India will enter its fourth phase of polling on May 13 (Monday). The first three phases of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 recorded voter turnouts of 66.14 per cent, 66.71 per cent and 65.68 per cent respectively.
The fourth phase of the elections will span 10 states and Union Territories (UTs) and will cover 96 constituencies. The first phase covered 102 constituencies, the second covered 88 and the third covered 94. 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.
Andhra Pradesh
Number of seats: 25
Number of seats going to poll: 25
Key candidates in fray: YS Sharmila from Kadapa (Congress), Kothapalli Geetha from Araku (BJP), N. Kiran Kumar Reddy from Rajampet (BJP), Bharath from Visakhapatnam (Telegu Dasam Party)
Key sitting MPs: Sridhar Kotagiri (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party), M V V Satyanarayana (YSRCP)
Bihar
Number of seats: 40
Number of seats going to poll: 5
Key candidates in fray: Giriraj Singh from Begusarai (BJP), Gopal Jee Thakur from Darbhanga (BJP), Anita Devi Mahto from Munger (RJD)
Key sitting MPs: Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP), Pashupati Kumar Paras (Lok Janashakti Party-Ram Vilas), Chirag Kumar Paswan (LJP)
Jharkhand
Number of seats: 14
Number of seats going to poll: 4
Key candidates in fray: Arjun Munda from Khunti (BJP), Kali Charan Munda from Khunti (Congress), Joba Manjhi from Singhbhum (INDIA bloc), Sukdheo Bhagat from Lohardaga (Congress), Vishnu Dayal Ram from Palamu (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Pashupati Nath Singh (BJP), Nishikant Dubey (BJP), Geeta Kora (Congress)
Madhya Pradesh
Number of seats: 29
Number of seats going to poll: 8
Key candidates in fray: Mahendra Singh Solanki from Dewas (BJP), Dilip Singh Gurjar from Mandsour (Congress), Anil Firozia from Ujjain (BJP), Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan from Ratlam (BJP)
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: 11
Key candidates in fray: Smita Wagh from Jalgaon (BJP), Bajrang Sonawane from Beed (NCP-SP), Shrirang Barne from Maval (Shiv Sena), Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar from Pune (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Navneet Ravi Rana (BJP), Supriya Sadanand Sule (NCP), Nitin Gadkari (BJP)
Odisha
Number of seats: 21
Number of seats going to poll: 4
Key candidates in fray: Malavika Keshari Deo from Kalahandi (BJP), Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka from Koratpur (Congress), Pradeep Kumar Majhi from Nabarangpur (BJD)
Key sitting MPs: Chandra Sekhar Sahu (BJD), Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP), Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)
Telangana
Number of seats: 17
Number of seats going to poll: 17
Key candidates in fray: Madhavi Latha from Hyderabad (BJP), Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad (AIMIM), G Kishan Reddy from Secunderabad (BJP), T Padma Rao Goud from Secunderabad (BRS), T Jeevan Reddy from Nizamabad (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Bandi Sanjay Kumar (BJP), Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta (BRS)
Uttar Pradesh
Number of seats: 80
Number of seats going to poll: 13
Key candidates in fray: Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj (SP), Sakshi Maharaj from Unnao (BJP), Jyotsana Gond from Shahjahanpur (SP), Alok Mishra from Kanpur (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: 8
Key candidates in fray: Mahua Moitra from Krishnanagar (TMC), Amrita Roy from Krishnanagar (BJP), Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol (TMC), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Baharampur (Congress), Yusuf Pathan (TMC), Dilip Ghosh from Bardhaman-Durgapur (BJP)
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: Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Mohammad Ashraf Mir (J&K Apni Party)
Key sitting MPs: Farooq Abdullah (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Jitendra Singh (BJP)
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