Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2: Lok Sabha Elections in 13 States Today, Polling in 88 Seats Including 3 in Bengal

Polling for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections has already been completed. Whereas on April 19, the first phase of polling was held in 102 Lok Sabha constituencies of 21 states and Union Territories. There are now 6 more phases left for the Lok Sabha elections (April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1). Whereas, counting of votes in all Lok Sabha constituencies will take place on June 4.

Now the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 is being held on Friday i.e. April 26. 88 Lok Sabha constituencies in 13 states will go to polls in this phase. The states going to polls on April 26 include Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. Voting will be held in 3 constituencies of Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat in West Bengal in this phase. Incidentally, according to the preliminary schedule, polling is scheduled for 89 constituencies in 13 states, but polling will be held in 88 constituencies. Following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Ashok Valvi on April 9, the Election Commission has postponed polling for Betul constituency in Madhya Pradesh to May 7 (third phase).

Where is the second phase in Bengal?
Polling is currently underway in three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal – Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat. North Bengal is known as BJP’s average This time, BJP has nominated Raju Bista, the outgoing MP from Darjeeling BJP MLA Vishnu Prasad Sharma declared rebellion against this decision and stood as an independent candidate Trinamool candidate Gopal Lama and Congress candidate Munish Tamang in this centre Trinamool candidate Biplab Mitra and RSP candidate Jaydev Siddhant are standing against Bengal BJP president and outgoing MP Sukant Majumder in Balurghat centre. Trinamool candidate Krishna Kalyani, BJP candidate Karthik Pal and Congress candidate Ali Imran Ramj (Victor) in Raiganj constituency.

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The second phase will focus on those
There are several heavyweight candidates in this high-voltage poll. It is believed that several constituencies may witness Dhundhuma’s vote battle. In the second round, Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Waynad. Shashi Tharoor is contesting from Thiruananthapuram. Union minister and technologist Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the BJP candidate against him. Like 2019, Hema Malini is contesting the election from Mathura. This time the candidate in the Meerut constituency of Uttar Pradesh is screen ‘Sreeramchandra’ Arun Govil. BJP has fielded him from there this year. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is once again a candidate from Rajasthan’s Kota. Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is the Congress candidate from Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon seat.

BJP won 51 seats in 2019 elections
If we talk about the last Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 51 out of 89 seats in the second phase of polling. With this, NDA’s allies won 8 seats. Where 21 Congress MPs won in the last election. Apart from this, the remaining seats went to CPM, BSP and other parties.