The fifth round of the Lok Sabha elections for 49 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 36.73 % till 1 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission.
According to the poll body, Ladakh recorded the highest voter turnout (52.02 %) followed by West Bengal (48.41 per cent), Jharkhand (41.89 %), Uttar Pradesh (39.55 %), Odisha (35.31 %), Jammu and Kashmir (34.79 %), Bihar (34.62 %) and Maharashtra (27.78 %).
Mumbai continued to disappoint with voter turnout failing to cross 30 per cent till 1 pm. Mumbai North recorded a turnout of 26.78 %; Mumbai North Central saw a turnout of 28.05 %, Mumbai North East saw a turnout of 28.82 %, Mumbai North West recorded a turnout of 28.41 %. Mumbai South had the lowest turnout in the city with 28.41 % recorded till 1 pm. Mumbai South Central saw a turnout of 27.21 %.
As per the ECI, over 8.95 crore voters, including 4.69 crore males, 4.26 crore females, and 5409 third-gender electors, will decide the fate of 695 candidates in the fifth phase of voting. The fifth phase is witnessing key contests in various constituencies.
Leaders such as Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Piyush Goyal, Ujjwal Nikam, Karan Bhushan Singh, LJP (Ramvilas) chief Chirag Paswan, JKNC chief Omar Abdullah, and RJD leader Rohini Acharya are looking for electoral success.
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