7th Lok Sabha Elections to be held on June 1: List of constituencies and key candidates confirmed

The seventh and final round of the 2024 Indian Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for Saturday, June 1. During this period, voters in 57 constituencies across eight states and union territories will cast their votes.

The constituencies are in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chandigarh. As per the Election Commission guidelines, polling will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm.

Here is the list of constituencies where voting will take place on Saturday:

Uttar Pradesh (13 seats):

1. Varanasi
2. Marajganj
3. Gorakhpur
4. Kushinagar
5. Deoria
6. Bansgaon
7. Gossi
8. Gazipur
9. barrier
10. Salempur
11. Chandauli
12. Mirzapur
13. Roberts Gange

Punjab (13 seats):

1. Gurdaspur
2. Amritsar
3. Khadur Sahib
4. Jalandhar (SC)
5. Hoshiarpur (SC)
6. Anandpur Sahib
7. Ludhiana
8. Fatehgarh Sahib (SC)
9. Faridkot (SC)
10. Firozpur
11. Bathinda
12. Sangrul
13. Patiala

West Bengal (9 seats):

1. Barasat
2. Basirhat
3. Diamond Harbor
4. Dum Dum
5. Jaynagar
6. Jadavpur
7. Kolkata Dakshin
8. Kolkata Uttar
9. Mathurapur

Bihar (8 seats):

1. Ara
2. Buxar
3. Karakatt
4. Jehanabad
5. Nalanda
6. Patna Sahib
7. Pataliputra
8. Sasaram

Odisha (6 seats):

1. Balasore
2. Bhadrak
3. Jajpur
4. Jagat Simple
5. Kendrapara
6. Mayurbhanj

Himachal Pradesh (4 seats):

1. Mandy
2. Shimla
3. Kangra
4. Hamirpur

Jharkhand (3 seats):

1. Dumka
2. Godda
3. Rajmahal

Chandigarh (1 seat):

1. Chandigarh

Number of applicants:

• Punjab: 328 candidates for 13 seats
• Uttar Pradesh: 144 candidates in 13 seats
• Bihar: 134 candidates in 8 seats
• Odisha: 66 candidates in 6 seats
• Jharkhand: 52 candidates in 3 seats
• Himachal Pradesh: 37 candidates in 4 seats
• Chandigarh: 19 candidates for one seat

Who are the leading candidates?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (BJP) vs Ajay Rai (from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

Modi is seeking a third term from Varanasi having won the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while former BJP leader Ajay Rai joined the Indian National Congress in 2012.

Kangana Ranaut (BJP) vs Vikramaditya Singh (Congress) from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

In her first election as a politician, actress Kangana Ranaut of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is contesting against Vikramaditya Singh, the son of the late Prime Minister Virbhadra Singh, of the Indian National Congress. 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 (Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh)

Union Minister Anurag Thakur is contesting against Indian National Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raizada. The BJP leader first became the MP from Hamirpur constituency in 2008 after his father resigned and went on to win three more elections from the constituency in 2009, 2014 and 2019.

Ravi Kishan (BJP) vs Kajal Nishad (Samajwadi Party) (Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh)

BJP candidate actor Ravi Kishan will be taking on Samajwadi Party’s Kajal Nishad. In 2019, Kishan defeated SP candidate Rambual Nishad with over 60% of the votes.

Abhishek Banerjee (TMC) from Diamond Harbour, West Bengal

Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is contesting from the TMC stronghold in the state. He is facing a three-way fight with CPI(M)’s Pratikur Rahman and BJP’s Abhijit Das.

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