Lok Sabha polls 2019: 62.56% total voter turnout recorded in phase 5

The final voter turnout in the fifth phase of ongoing Lok Sabha elections held on May 6 stood at 62.56 per cent, according to data released by the Election Commission of India (EC) on Monday.

Rajasthan recorded 63.72per cent turnout over 12 seats in its last phase of voting; the overall percentage is 66.12 for all 25 seats.

58 per cent voter turnout was recorded in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh where Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi are in the fray.

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Till 6 pm, the closing time, 58per cent polling was witnessed in the state, Election Commission officials said.

The final figure is expected to go up when the votes of those still in the queue at this time are taken into account.

In this phase, the BJP is defending 39 seats -- all 12 in Rajasthan and a similar number in Uttar Pradesh, all seven in Madhya Pradesh, three in Bihar, all four in Jharkhand and one in Jammu and Kashmir.

In West Bengal, all seven seats were won by the Trinamool Congress, in Bihar, one was won by BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party and one by then ally Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, and in Jammu and Kashmir, one seat was won by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Congress had only bagged two -- Amethi and Rae Bareli.

With the fifth phase, voting is now completed in all seats of Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.

The seven-phase Lok Sabha elections started on April 11 and would conclude on May 19. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.

Total voter turnout: 62.56%

Bihar - 57.76%

Jammu and Kashmir - 18.24%

Madhya Pradesh - 65.24%

Rajasthan - 63.72%

Uttar Pradesh - 57.31%

West Bengal - 74.42%

Jharkhand - 64.63%