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Voters from 49 constituencies across 6 states and 2 Union Territories will decide the fates of many key leaders today -- Union Ministers and party chiefs. Among those in fray are Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan and Omar Abdullah. Voting is on in five seats in Bihar, Jharkhand (3), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), UP (14), West Bengal (7) and two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir (1) and Ladakh (1). With this phase, election will be over in Maharashtra and Ladakh. An average turnout of 23.7 per cent has been recorded till 11 am.