49 constituencies in eight states and UTs to vote in fifth phase on May 20

People from 49 constituencies across eight States and Union territories will be voting in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on May 20 during which several key candidates will be in the frayThe states of Bihar Jharkhand Maharashtra Odisha Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal will be going to polls in the fifth phase along with two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhNotably the fifth phase is the smallest in terms of number of seats being polled across all seven phases of Lok Sabha elections 2024The following seats will vote on May 20 across the eight states and Union TerritoriesMaharashtra Dhule Dindori Nashik Palghar Bhiwandi Kalyan Thane Mumbai North Mumbai NorthWest Mumbai NorthEast Mumbai NorthCentral Mumbai SouthCentral and Mumbai SouthUttar Pradesh Mohanlalganj Lucknow Raebareli Amethi Jalaun Jhansi Hamirpur Banda Fatehpur Kaushambi Barabanki FaizabadAyodhya Kaiserganj and GondaBihar Sitamarhi Madhubani Muzaffarpur Saran and HajipurJharkhand Chatra Koderma HazaribaghWest Bengal Barrackpur Bangaon Howrah Uluberia Sreerampur Hooghly and ArambaghLadakh The sole constituency of Ladakh will go to polls first time since the abrogation of Article 370Jammu and Kashmir The Baramulla constituency will go to polls first time since the abrogation of Article 370From Rahul Gandhi to Smriti Irani from Karan Bhushan Singh to Chirag Paswan many big names will have their fate at stake during the fifth phase of general electionsOther big names like Rajiv Pratap Rudy Piyush Goyal Ujjwal Nikam Jammu and Kashmir National Conference chief Omar Abdullah and RJD leader Rohini Acharya will also be seeking electoral successCongress leader Kishori Lal Sharma the Gandhi familys close aide has been fielded against Smriti Irani in Amethi Being tasked with wresting power from the BJP KL Sharma has exuded confidence in winning the pollsHe is up against incumbent MP and Union Minister Smriti Irani She ended the Gandhi familys stint in 2019 by defeating Rahul Gandhi by over 55000 votesRahul Gandhi who also contested from Wayanad will be aiming to retain the lone standing bastion of the party in the state RaebareliOn Friday Sonia Gandhi in her public address had urged people to vote for her son Rahul GandhiI am handing over my son to you you have to accept him just like you accepted me he wont disappoint she saidDefence Minister Rajnath Singh will be aiming for a third straight win in Lucknow He will face Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra in this seatUnion Minister Piyush Goyal who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time is up against Congress Bhushan Patil from the Mumbai North seatBJP has fielded 2611 special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam replacing twotime MP Poonam Mahajan against Congress Varsha Gaikwad from Maharashtras Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seatAfter much contention BJP dropped Wrestling Federation of India WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh from Kaiserganj after sexual harassment allegations by female wrestlers The party has fielded his son Karan Bhushan Singh from the seat who will be seeking to retain his family strongholdLJP Ram Vilas chief Chirag Paswan is aiming to carry forward his father Ram Vilas Paswans legacy He is pitted against RJDs Shiv Chandra RamRohini Acharya the daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is contesting against BJPs Rajiv Pratap Rudy who registered resounding wins against Lalu Prasads kin in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha electionsIn the first general elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 Baramulla will go to polls on May 20 National Conference NC leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is pitted against Sajad Lone of the Peoples Conference PC and Mir Mohammad Fayaz of the Peoples Democratic PartyLadakh is going to polls as a separate union territory for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 bifurcated the erstwhile state into UTs JK and Ladakh BJPs Tashi Galsyan is pitted against Congress candidate Tsering NamgyalThe Lok Sabha elections 2024 are being held across seven phases The first four phases were held on April 19 April 26 May 7 and May 13 while the subsequent phases are scheduled on May 20 May 27 and June 1 The counting of votes will happen on June 4While Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term in power while the Opposition INDIA bloc is aiming to wrest back power from the incumbent BJPWith inputs from Agencies