India will enter its second phase of polling on April 26 (Friday). The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 recorded a 60 per cent voter turnout while the electoral process reportedly went on smoothly with some violence reported from West Bengal, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
The second phase of the elections will span 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) and will cover 88 constituencies. The first phase covered 102 constituencies. The voting process will begin at 7 am and go on till 5 pm. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
With just one day left for the first phase of elections, here’s a state-wise breakdown that will answer all your poll-related questions.
States and their corresponding constituencies
Assam
Number of seats: 14
Number of seats going to poll: 5
Key candidates in fray: Pradyut Bordoloi from Nawgong (Congress), Kripanath Mallah from Karimganj (BJP), Parimal Suklabaidya from Silchar (BJP), Surjya Kanta Sarkar from Silchar (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Rajdeep Roy (BJP), Shri Dilip Saikia (BJP), Gaurav Gogoi (Congress)
Bihar
Number of seats: 40
Number of seats going to poll: 5
Key candidates in fray: Santosh Kushwaha from Purnia (JD-U), Pappu Yadav from Purnia (Independent), Mohammed Javed from Kishanganj (Congress), Ajay Mandal from Bhagalpur (JD-U)
Key sitting MPs: Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP), Pashupati Kumar Paras (Lok Janashakti Party-Ram Vilas), Chirag Kumar Paswan (LJP)
Chhattisgarh
Number of seats: 11
Number of seats going to poll: 3
Key candidates in fray: Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon (Congress), Bhojraj Nag from Kanker (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Santosh Pandey (BJP), Jyotsna Mahant (Congress)
Karnataka
Number of seats: 28
Number of seats going to poll: 14
Key candidates in fray: HD Kumaraswamy from Mandya (JD-S), Tejasvi Surya from Bengaluru South (BJP), DK Suresh from Bengaluru Rural (Congress), Yaduveer Wadiyar from Mysuru (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Tejasvi Surya (BJP), D.K. Suresh (Congress), Pralhad Joshi (BJP)
Kerala
Number of seats: 20
Number of seats going to poll: 20
Key candidates in fray: Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad (Congress), Rajiv Chandrashekhar from Thiruvananthapuram (BJP), Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram (Congress), K Surendran from Wayanad (BJP), ML Ashwini from Kasargod (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Rahul Gandhi (Congress), Shashi Tharoor (Congress), M.K.Raghavan (Congress)
Madhya Pradesh
Number of seats: 29
Number of seats going to poll: 7
Key candidates in fray: Virendra Kumar Khatik from Tikamgarh (BJP), RB Prajapati from Khajuraho (All India Forward Block), Rahul Lodhi from Damoh (BJP), Tarvar Singh Lodhi from Damoh (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Nakul Nath (Congress), Prahalad Singh Patel (BJP), Narendra Singh Tomar (BJP)
Maharashtra
Number of seats: 48
Number of seats going to poll: 8
Key candidates in fray: Prataprao Chikhalikar from Nanded (BJP), Navneet Kaur Rana from Amravati (BJP), Narendra Khedekar from Buldhana (Shiv Sena-UBT)
Key sitting MPs: Navneet Ravi Rana (BJP), Supriya Sadanand Sule (NCP), Nitin Gadkari (BJP)
Manipur
Number of seats: 2
Number of seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates in fray: Kachui Timothy Zimik (Naga Peoples Front), Alfred K Arthur (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (BJP)
Rajasthan
Number of seats: 25
Number of seats going to poll: 13
Key candidates in fray: Mahendra Jeet Malviya from Banswara (BJP), Kailash Choudhary from Barmer (BJP), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jodhpur (BJP), Ram Chandra Choudhary from Ajmer (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP), Om Birla (BJP), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP)
Tripura
Number of seats: 2
Number of seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates in fray: Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma (BJP), Darshan Kumar Reang (CPI-M)
Key sitting MPs: Rebati Tripura (BJP) and Pratima Bhoumik (BJP)
Uttar Pradesh
Number of seats: 80
Number of seats going to poll: 8
Key candidates in fray: Hema Malini from Mathura (BJP), Arun Govil from Meerut (BJP), Danish Ali from Amroha (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Hema Malini (BJP), Rajnath Singh (BJP), Narendra Modi (BJP)
West Bengal
Number of seats: 42
Number of seats going to poll: 3
Key candidates in fray: Kartick Paul from Raiganj (BJP), Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj (TMC), Sukanta Majumdar from Balurghat (BJP), Biplab Mitra from Balurghat (TMC), Gopal Lama from Darjeeling (TMC)
Key sitting MPs: Nisith Pramanik (BJP), John Barla (BJP), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Congress)
Jammu and Kashmir
Number of seats: 5
Number of seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates in fray: Jugal Kishore Sharma (BJP), Raman Bhalla (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Farooq Abdullah (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Jitendra Singh (BJP)
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