in Lucknow for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Monday.

After casting his vote at a polling station in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh DGP Prashant Kumar said, "I appeal to everyone to cast their votes and select their representatives responsibly. Polling is underway peacefully in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in 21 districts."

According to the poll body, Ladakh recorded the highest voter turnout (52.02 per cent) followed by West Bengal (48.41 per cent), Jharkhand (41.89 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (39.55 per cent), Odisha (35.31 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir (34.79 per cent), Bihar (34.62 per cent) and Maharashtra (27.78 per cent) (PTI)

Uttar Pradesh has recorded a voter turnout of 39.55 percent till 1 pm. Voting is being held in 14 constituencies in the state - Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Barabanki, Kaushambi, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, and Gonda.

A group of BJP and SP workers clashed at a polling booth in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur over accusation of bogus voting.

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh casts his vote at a polling station in Kaiserganj. His son Karan Bhushan Sharan Singh is a BJP candidate from Kaiserganj.

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Gandhi Vidyalya Bachhrawan, Rae Bareli, to cast his vote in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das casts his vote at a polling booth in Ayodhya.

Amethi - 27.20%

Banda - 29.25%

Barabanki - 30.60%

Faizabad - 29.05%

Fatehpur - 28.54%

Gonda - 26.68%

Hamirpur - 28.24%

Jalaun - 26.97%

Jhansi - 29.82%

Kaiserganj - 27.92%

Kaushambi - 26.12%

Lucknow - 22.11%

Mohanlalganj - 28.52%

Rae Bareli - 28.10%

The UP Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman, Arvind Kumar, voted with his family members in UP.

Defence Minister and BJP candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh shows his inked finger after casting his vote. Singh is contesting the election from Lucknow and is pitted against sitting Samajwadi Party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra.

Uttar Pradesh has recorded a voter turnout of 12.89 percent till 9 am so far.

BJP MP and candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat, Smriti Irani arrives at a polling station in Amethi to cast her vote. Irani is contesting against Congress leader KL Sharma from this seat.

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh on his son Karan Bhushan Singh's candidature said, “Everyone is happy with his candidature. Karan Bhushan Singh is attached to the youth of Gona. He is a National player so he is interested in sports as he is in other things.”

Union minister Smriti Irani on Monday urged people to exercise their franchise in the fifth phase of polling today.

“Festival of democracy, pride of the nation…Today is the day of the fifth phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections. All respected voters are requested to definitely vote. Your every vote will form the basis of a 'developed India' and will prove invaluable in making India a leader and self-reliant on the global stage,” she wrote on X.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati casts her vote in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Monday morning.

The lowest number of candidates is six in Jalaun. The maximum number of candidates is in Fatehpur, where 15 people are contesting the election.

Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi of the Congress is contesting from the Rae Bareli seat.

Amethi, Uttar Pradesh: In Amethi, the battle is intense as the Congress aims to reclaim the seat from Union minister for women and child development Smriti Irani. This time, the Congress loyalist KL Sharma is challenging Irani.

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Defence minister Rajnath Singh is eyeing a fourth term from Lucknow. He is pitted against sitting Samajwadi Party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra from Lucknow Central.

Kaiserganj, Uttar Pradesh: The constituency sees a significant change as BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been denied a ticket due to charges of sexual harassment, which he denied. The BJP gave the ticket to his son, Karan Bhushan, from the seat.

Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh: This is home to the Ayodhya Ram Temple, from where Lallu Singh is seeking re-election on a BJP ticket. His main rival is Awadhesh Prasad of the Samajwadi Party.

Voting for the 14 Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha seats in the fifth round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections has begun and will conclude by 5 pm today.