The 57 seats, of which 13 are reserved for SC and three for ST, are in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab (13 each), West Bengal (9), Bihar (8), Odisha (6), Himachal -Pradesh (4), Jharkhand (3) and Chandigarh (1). Odisha will also vote for the remaining 42 seats in the concurrent assembly elections.
By-polls are also scheduled to be held in six constituencies of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, the results of which will decide the fate of Sukhwinder Singh. Sukhu Board.
The polls were necessitated after six Congress MLAs were cross voted in the Rajya Sabha elections and later resigned to join the BJP.
A total of 908 candidates are in the fray, with the highest in Punjab (328) and the lowest in the neighboring University of Chandigarh (19).
Glance at the Key Candidates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Varanasi) leads the list of notable candidates for this phase, while other BJP contenders include Union Ministers Anurag Thakur in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur, R.K. Singh Arrah in Bihar and Pratap Sarangi from Balasore in Odisha, former Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib and Preneet Kaur from Patiala, actress Kangana Ranaut from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, former IFS officer and former ambassador to the US Singsar Taranhujit. and former chief minister Chandra Shekhar’s son Neeraj Shekhar of UP’s Ballia.
Also in the fray are NDA constituency leaders – Apna Dal-Sonelal leader Anupriya Patel from UP’s Mirzapur, UP’s Arvind Rajbhar from UP’s Ghosi, and RLM leader Upendra Kushwaha from Bihari’s Karakat, where he not only meets the CPI. -Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha of ML-L as well as Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh are running as independent candidates.
Congress candidates include former Union ministers Manish Tewari from Chandigarh and Anand Sharma from Kangra in Himachal, former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya Singh from Mandi, Ajay Rai from Varanasi, former Punjab CM Charanjit Jaefhar, Channi and the state of the mainland. Amarinder Singh Raja War of Ludhiana.
Other notable contenders include West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, who wants to retain his diamond port, SAD leader and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Bathinda, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. daughter Misa Bharti from Pataliputra, Samajwadi Party’s Kajal Nishad from Gorakhpur, where the Bhojpuri actor will face industry star and sitting BJP MP Ravi Kishan, CPI-M’s Sujan Chakraborty and Trinamool MP Sougat Roy in Dum Dum and Saira Shah Halim against Trinamool. Member of Parliament Mala Roy in Kolkata Dakshin.
In the last round of the Lok Sabha, the electorate has more than 10.06 million voters – 5.24 million men, 4.82 million women, and 3,574 transgenders, the Election Commission said, adding that about 10.9 million election officials went to vote Sent to 1.09 million polling stations.
“Voters were sent to their polling stations with accessories and voting materials. Polling stations are ready to receive voters with all the basic amenities such as plenty of shade, drinking water, ramps, and toilets to ensure voting in the country. A comfortable and safe environment. Concerned CEOs and government machinery are directed to manage the adverse effects of hot weather or rains wherever forecast,” the EC said Although voting begins at 7 “Voting times may vary from computer to computer. computer,” the election commission said.
