In Focus: Lok Sabha Election Phase 5: Find Out the Election Date for Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election 2024, Popular Candidates And Their Constituency

After the phase 4 of the general election democratic of India moves to the 5th phase of the election which will take place on Monday, May 20th 2024. The 5th phase of the election will include 8 states and UT with 695 candidates will try their luck for 49 constituencies. In phase 5 of the general election the number of female candidates is less, as only 12% of the candidates are women in phase 5 of the election. Some of the stalwarts that will feature in the phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election is Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union minister Piyush Goyal. The current commerce minister and BJP candidate will contest from Mumbai North, he is also included in the richest candidates of phase 5 general election. Apart from this the popular female candidate of BJP, Smriti Irani will also contest in phase 5 election 2024. She has filed nomination from Amethi Lok Sabha seat, she is looking for re-election after defeating Congress Supremo Rahul Gandhi in 2019.  Fate of 695 candidates will be sealed in phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Election as the people use their voting rights.

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Popular Candidates Appearing In Phase5 of Lok Sabha Election 2024:

Phase 5 of general election 2024 will see some popular candidates watch their fate sealed on May 20th, 2024.

Piyush Goyal: Union Minister and star BJP candidate Piyush Goyal will contest from Mumbai North, the North Mumbai seat is a stronghold of BJP and Congress who was earlier reluctant to contest has announced Bhushan Patil from North Mumbai against Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

Smriti Irani: Star BJP women candidate Smriti Irani will look for re-election from Amethi, after defeating Rahul Gandhi in 2019 election, Smriti Irani will go up against KL Sharma of Congress as Rahul Gandhi decided not challenge her from a seat which was previously known as a stronghold of Congress.

Rajnath Singh: Star BJP candidate and Defence Minister Rajanth Singh will contest from Lucknow Lok Sabha Seat, he is three time MP from Lucknow and will be looking for his 4th term by re-election. Rajnath Singh will be challenged by Ravidas Mehrotra of SP and Mohammad Sarwar Malik of BSP.

Chirag Paswan: Star candidate and son of famous politician Late Ram Vilas Paswan will contest from Hajipur Bihar he will be challenged by RJD candidate Shiv Chandra Ram.

Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Rajiy Pratap Rudy a BJP candidate who will go up against Rohini Acharya of RJD in Saran Lok Sabha seat.

Omar Abdulla: Popular political figure Omar Abdulla will contest from Baramulla and he will be challenged by Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Sajad Gani Lone

Tashi Gyalson & Tsering Namgyal: There expected to be a tasty battle between Tashi from BJP an Tsering from Congress for Ladakh Lok Sabha seat

Shrikant Eknath Shinde: Shrikant Eknath Shide will contest from popular Lok Sabha seat of Kalya, he is a son of current Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde he will be up against Vaishali Darekar-Rane of Shiv Sena (UBT)

Adv Ujwal Nikam: Famous lawyer and star BJP Candidate Ujawal Nikam will contest from Mumbai North Central he will be up against Gaikwad Varsha Eknath.

Kirti Vardhan Singh: The star BJP candidate will contest from Gonda, he has been elected from Gonda 3 times, he is the sitting MP and will look for re-election, he will be challenged Saurabh of BSP and Shreya Verma of SP.

Anurag Sharma: The richest candidate of phase 5 and Anurag Sharma of BJP will contest from Jhansi Lok Sabha election and look for re-election Pradeep Kumar Jain Aditya of Congress.

Candidate with Criminal Charges in Phase 5 of Election:

In the phase 5 of election we will see 159 candidates which approximately 23 % of the tota 695 candidates. And these candidates  have criminal charges against them and out of those 122 candidates have charges of serious crimes against them.

Party	Candidate	Candidate With Serious Crime
BJP	40	12
Congress	18	7
SP	10	4
Shiv Sena (UBT)	8	1
TMC	7	2
Shiv Sena	6	2
AMIMIM	4	2
RJD	4	1

Some of these candidates have serious charges like, murder, violence and rape aginst them. These candidates are spread across parties including national parties like BJP and Congress. Apart from this according to the report of ADR there are 5 candidates in this election who are illiterate and 42% of the candidates appearing in Lok Sabha Phase 5 have educational qualification between 5 to 12th standard. Number of graduate candidates is 349 which is almost 50% of total candidates.

