India will enter its sixth phase of polling on May 25 (Saturday). The first five phases of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 recorded voter turnouts of 66.14 per cent, 66.71 per cent, 65.68 per cent, 69.16 per cent and 62.2 per cent respectively.
The sixth phase of the elections will span eight states and Union Territories (UTs) and will cover 58 constituencies. The first phase covered 102 constituencies, the second covered 88, the third covered 94, the fourth covered 96 and the fifth covered 49. 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.
State-wise constituencies
Bihar
Number of seats: 40
Number of seats going to poll: 8
Key candidates in fray: Janardan Singh Sigriwal from Maharajganj (BJP), Janardan Singh Sigriwal from Gopalganj (JDU), Madan Mohan Tiwari from Paschim Champaran (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP), Pashupati Kumar Paras (Lok Janashakti Party-Ram Vilas), Chirag Paswan (LJP)
Haryana
Number of seats: 10
Number of seats going to poll: 10
Key candidates in fray: Raj Babbar from Gurgaon (Congress), Manohar Lal Khattar from Karnal (BJP), Deepender Singh Hooda from Rohtak (Congress), Sushil Kumar Gupta from Kurukshetra (AAP), Inderjit Singh Rao from Gurgaon (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Inderjit Singh Rao (BJP), Nayab Singh (BJP), Brijendra Singh (BJP)
Jharkhand
Number of seats: 14
Number of seats going to poll: 4
Key candidates in fray: Anupama Singh from Dhanbad (Congress), Dulu Mahato from Dhanbad (BJP), Kamal Prasad from Giridih (BSP)
Key sitting MPs: Pashupati Nath Singh (BJP), Nishikant Dubey (BJP), Geeta Kora (Congress)
Odisha
Number of seats: 21
Number of seats going to poll: 6
Key candidates in fray: Sambit Patra from Puri (BJP), Dharmendra Pradhan from Sambalpur (BJP), Jayanarayan Pattanayak from Puri (Congress), Dhanurjaya Sidu from Keonjhar (BJD)
Key sitting MPs: Chandra Sekhar Sahu (BJD), Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP), Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)
Uttar Pradesh
Number of seats: 80
Number of seats going to poll: 14
Key candidates in fray: Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur (BJP), Indu Chaudhr from Lalganj (BSP), Ujjwal Raman Singh from Allahabad (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: Sujata Mondal from Bishnupur (TMC), Deepak Dev Adhikari from Ghatal (TMC), Agnimitra Paul from Mednipur (BJP), June Maliah from Mednipur (TMC), Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Tamluk (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Nisith Pramanik (BJP), John Barla (BJP), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Congress)
Delhi
Number of seats: 7
Number of seats going to poll: 7
Key candidates in fray: Bansuri Swaraj from New Delhi (BJP), Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi (Congress), Manoj Tiwari from North East Delhi (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Harsh Vardhan (BJP), Meenakashi Lekhi (BJP), Manoj Tiwari (BJP)
Jammu and Kashmir
Number of seats: 5
Number of seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates in fray: Mehbooba Mufti (Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party), Mian Altaf Ahmad (Jammu and Kashmir National Conference)
Key sitting MPs: Farooq Abdullah (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Jitendra Singh (BJP)
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