Lok Sabha election Phase 5 LIVE Updates: 48.38% voter turnout till 3 pm, Bengal highest at 61%

51 seats spanning across seven states are voting on Monday, May 6, for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2019. An estimated 8.75 crore voters will decide the fate of 674 candidates, including political bigwigs Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani.

Voting will take place in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, seven seats each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar and four in Jharkhand. In Jammu and Kashmir, polling will take place in Ladakh constituency and Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag seat.

Voting for phase 5 will begin at 7 am and continue till 5 pm at all polling booths.

Polling for the seven-phase election ends on May 19. The counting of votes will be held on May 23.

Daughter of cricketer MS Dhoni, Jiva, urged people to go out and vote.

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• Bihar : 44.08 per cent
• Jammu and Kashmir :12.86 per cent
• Madhya Pradesh : 48.76 per cent
• Rajasthan : 49.50 per cent
• Uttar Pradesh : 43.07 per cent
• West Bengal : 61.01 per cent
• Jharkhand : 51.07 per cent

Total Percentage : 48.38

• Bihar : 32.27 per cent
• Jammu and Kashmir : 11.35 per cent
• Madhya Pradesh : 42.77 per cent
• Rajasthan : 42.58 per cent
• Uttar Pradesh : 35.15 per cent
• West Bengal : 50.78 per cent
• Jharkhand : 45.98 per cent

Total: 40.56 per cent

109-years-old Chawli Devi casts her vote at a polling booth in Nohar, Rajasthan.

Actor Ashutosh Rana after casting his vote at polling booth number 105 in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh.

• Bihar : 20.74 per cent
• Jammu and Kashmir : 6.09 per cent
• Madhya Pradesh : 29.76 per cent
• Rajasthan : 29.40 per cent
• Uttar Pradesh : 22.96 per cent
• West Bengal : 33.64 per cent
• Jharkhand : 29.49 per cent

Total: 27.13 per cent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertakes an aerial survey of cyclone Fani affected areas in Odisha; reviews the situation. Also, PM Modi announces immediate assistance worth Rs 1000 crores.

A man arrives to vote in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh after his father's last rites earlier today.

Phase 5 voting: A 105-year-old woman casts her vote in the fifth phase of the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections 2019 at a polling booth in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

• Bihar - 11.51%
• Jammu & Kashmir - 1.36%
• Madhya Pradesh --13.18%
• Rajasthan -- 14%
• Uttar Pradesh -- 9.85%
• West Bengal -- 16.56%
• Jharkhand -- 13.46%

Total -- 12.65%

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, Jayant Sinha, arrives at a polling booth to cast his vote.

An individual, identified as Ranjit Paswan, was arrested on charges of vandalising an EVM machine at polling booth number 131 in Chhapra, Bihar.

A grenade attack took place at Rohmu polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. No injuries took place in the reported attack.

Voters in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district decided to collectively boycott polls due to the inaction of the authorities on the issue of water scarcity in the area. A local said, "We walk 3-4 km daily to collect water. Protested last year as well but nobody pays heed."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to urge voters to participate in large numbers in the fifth phase of polling in the Lok Sabha 2019 elections.

"Requesting all those voting in today's fifth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to do so in large numbers. A vote is the most effective way to enrich our democracy and contribute to India's better future. I hope my young friends turnout in record numbers," PM Modi tweeted.

The general elections 2019 have reached its fifth phase of voting. An estimated 8.75 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. Political bigwigs such as Congress president Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Rajyavardhan Rathore and Smriti Irani are up for election in the fifth of the seven-phased Lok Sabha polls today.