As voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections commenced on Monday, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's family members stepped out and exercised their voting rights. Aamir and his first wife Reena Dutta's children Junaid and Ira happily posed for shutterbugs after casting their votes. The actor's mother Zeenat Hussain was also spotted at a polling booth, defying age. The voting on Monday started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, with those in line by the closing time still allowed to vote. 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 voting phase. The fifth phase witnesses 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. Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 5: Voting Begins in Fifth Phase of General Polls for 49 Seats, Several Bigwigs in Fray (Watch Videos).

Eight states/UTs going for polls in phase 5 are Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Of the 49 Lok Sabha seats, 14 are from Uttar Pradesh, 13 from Maharashtra, 7 from West Bengal, 5 from Bihar, 3 from Jharkhand, 5 from Odisha, and one each from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will Ensure Full Statehood for Delhi When INDIA Bloc Forms Government, Says Arvind Kejriwal.

Junaid Khan and Ira Khan Cast Their Votes in Lok Sabha Elections 2024

 

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Aamir Khan’s Mother, Zeenat Hussain, Casts Her Vote

 

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In a bid to create a peaceful atmosphere for the electors, a total of 2,000 flying squads, 2105 static surveillance teams, 881 video surveillance teams, and 502 video viewing teams are keeping surveillance round the clock across the 94,732 polling stations.