India will go for the second section of Lok Sabha elections tomorrow in a high-stakes battle across 13 states and union territories with the marketing campaign marked by sharp jibes by the leaders of BJP as additionally by Congress and different opposition events.
India will go for the second section of Lok Sabha elections tomorrow in a high-stakes battle across 13 states and union territories with the marketing campaign marked by sharp jibes by the leaders of BJP as additionally by Congress and different opposition events.
The second section has 88 Lok Sabha constituencies together with all 20 seats in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 5 every in Assam and Bihar, six in Madhya Pradesh, three every in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal and one every in Tripura, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir.
Voting will start at 7 am tomorrow and can conclude at 6 pm. The Lok Sabha election is being held in seven phases until June 1 and votes can be counted June 4.
The second section of polling was to be held on 89 seats nevertheless it has been deferred to May 7 in Betul in Madhya Pradesh due to loss of life of BSP candidate.
Several opposition events have come collectively to type INDIA bloc to put up widespread candidates in opposition to the BJP.
Interesting battles are lined up within the second section of Lok Sabha polls and a few outstanding personalities are additionally within the fray. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is re-contesting from Wayanad. In Thiruvananthapuram, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor is searching for fourth successive time period. Battles in Rajasthan within the second section of polls embrace two union ministers, a former Assembly Speaker and sons of two former chief ministers.
Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini is once more within the fray from Mathura. Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is contesting from Rajnandgaon, DK Suresh from Bangalore Rural, and Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South.
The first section of voting for the seven-phased Lok Sabha election, the world’s largest electoral train, was held on April 19 on 102 constituencies across 21 states and UTs. According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout was registered was over 62 per cent. The third section election can be held on May 7.
The states and seats going to the polls right this moment are:
Assam (5 of whole 14 seats) – Karimganj, Silchar, Mangaldoi, Nawgong, Kaliabor
Bihar (5 out of whole 40 seats) – Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka
Chhattisgarh (three out of whole 11 seats) – Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
Jammu and Kashmir – Jammu
Karnataka (14 of whole 28 seats) – Udupi Chikamagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikballapur, Kolar.
Kerala (all 20 seats) – Kasaragod, Kannur, Vatakara, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alathur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh (six of 29 seats) – Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul
Maharashtra (8 of 48 seats) – Buldhana, Akola, Amravati (SC), Wardha, Yavatmal-Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani
Manipur – Outer Manipur)
Rajasthan (13 out of whole 25 seats) Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran
Tripura – Tripura East
Uttar Pradesh (8 out of whole 80 seats) – Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura, Bulandshahr
West Bengal (3 out of whole 42 seats) – Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat
An estimated 16 crore voters together with 8.08 male, 7.8 crore feminine voters and 5,929 third gender electors are eligible to vote within the second section of the Lok Sabha polls, in accordance to the Election Commission.
Key candidates and constituencies in Phase 2
Of the 20 constituencies in Kerala going to polls on Friday, two seats -Alathur and Mavelikara- are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.
1. Wayanad: Congress chief and sitting MP Rahul Gandhi is recontesting in opposition to Annie Raja of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Both of them are a part of the nationwide INDIA alliance however are rivals in Kerala. Congress has been successful in Wayanad since 2009 normal elections. BJP, which is but to open its account within the state, has fielded its state president Ok Surendran within the constituency.
2. Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress chief and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor received this seat within the 2009, 2014 and 2019 normal elections. The former UN diplomat is contesting in opposition to BJP chief and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and CPI’s Pannyan Raveendran.
3. Kollam: Sitting MP NK Premachandran (RSP) is pitted in opposition to two actor-turned-politicians – Mukesh, an MLA of CPI-M, and G Krishnakumar (BJP).
4. Thrissur: Ok Muraleedharan of Congress is pitted in opposition to VS Sunil Kumar of CPI and actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi of BJP
5. Attingal: Sitting MP Adoor Prakash of Congress is contesting in opposition to V Joy of CPM and V Muraleedharan of BJP.
6. Pathanamthitta: Congress’ Anto Antony is competing in opposition to Thomas Issac from the CPI(M) and Anil Ok Antony of the BJP.
7. Kasaragod: BJP candidate ML Ashwini is pitted in opposition to Congress’ Rajmohan Unnithan, who’s the sitting MP within the constituency, and CPI (M)’s MV Balakrishnan.
8. Kannur: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief Ok Sudhakaran is contesting in opposition to CPI(M)’s MV Jayarajan and NDA candidate C Raghunath, who had joined the BJP from Congress.
9. Vadakara: Congress chief Shafi Parambil, who’s UDF candidate, is contesting in opposition to LDF candidate KK Shailaja of the CPI(M) and Praphul Krishnan (BJP).
10. Kozhikode: Congress’ MK Raghavan, the UDF candidate, is working in opposition to CPI(M)’s Elamaram Kareemm, the LDF candidate, and BJP’s MT Ramesh.
