NEW DELHI: The high-stakes campaign for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday amid a scorching heatwave in various parts of the country. This phase covers 96 assembly seats in 10 states, including all constituencies in Andhra Pradesh (25 seats) and Telangana (17 seats), while simultaneous parliamentary polls are scheduled on Monday for 175 AP seats. ing.
Other states scheduled to go to polls include UP with 13 seats, Maharashtra with 11 seats, MP and Bengal with eight seats each, Bihar with five seats, Odisha and Jharkhand with four seats each, It includes one seat in J&K. With the end of Phase 4, voting will be completed in 23 states and Union Territories. Out of the 96 seats, the BJP had won 42 in 2019.
Some of the notable participants in this round include Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav (Kannaj), NCP’s Omar Abdullah (Srinagar), Union ministers Giriraj Singh (Begusarai) and Nityanand. Rai (Ujjalpur), Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Baharanpur), Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra (Krishnagar) and Sharugnan Sinha (Asansol), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Hyderabad) and APCM’s YS. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister YS Sharmila MP (Kadapa).
A close race is expected in UP, where SP leader Akhilesh will face BJP’s Subrat Pathak in Kannauj and in Unnao, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj will face SP’s Annu Tandon. After winning the seat in 2009, Tandon had contested unsuccessfully as a Congress candidate against Sakshi Maharaj in 2014 and 2019.
In Bihar, JD(U) heavyweight Rajiv Ranan alias Lallan Singh will take on RJD’s Kumari Anita in Mangal. Anita is the new wife of Nawada escaped convict Ashok Mahto. Don-turned-politician Ananth Singh, who is out of prison on 15-day parole, campaigned for Lallan. All eyes were on constituencies like Samastipur where the children of two Bihar ministers will make their LS poll debut. Shambhavi Chaudhary, the youngest candidate in the country at 25 years old, is a candidate of LJP (RV) led by Chirag Paswan. She is running against Congress’ Sunny Hazari, son of Maheshwar Hazari, a minister in the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government.
In MP, campaigning in the remaining eight constituencies, which are considered the Bharatiya Janata Party’s strongholds across 15 districts in the Malwa-Nimal region, ended amid an exchange of views between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. .
There were fierce battles in 11 constituencies in Maharashtra, with candidates including Union Minister Raosaheb Dambe (Mr. Jalna) and former state minister Pankaja Munde of the BJP (Mr. Beed) vying for victory. Ta. This round will decide the fate of 298 candidates, including actor Amol Kolhe of the NCP (SP) (Shirur in Pune district) and Sujay Vikhe Patil of the BJP (Ahmadnagar).
Other states scheduled to go to polls include UP with 13 seats, Maharashtra with 11 seats, MP and Bengal with eight seats each, Bihar with five seats, Odisha and Jharkhand with four seats each, It includes one seat in J&K. With the end of Phase 4, voting will be completed in 23 states and Union Territories. Out of the 96 seats, the BJP had won 42 in 2019.
Some of the notable participants in this round include Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav (Kannaj), NCP’s Omar Abdullah (Srinagar), Union ministers Giriraj Singh (Begusarai) and Nityanand. Rai (Ujjalpur), Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Baharanpur), Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra (Krishnagar) and Sharugnan Sinha (Asansol), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Hyderabad) and APCM’s YS. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister YS Sharmila MP (Kadapa).
A close race is expected in UP, where SP leader Akhilesh will face BJP’s Subrat Pathak in Kannauj and in Unnao, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj will face SP’s Annu Tandon. After winning the seat in 2009, Tandon had contested unsuccessfully as a Congress candidate against Sakshi Maharaj in 2014 and 2019.
In Bihar, JD(U) heavyweight Rajiv Ranan alias Lallan Singh will take on RJD’s Kumari Anita in Mangal. Anita is the new wife of Nawada escaped convict Ashok Mahto. Don-turned-politician Ananth Singh, who is out of prison on 15-day parole, campaigned for Lallan. All eyes were on constituencies like Samastipur where the children of two Bihar ministers will make their LS poll debut. Shambhavi Chaudhary, the youngest candidate in the country at 25 years old, is a candidate of LJP (RV) led by Chirag Paswan. She is running against Congress’ Sunny Hazari, son of Maheshwar Hazari, a minister in the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government.
In MP, campaigning in the remaining eight constituencies, which are considered the Bharatiya Janata Party’s strongholds across 15 districts in the Malwa-Nimal region, ended amid an exchange of views between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. .
There were fierce battles in 11 constituencies in Maharashtra, with candidates including Union Minister Raosaheb Dambe (Mr. Jalna) and former state minister Pankaja Munde of the BJP (Mr. Beed) vying for victory. Ta. This round will decide the fate of 298 candidates, including actor Amol Kolhe of the NCP (SP) (Shirur in Pune district) and Sujay Vikhe Patil of the BJP (Ahmadnagar).
