<p>Nearly 197 million voters will exercise their francise to decide the fate of 1,767 candidates across 121 constituencies in 12 states in the fifth phase of polls on Thursday. <br /></p>.<p> <br />The states that will witness polling are: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.<br /><br />The Election Commission (EC) has already conducted polling in 111 parliamentary constituencies since the first phase on April 7. <br /><br />Thursday’s exercise is going to be the largest of the nine phases the poll panel has scheduled to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha.<br /><br />Assembly elections<br /><br />Seventy-seven of the 147 Assembly constituencies in Odisha will go to polls on Thursday, along with the parliamentary elections to the state’s 11 seats in the Lok Sabha. <br /><br />Polling for by-election in two Assembly constituencies in West Bengal will also take place on Thursday.</p>
<p>Nearly 197 million voters will exercise their francise to decide the fate of 1,767 candidates across 121 constituencies in 12 states in the fifth phase of polls on Thursday. <br /></p>.<p> <br />The states that will witness polling are: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.<br /><br />The Election Commission (EC) has already conducted polling in 111 parliamentary constituencies since the first phase on April 7. <br /><br />Thursday’s exercise is going to be the largest of the nine phases the poll panel has scheduled to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha.<br /><br />Assembly elections<br /><br />Seventy-seven of the 147 Assembly constituencies in Odisha will go to polls on Thursday, along with the parliamentary elections to the state’s 11 seats in the Lok Sabha. <br /><br />Polling for by-election in two Assembly constituencies in West Bengal will also take place on Thursday.</p>