11. Malappuram: ET Mohammed Basheer of the IUML is the UDF candidate in opposition to CPI(M)’s VA Vaseef, the LDF candidate, and Abdul Salam from Bharatiya Janata Party.
12. Ponnani: Nivedida Subramanian of BJP is dealing with Abdussamad Samadani of IUML and KS Hamza of the CPI (M).
13. Palakkad: C Krishnakumar from Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting in opposition to A Vijayaraghavan of Communist Party Of India (Marxist), and sitting MP VK Sreekandan from Congress
14. Alathur: TN Sarasu of the BJP is contesting Ramya Haridas of Congress and Ok (*13*) of CPI(M)
15. Chalakudy: Benny Behanan of Congress is the UDF candidate and is contesting in opposition to CPI(M)’s C Raveendranath and KA Unnikrishnan from Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
16. Ernakulam: Hibi Eden of UDF is dealing with CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front KJ Shine and KS (*13*) of the BJP.
17. Idukki: UDF’s Dean Kuriakose of the Congress is up in opposition to Sangeetha Viswanath from Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and Joice George from Communist Party Of India (marxist)
18. Kottayam: Thushar Vellappalli from Bharath Dharma Jana Sena is contesting in opposition to Ok Francis George of Kerala Congress and Thomas Chazhikadan of Kerala Congress (M).
19. Alappuzha: KC Venugopal from Congress, Shobha Surendran from Bharatiya Janata Party and AM Ariff from Communist Party of India (Marxist) are within the fray. Ariff is the sitting MP from the seat.
20. Mavelikkara: UDF’s Kodikkunnil Suresh is pitted in opposition to CPI(M)’s Arun kumar CA and and Baiju Kalasala of BDJS.
In Karnataka , polling can be held on 14 seats and bypoll can be held in Surpur (Shorapur) constituency situated in Yadgir district.
Some of the key seats embrace:
1.Mandya: Former Chief Minister and JD(S)’ HD Kumaraswamy is pitted in opposition to Congress’s Venkataramane Gowda (Star Chandru).
2. Mysuru: BJP’s Yaduveer Wadiyar is contested in opposition to Congress’s M Lakshman.
3. Bengaluru Rural: Sitting MP Congress’ DK Suresh is pitted in opposition to BJP’s Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath, son-in-law of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda.
4. Bengaluru North: BJP’s Shobha Karandlaje is contesting in opposition to Congress’ MV Rajeev Gowda
5. Bengaluru Central: BJP’s PC Mohan is contesting in opposition to Congress’ Mansoor Ali Khan.
6. Bengaluru South: Sitting MP Tejasvi Surva is pitted in opposition to Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy.
In Assam , 5 out of whole 14 seats are headed for polls on April 26. Some of the key seats embrace:
1. Nagaon: Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi is contesting in opposition to BJP’s Suresh Bora and AIUDF’s Aminul Islam
2. Darrang-Udalguri: BJP MP Dilip Saikia is within the fray in opposition to Congress candidate Madhab Rajbongshi
3. Karimganj: BJP MP Kripanath Mallah is contesting Congress nominee Hafez Ahmed Choudhury and AIUDF’s Sahabul Islam Choudhury.
4. Silchar: Parimal Suklabaidya of BJP is pitted in opposition to Congress’ Surjya Kanta Sarkar.
5. Kaziranga (Kaliabor): Roselina Tirkey of the Congress is contesting in opposition to Kamakhya Prasad Tasa of the BJP
In Bihar , 5 of whole 40 seats will go in for polls on April 26.
1. Purnia: JD(U)’s Santosh Kushwaha is up in opposition to RJD’s Bima Bharti and unbiased candidate Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav.
2. Kishanganj: Congress’s Mohammed Jawed is contesting in opposition to JD(U)’s Mujahid Alam and AIMIM candidate Akhtarul Iman
3. Bhagalpur: JD(U)’s Ajay Kumar Mandal is within the fray in opposition to Congress’ Ajeet Sharma
4. Banka: JD(U)’s Giridhari Yadav is pitted in opposition to RJD’s Jay Prakash Yadav
5. Katihar: Sitting MP, JD(U)’s Dulal Chand Goswami, is dealing with Congress’s Tariq Anwar. Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharat Jodo Janata Party, People’s Party of India, and National Janasambhavna Party candidates are additionally within the fray.
In Chhattisgarh , voting can be held in three seats out of a complete 11 seats
1. Rajnandgaon: Former chief minister and Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel is up in opposition to Santosh Pandey of the BJP.
2. Mahasamund: Tamradhwaj Sahu of the Congress is contesting Roop Kumari Chaudhary of the BJP
3. Kanker: BJP’s Bhojraj Nag is contesting Congress’s Biresh Thakur.
In Madhya Pradesh , six out of whole 29 seats will face polls on April 26. Key constitutes embrace
1. Tikamgarh: BJP’s Virendra Kumar Khatik is on the lookout for his fourth win and is contesting in opposition to Congress’s Pankaj Ahirwar on this reserved seat.
