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In the fourth phase of voting, the fate of many prominent candidates including Akhilesh Yadav, Giriraj Singh, Mohiya Moitra, Asaduddin Owaisi, Nityanand Rai, Arjun Munda, Lalan Singh, Adhir Chaudhary, Shatrughan Sinha, Yusuf Pathan and YS Sharmila will be captured in EVMs. Today.
96 Lok Sabha seats from 10 states
In the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting is taking place today on 96 Lok Sabha seats in 10 states and union territories. Along with the Lok Sabha elections, voting is also being held on all 175 seats of Andhra Pradesh Assembly and 28 seats of Odisha Assembly. The Election Commission has deployed more than 19 lakh election officials at 1.92 lakh polling stations to facilitate a total of more than 17.70 crore voters, including 8.73 crore women. To ensure fair voting, instructions have been given to deploy central forces at every polling station. Vigilance measures include deployment of observers and monitoring teams to ensure transparency of the election process.
General elections after removal of Article 370
In the fourth phase, 17 from Telangana, 25 from Andhra Pradesh, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 5 from Bihar, 4 from Jharkhand, 8 from Madhya Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, 4 from Odisha, 8 from West Bengal and Lok Sabha. Elections are also being held in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first major election in Kashmir after the removal of Article 370 in August 2019. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union Minister Giriraj Singh, TMC leader Mohai Moitra, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, Nityanand Rai, Arjun Munda, Lalan Singh, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, Raosaheb Danve, film star-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha during the fourth phase of voting. The credibility of many prominent candidates including former cricketers Yusuf Pathan and YS Sharmila is at stake.
High profile Lok Sabha seats of the fourth phase
Behrampur (West Bengal): TMC has fielded former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan, Congress has fielded West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Choudhary and BJP has fielded Nirmal Kumar Saha from the Behrampur Lok Sabha seat. Adhir Chaudhary is contesting from this seat for the sixth time.
Hyderabad (Telangana)
Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Madhavi Lata against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi won by a margin of 282,186 votes. Owaisi secured 517,471 votes with 58.9% vote share and defeated BJP's Bhagwant Rao.
Krishnanagar (West Bengal)
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra is contesting against BJP's Amrita Roy. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, TMC's Mahua Moitra defeated BJP's Kalyan Choubey. Mahua Moitra was recently expelled from the Lok Sabha for asking questions in return for gifts and money.
Begusarai (Bihar)
BJP leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh is contesting against CPI candidate Awadhesh Rai in the Lok Sabha elections. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Giriraj Singh defeated CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar. Giriraj Singh got 692,193 votes with 56.48% votes, while Kanhaiya Kumar got 269,976 votes with 22.03% votes.
Munger (Bihar)
Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) is contesting against RJD leader Anita Devi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, JDU's Lalan Singh defeated RJD's Neelam Devi by a margin of more than 1.67 lakh votes.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)
PDP's Waheed Para and Apni Party's Mohammad Ashraf Mir are contesting against National Conference's Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi. This seat is currently held by National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah.
Asansol (West Bengal)
Trinamool Congress (TMC) has fielded Shatrughan Sinha against BJP's Surinderjit Singh Ahluwalia. Babul Supriyo had won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate, but later joined TMC and resigned. In the subsequent by-election, Shatrughan Sinha won with 56.62% votes.
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh)
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is challenging outgoing MP and BJP leader Subrata Pathak. Akhilesh Yadav was a Lok Sabha MP from 2000-2012 and after becoming the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2012, he resigned from Kannauj parliamentary seat. In the last election of 2019, Subrata Pathak had won by defeating Dimple Yadav.
Cuddapah (Andhra Pradesh)
Andhra Pradesh Congress president YS Sharmila is contesting against her cousin and sitting MP Avinash Reddy.
Khunti (Jharkhand)
In Jharkhand, BJP leader and Union Minister Arjun Munda is contesting against Congress's Kalicharan Munda. Arjun Munda is the current MP from this seat.
Fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections: Major candidates
Akhilesh Yadav-Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh)
Mahua Moitra – Krishnanagar (Uttar Pradesh)
Adhir Ranjan Choudhary – Behrampur (West Bengal)
Giriraj Singh-Begusarai (Bihar)
YS Sharmila – Cuddapah (Andhra Pradesh)
Arjun Munda – Khunti (Jharkhand)
Shatrughan Sinha-Asansol (West Bengal)
Asaduddin Owaisi – Hyderabad (Telangana)
YS Sharmila-Cuddapah (Andhra Pradesh)
Lalan Singh-Munger (Bihar)
Fourth phase voting on these Lok Sabha seats
Andhra Pradesh: Anakapalle, Kakinada, Amalapuram (SC), Rajahmundry, Narsapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narasaropet, Bapatla (SC), Araku (ST), Srikakulam, Nellore, Tirupati (SC), Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, ON . , Nandyal, Kurnool, Rajampet, Chittoor (SC), Hindupur, Anantapur, Cuddapah.
Bihar: Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Begusarai, Munger, Samastipur,
Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar Lok Sabha seat
Madhya Pradesh: Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa, Dhar,
Maharashtra: Nandurbhar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi, Beed, Aurangabad,
Odisha: Kalahandi, Nabarangpur (ST), Berhampur, Koraput (ST),
Telangana: Adilabad (ST), Peddapalli (SC), Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Chevella, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool (SC), Zaheerabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Bhongir, Warangal (SC), Mahabubabad (ST), Khammam. .
Uttar Pradesh: Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Dharukhara, Sitapur, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Bahraich (SC)
West Bengal: Bardhaman-Durgapur, Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Asansol, Ranaghat, Bardhaman East, Bolpur, Birbhum
Jharkhand: Singhbhum, Palamu, Khunti, Lohardaga