Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Former CMs to Union Ministers in the fray in 6th phase of polling

Polling is taking place in 58 Lok Sabha seats across six states and two union territories in the sixth and the penultimate round of the mammoth General elections in the country on Saturday. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made all kinds of arrangements to ensure smooth and peaceful polling.

A total of 889 candidates are in the fray in the sixth phase of polling. Polling is taking place at eight seats in Bihar, all 10 seats in Haryana, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Jharkhand, all seven seats in Delhi, six in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, and eight in West Bengal during the phase.

The prominent candidates in the fray include two former Chief Ministers - Manohar Lal Khattar and Mehbooba Mufti. While Khattar is contesting as the BJP candidate from Karnal, Mehbooba Mufti is fighting the election as the PDP candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri. 

Some of the other prominent candidates who are fighting elections include Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi. 

Bansuri Swaraj, Somnath Bharti, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Agnimitra Paul, Naveen Jindal, Raj Babbar, Deepender Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja and Aparajita Sarangi are among other prominent candidates in the fray.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: State-Wise Constituencies:

Bihar: Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj

Delhi: Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi

Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad

Jharkhand: Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur

Odisha: Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar

Uttar Pradesh: Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi

West Bengal: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur

Jammu and Kashmir: Anantnag-Rajouri