Lok Sabha Election 2024: In 2019, BJP won 32, Congress just 1 of the 49 seats voting in phase 5 today
phase 5 of Lok Sabha Elections today, May 20. The fifth phase includes high-profile seats such as Amethi, Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai North in Maharashtra. Union Minister Smriti Irani is pitted against long-time Congress loyalist KL Sharma in Amethi while Rahul Gandhi is contesting against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli.
Both Amethi and Raebareli have been Gandhi family strongholds. Follow Liver Updates on Phase 5 Polling Here Union Minister Piyush Goyal is contesting against Congress party's candidate Bhushan Patil in Mumbai north seat of Maharashtra in the fifth phase of polling. Of the 49 seats voting today, the BJP is contesting on 40 constituencies.
The saffron party's allies are fighting on the remaining nine seats. This includes the six seats that the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has fielded its candidates on. The Congress, on the other hand, has fielded its candidates on 18 of the 49 seats.
The grand old party has left 31 seats for its allies. Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Raebareli, Amethi among 14 UP seats voting in Phase 5 polling today Check details here Of these the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) is contesting 10 seats, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena eight seats , Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) two seats and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) four seats. Among the Lok Sabha seats voting in phase 5 today, the BJP had won 32 in 2019 while its allies had won 7 constituencies.
The saffron party bagged a vote share of more than 40 per cent in at least 30 seats. In 2019, the Congress won just one seat – Raebareli – of the 49 seats. Its allies, including the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had won seven seats.
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