Lok Sabha elections phase V: 51 seats in seven states vote today

Ministers Rajnath Singh, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Smriti Irani and Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi among key candidates.

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Polling officials collect their EVMs and other election material ahead of the third phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a distribution centre in Ahmedabad, Monday, April 22, 2019. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : May 06 2019 | 7:08 AM IST

Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Smriti Irani, Jayant Sinha and Arjun Ram Meghwal and Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are among the key candidates in the fifth phase.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP's campaigning, holding several rallies. BJP chief Amit Shah, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and a host of Union ministers among others also canvassed for their party candidates in the past few days, undertaking whirlwind tours of constituencies.

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, four in