Rich Candidates Appearing in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election

There are a number of rich candidates appearing in the phase 5 of Lok Sabha election. As per the ADR analysis 33% of the total 695 candidates are crorepati with BJP topping the list with 36 candidates alone. The average asset held by the candidate as per the declaration is 3.56 cr. Anurag Sharma of BJP is the richest candidate in phase 5 of the election. He has declared assets worth 212 cr.

SN	Candidate	Party	Lok Sabha Seat	Asset Declared in Cr
1	Anurag Sharma	BJP	Jhansi	212
2	Nilesh Bhagwan Sambare	IND	Bhiwandi	116
3	Piyush Goyal	BJP	Mumbai North	110

Poor Candidates:

While there are rich candidates participating in the election then there are few poor candidates as well. With 1 candidate reporting assets as low as 67 rs, while has declared 0 assets.

SN	Candidate	Party	Lok Sabha Seat	Asset Declared
1	Mohammad Sultan Ganaie	IND	Baramulla	67
2	Mukesh Kumar	IND	Muzaffarpur	700
3	Surajit Hembram	IND	Hooghly	5427

Rich Candidates As Per The Assets Declared: Number of the rich candidates appearing in Lok Sabha election phase 5 as per declared assets.

Sn	Assets	Number of Candidates
1	Exceeding 5 Cr	86
2	Between 2-5 Cr	73
3	Between 50 lakhs to 2 cr	162
4	Between 10-50 lakhs	175
5	Under 10 Lakhs	199

Election Phase 5 Seats As Per State

In the phase 5 the contest among the candidates will be for 49 Lok Sabha seats with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh featuring the most number of seats 13 & 14 respectively. There are 695 eligible candidates who will contest for these 49 seats on May 20th, 2024. Maharashtra had received maximum nominations, followed by Uttar Pradesh 512 & 466 respectively. Below is the break up of the number of seats as per the state.

SN	State/UT	Seats
1	Bihar	5
2	Jammu & Kashmir	1
3	Jharkhand	3
4	Ladakh	1
5	Maharashtra	13
6	Odisha	5
7	Uttar Pradesh	14
8	West Bengal	7

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Scheduled for Phase 5

The general election for 18th Lok Sabha will be conducted in 7 phases throughout the country and the fifth phase will start on May 20th, 2024. In the phase 5 of Lok Sabha election total 695 candidates will contest from 49 constituencies across 8 states of India. In the data released by the election commission on PIB, a total 1586 nominations were filed in the phase 5 of the election. 

State/UT	Constituency	Nomination	Valid Nomination	Candidates Post Withdrawal
8	49	1586	749	695

Election Date 2024: Lok Sabha Election 2024 has crossed the halfway stage with the conclusion of phase 4 on 13th May 2024. People of the country exercising their voting right to elect a democratic government. The Election Commission of India on March 16th 2024 announced the dates of general elections.. Currently Bharatiya Janata Party is in the center under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the tenure of this government under 17th Lok Sabha is going to end on 16th June 2024. Below is the complete schedule of Lok Sabha election 2024 including the details of seven phases

Phase	Phase I	Phase II	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5	Phase 6	Phase 7
Date	19 April	26 April	7 May	13 May	20 May	25 May	1 June

The first phase was on April 19th, 2024, followed by second phase April 26, third phase was on May 7th, 2024, phase four was on May 13th and now we are approaching phase 5 of the election which will start on May 20th, 2024.

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Conclusion:

General election is a very important event in any democracy. All eligible voters must take part in it and exercise their voting right to choose a democratic government. Every eligible citizen must cast their vote and exercise their voting rights irrespective of the outcome. Election helps in shaping the future of the democratic country as the elected people take the office by forming a government. As responsible citizens, we must cast our vote and reaffirm our dedication to the principles of democracy and unity, working together towards a brighter, more inclusive future for all.

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