New Delhi: The final phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held on June 1. During the seventh phase of polling, voters from 57 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across eight states and UT will exercise their franchise.
The voting will take place in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chandigarh. As many as 904 candidates are in the fray from these 57 Lok Sabha constituencies.
328 candidates from Punjab and 144 from Uttar Pradesh are in the fray for 13 seats each, respectively. 134 candidates are contesting on eight seats from Bihar, 66 from Odisha on six seats, 52 from Jharkhand on three seats, 37 from Himachal Pradesh on four seats and and 19 from Chandigarh for one seat.
Key candidates in Lok Sabha polls phase 7
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (BJP) and Ajay Rai (Congress): Varanasi has been the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014. Congress party has fielded fielded Ajai Rai from Varanasi for the third time. Rai was earlier part of BJP but quit in 2007. He began his journey with Congress in 2012 when he contested from Pindra (earlier known as Kolasla) and defeated a BJP candidate. The party then fielded him from Varanasi against the PM Narendra Modi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Rai secured the third position.
2. Ravi Kishan (BJP): In Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, BJP has fielded candidate politician and actor Ravi Kishan from the constituency. Samajwadi Party’s candidate Kajal Nishad is contesting from this seat. In 2019 Lok sabha elections, Ravi Kishan had won from the seat with 60% and above votes while SP candidate Rambhual Nishad finished second and got 415,458 votes.
3. Charanjit Singh Channi (Congress): Charanjit Singh Channi, the Congress party candidate and former Prime Minister from Punjab’s Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. Channi is fighting against AAP candidate Pawan Kumar Tinu and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Mohinder Singh Kaypee from Jalandhar seat.
4. Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD): SAD’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal is fielded from Punjab’s Bhatinda Lok sabha constituency. The constituency will witness a four-way battle with Congress’ candidate Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, AAP’s Gurmeet Singh Khudian and BJP’s Parampal Kaur Sidhu. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress had bagged the top spot and had won eight of 13 seats while BJP and SAD had won two seats each while AAP managed to secure only one seat.
5. Kangana Ranaut (BJP): This year, BJP has fielded actress Kangana Ranaut from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi seat. Kangana is contesting against Congress stronghold of Mandi against Vikramaditya Singh, the son of late former CM Virbhadra Singh. The Mandi constituency holds symbolic significance for the Congress, as it is considered a bastion of the Virbhadra family.
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