Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Anil Ambani, actor Akshay Kumar among notable personalities to cast vote in phase 5

As the fifth phase of voting in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 commences, several notable personalities including Industrialist Anil Ambani and actor Akshay Kumar have come out to cast their votes on Monday.

Voters in 49 constituencies across six states and two union territories will decide the fate of 695 candidates.

Key contests include those in Amethi and Raebareli, traditional strongholds of the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, Union Minister Piyush Goyal also makes his Lok Sabha polls debut from Mumbai North.


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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also cast his vote in Peddar road, Mumbai. "I, along with my family cast our votes together. It is a very proud moment for every Indian and it is a moment of pride to participate in an election of 140 crore people," he said.

After casting his vote, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, “Democracy is being celebrated today in Mumbai and other states of the country. I appeal to people to participate in this festival and make it successful.”

Meanwhile, BJP's Amethi candidate Smriti Irani also casted her vote and said, "I urge everyone to go to your polling booths and cast your votes to be a part of this celebration. It is our responsibility towards India and the country's development."

Actor, Director and Singer Farhan Akhter also arrived at a polling station in Bandra West, Mumbai to cast his vote.

“My vote is for good governance, the government that looks after all people. Please step out and vote,” he said in an interaction with the media outside the booth.

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List of celebrities, politicians and key personalities who casted their votes:

• Industrialist Anil Ambani
• Akshay Kumar
• Farhan Akhter
• Director and Producer Zoya Akhter
• Former UP CM Mayawati
• Shiv Sena candidate from South Mumai, Yamini Jadhav
• RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
• Rajkumar Rao
• Piyush Goyal
• Janhvi Kapoor
• Sanya Malhotra
• Marathi theatre actor Prashant Damle
• Shriya Saran
• Paresh Rawal
• Smriti Irani
• Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
• Actor Dharmendra
• Hema Malini
• Esha Deol
• Randeep Hooda
• N. Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Tata Sons
• Deepika Padukone
• Ranveer Singh

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.

The voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm.

The last two phases are scheduled for May 25 and June 1 respectively. The counting of votes is on June 4.