Background
Voting for 121 seats finished yesterday (17th April) in Phase V of Lok Sabha polls. This is the biggest phase of polling accounting for 20% of Lok Sabha strength. 6 states went to polls – Maharashtra (19), Uttar Pradesh (11), Odisha (11), Rajasthan (20), Jharkhand (6), Bihar (7), J&K (1), Manipur (1), Karnataka (28), Madhya Pradesh (10), Chhatisgarh (3) and West Bengal (4).
2009 Election Results
The seat wise position in the last elections was as follows:
| State | Seats | NDA | UPA | BJD | JDU | JDS | SP | BSP | Left | Others |
| Bihar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| J&K | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jharkhand | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Karnataka | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 10 | 8 | 2 |
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