The second phase of India’s 18th Lok Sabha elections will be held on Friday. Voting will be held in 88 constituencies in 13 states and union territories. This includes the three constituencies of West Bengal, Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat. Polling will be held in all the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala in the second phase. Apart from this, 14 in Karnataka, Rajasthan
13, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have 8 each, Bihar and Assam have 5 Lok Sabha constituencies in this list. has
Tripura in the northeastern region and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir also have one Lok Sabha seat each. In the second phase of the election today, everyone will be eyeing several heavyweight candidates including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. News from NDTV.
Voting will start at 7 am local time and will continue till 6 pm. Voting equipment including ballot paper has already been sent to the centers on the occasion of voting. Strict security measures have been taken in the centers. A total of 1 thousand 206 candidates are competing in the second phase. However, everyone’s eyes will be on several heavyweight candidates including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is contesting re-election from Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. He is contested by CPI’s Annie Raja and Kerala state BJP president K Surendran of the NDA alliance.
Shashi Tharoor: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again contested for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. He was elected as Lok Sabha MP three times from this seat. BJP has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar against him. Apart from this, Panian Rabindran has been a candidate from Bamjot.
Om Birla: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is once again BJP’s candidate from Rajasthan’s Kota constituency. Congress has nominated Prahlad Gunjal against him.
Mahesh Sharma: Samajwadi Party’s Mahendra Singh Nagar and BSP’s Rajendra Singh Solanki are contesting against BJP’s Mahesh Sharma in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar Lok Sabha seat.
Hema Malini: Mukesh Dhangar of Congress is contesting from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura Lok Sabha seat against actress, sitting Member of Parliament and BJP candidate Hema Malini.
Arun Govil: BJP’s Arun Govil is facing Samajwadi Party’s Sunita Verma in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut Lok Sabha seat. Arun Govil gained massive popularity in the nineties by playing the role of Rama in the serial Ramayana.
Prahlad Joshi: Independent candidate Dingleswar Swamy is contesting from Dharwad Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka against Union Minister Prahlad Joshi of BJP.
Navneet Rana: Telugu film star actress Navneet Rana has become an independent candidate from Amravati Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra. He was elected MP from here in the last Lok Sabha elections. Now the BJP alliance has fielded Wankhede against him.
It should be noted that earlier on April 19, the first phase of Lok Sabha elections was held in 102 constituencies of 21 states and Union Territories. About 63 percent of the votes were cast in the first phase. This Lok Sabha election will be held in seven phases. It will last for about two months. Voting will end on June 1. The results of the polls will be announced on June 4.