2. Khajuraho: Congress is supporting All India Forward Block (AIFB) candidate RB Prajapati, who’s contesting in opposition to Vishnu Datt Sharma of BJP.
3. Damoh: Congress’ Tarbar Singh Lodhi is contesting in opposition to BJP’s Rahul Singh Lodhi.
In Maharashtra , eight of the 48 seats are going to the polls within the second section.
1. Nanded: Sitting BJP MP Prataprao Chikhalikar Govindrao is searching for one other time period and is contesting in opposition to Congress’ Vasant Balvantrao Chavan Patil and Avinash Bosikar of the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA).
2. Hingoli: Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Ashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao is contesting in opposition to Shiv Sena nominee Baburao Kadam Kohalikar and VBA’s BD Chavan
3. Parbhani: Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate and incumbent MP Sanjay alias Bandu Jadhav, is contesting in opposition to Mahayuti’s Rashtriya Samaj Paksha president Mahadev Jankar and VBA’s Panjabrao Dakh
4. Amravati: Navneet Rana is pitted in opposition to Congress candidate Balwant Baswant Wankhede
5. Akola: Anup Dhotre of the BJP is preventing in opposition to Abhay (*88*) Patil of Congress and VBA’s Prakash Ambedkar
6. Yavatmal-Washim: Rajshri Hemant Patil of the ruling Shiv Sena is contesting in opposition to Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray’s Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh
7. Buldhana: Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao of the Shiv Sena is contesting in opposition to Vasat Rajaram Magar from Vanchit Bahujan Agadi.
8. Wardha: BJP candidate Ramdas Chandrabhan Tadas is contesting in opposition to Amar Sharadrao Kale of the NCP-SP.
In Rajasthan , the Lok Sabha election can be accomplished on April 26 with voting on 13 remaining seats. Key constituencies embrace
1. Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who’s the BJP candidate, is contesting in opposition to Congress candidate Prahlad Gunjal
2.Tonk-Sawai Madhopur: Harish Chadra Meena of BJP is pitted in opposition to Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria of the Congress
3. Banswara: BJP’s Mahendra Jeet Malviya is dealing with BAP’s Rajkumar Roat and Congress’s Arvind Damor on this tribal-dominated seat. Congress has prolonged help to Roat however Damor didn’t withdraw from the competition.
4. Barmer: Union minister Kailash Choudhary is dealing with unbiased candidate Ravindra Bhati and Congress’ Umeda Ram Beniwal.
5. Jodhpur: Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is searching for re-election and is pitted in opposition to Congress’s Karan Singh Uchiyarda
6. Ajmer: BJP’s Bhagirath Chaudhary is taking over Congress’ Ram Chandra Choudhary
7. Jalore: Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot is contesting in opposition to BJP’s Lumbaram
8. Jhalawar-Baran: Sitting MP Dushyant Singh is contesting in opposition to Congress candidate Urmila Jain ‘Bhaya’
9. Bhilwara: Former Rajasthan Assembly speaker CP Joshi, who’s Congress candidate, is contesting in opposition to BJP’s Damodar Agarwal
10. Chittorgarh: BJP’s Chandra Prakash Joshi is contesting in opposition to Congress’ Udailal Anjana
In Uttar Pradesh , voters will elect their representatives from eight seats on Friday.
Some of the key seats are:
1. Amroha: Danish Ali of Congress is pitted in opposition to Mujahid Hussain of BSP and BJP’s Kanwar Singh Tanwar
2. Meerut: ‘Ramayan’ actor Arun Govil of the BJP is contesting in opposition to Sunita Verma of Samajwadi Party and Devvrat Kumar Tyagi of the BSP
3. Mathura: Hema Malini of BJP faces OBC chief Mukesh Dhangar of the Congress and Chaudhary Suresh Singh of the BSP.
4. Ghaziabad: Nandkishore Pundhir of BSP is contesting in opposition to Dolly Sharma of Congress and Atul Garg of the BJP
Three seats in North of West Bengal , of the entire 42 seats within the state, will to to the polls on April 26.
1. Darjeeling: BJP’s Raju Bista is contesting in opposition to Congress’ Munish Tamang, who has the help of native Hamro Party. Trinamool Congress has fielded former bureaucrat Gopal Lama.
2. Balurghat: State BJP president and sitting MP Sukanta Majumdar is contesting Trinamool Congress chief Biplab Mitra
3. Raiganj: Trinamool Congress’ Krishna Kalyani is pitted in opposition to BJP’s Kartick Pal and Congress nominee Ali Imran Ramz.
In Jammu Lok Sabha constituency, sitting BJP MP Jugal Kishore is contesting in opposition to Congress candidate Raman Bhalla.
In East Tripura , BJP candidate Kriti Devi Debbarman is dealing with INDIA bloc nominee Rajendra Reang.
Voting can be held in Outer Manipur’s 13 meeting segments on April 26.
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