Lok Sabha elections 2024 are underway and on April 26, as many as 89 constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) will vote in the Phase 2 of the general elections. The voting in Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections across 89 seats will begin at 7 am and continue until 5 pm. A total of 109 seats had participated in the Phase 1 of the polling, which was scheduled on April 19.
The top contenders in the Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections include the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. A number of regional parties, too, have fielded their candidates across the 89 constituencies.
Assam: Karimganj, Silchar, Mangaldoi, Nawgong, Kaliabor
Bihar: Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur
Chhattisgarh: Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu
Karnataka: Udupi Chikamagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikballapur, Kolar
Kerala: Kasaragod, Kannur, Vatakara, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alathur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram
Manipur: Outer Manipur
Madhya Pradesh: Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul
Maharashtra: Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Yavatmal Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani
Rajasthan: Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran
Tripura: Tripura East
Uttar Pradesh: Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura
West Bengal: Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat
KEY CANDIDATES who are contesting in the Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 include Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon, DK Suresh from Bangalore Rural, Shobha Karandlaje from Bangalore North, Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South, HD Kumaraswamy from Mandya, Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, Anil Antony from Pathanamthitta, Shashi Tharoor and Rajeev Chandrasekhar from Thiruvananthapuram.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jodhpur, Vaibhav Gehlot from Jalore, Hema Malini from Mathura, Arun Govil from Meerut are among the candidates contesting the Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
