The seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for Saturday, June 1. During this phase, voters from 57 constituencies across eight states and union territories will cast their votes.
The constituencies are located in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Chandigarh. According to the Election Commission’s guidelines, voting will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm.
Here is the list of constituencies going to the polls on Saturday:
Uttar Pradesh (13 seats):
- Varanasi
- Mahrajganj
- Gorakhpur
- Kushinagar
- Deoria
- Bansgaon
- Ghosi
- Ghazipur
- Ballia
- Salempur
- Chandauli
- Mirzapur
- Robertsganj
Punjab (13 seats):
- Gurdaspur
- Amritsar
- Khadoor Sahib
- Jalandhar (SC)
- Hoshiarpur (SC)
- Anandpur Sahib
- Ludhiana
- Fatehgarh Sahib (SC)
- Faridkot (SC)
- Firozpur
- Bathinda
- Sangrur
- Patiala
West Bengal (9 seats):
- Barasat
- Basirhat
- Diamond Harbour
- Dum Dum
- Jaynagar
- Jadavpur
- Kolkata Dakshin
- Kolkata Uttar
- Mathurapur
Bihar (8 seats):
- Arrah
- Buxar
- Karakat
- Jahanabad
- Nalanda
- Patna Sahib
- Pataliputra
- Sasaram
Odisha (6 seats):
- Balasore
- Bhadrak
- Jajpur
- Jagatsinhpur
- Kendrapara
- Mayurbhanj
Himachal Pradesh (4 seats):
- Mandi
- Shimla
- Kangra
- Hamirpur
Jharkhand (3 seats):
- Dumka
- Godda
- Rajmahal
Chandigarh (1 seat):
- Chandigarh
Number of Candidates:
- Punjab: 328 candidates for 13 seats
- Uttar Pradesh: 144 candidates for 13 seats
- Bihar: 134 candidates for 8 seats
- Odisha: 66 candidates for 6 seats
- Jharkhand: 52 candidates for 3 seats
- Himachal Pradesh: 37 candidates for 4 seats
- Chandigarh: 19 candidates for 1 seat
Who Are The Key Candidates?
Narendra Modi (BJP) vs Ajay Rai (Congress) from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in Varanasi, having won the previous Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, while Ajay Rai, a former BJP leader, joined Congress in 2012.
Kangana Ranaut (BJP) vs Vikramaditya Singh (Congress) from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
In her first election as a politician, actress Kangana Ranaut from the BJP is contesting against Congress’ Vikramaditya Singh, son of the late former CM Virbhadra Singh. Mandi is a stronghold of the Singh family, and the seat is currently held by Vikramaditya’s mother, Pratibha Virbhadra Singh.
Anurag Thakur (BJP) vs Satpal Singh Raizada (Congress) from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
Union Minister Anurag Thakur is contesting against Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raizada. The BJP leader first became an MP from Hamirpur in 2008 after his father’s resignation and subsequently won three more elections from the seat in 2009, 2014, and 2019.
Ravi Kishan (BJP) vs Kajal Nishad (Samajwadi Party) from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Actor Ravi Kishan, the BJP candidate, is up against Kajal Nishad from the Samajwadi Party. In 2019, Kishan defeated SP candidate Rambhual Nishad with over 60 percent of the vote share.
Abhishek Banerjee (TMC) from Diamond Harbour, West Bengal
Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, is contesting from this TMC stronghold. He faces a three-way contest with CPI(M)’s Pratikur Rahaman and Abhijit Das of the BJP.
Misa Bharti (RJD) vs Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP) from Pataliputra, Bihar
Misa Bharti, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Yadav, will go head-to-head against sitting MP Ram Kripal Yadav, who is vying for a third consecutive term. Misa Bharti has lost to Ram Kripal Yadav twice, in 2014 and 2019.
Preneet Kaur (BJP) vs Dharamvir Gandhi (Congress) from Patiala, Punjab
Four-time sitting Patiala MP and the wife of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, Preneet Kaur, is contesting for the first time on a BJP ticket against Dharamvir Gandhi. Gandhi won the Patiala seat in 2014 as an AAP candidate by defeating Kaur, who was a Congress candidate back then. Gandhi joined the Congress in April.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) from Bathinda, Punjab
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, former Union Minister and wife of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, is the three-time sitting MP from Bathinda, having won this seat since 2009. She is pitted against AAP’s Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, BJP’s Parampal Kaur Sidhu, Congress’ Jeet Mohinder Sidhu, and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) nominee Lakha Sidhana.
Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP) vs Anshul Avijit (Congress) from Patna, Bihar
Former Union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad will contest against Congress’ Anshul Avijit, the son of former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar. The Patna Sahib seat has been a stronghold of the BJP, with the party winning it with a 55 percent vote share in 2009 and 2014. This increased to 60 percent in 2019, a victory secured by Prasad.
Charanjit Singh Channi (Congress) from Jalandhar, Punjab
Dalit leader and former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi will contest against Mohinder Singh Kaypee (Shiromani Akali Dal), Sushil Kumar Rinku (BJP), and Pawan Kumar Tinu (AAP). In 2019, the Congress emerged victorious in Jalandhar, with its candidate, Santokh Singh Chaudhary, winning the seat by about 19,500 votes. However, the Congress MP passed away during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra following a heart attack. As a result, in the by-election of 2023, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was able to win the seat.
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