Mumbai: The much-anticipated elections have kick-started in the world's largest democracy on Friday. The voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will begin shortly. Elections will be held in seven phases across the entire country, and the voting will end on June 1. The counting of votes and the results for the elections will be announced on June 4.
In the first phase of voting, 102 constituencies from 21 states and union territories are going to the polls on Friday. Around 1,625 candidates are in the fray, and their fate will be locked in the EVMs during the first phase of polling across the 102 Parliamentary Constituencies."
Key Candidates In the First Phase Of Polling:
Tamil Nadu BJP Chief K Annamalai
Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan
DMK leader A Raja and former telecom minister
Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari
Kiren Rijiju
Sarbanada Sonowal
Jitendra Singh
Bhupendra Yadav
Arjun Ram Meghwal
L Murugan
Sanjeev Baliyan
Besides these candidates, Two former chief ministers are also in the fray - Biplab Kumar Deb from Tripura and Nabam Tuki from Arunachal Pradesh.
Name And Number Of Constituencies Going For Poll In First Phase
Arunachal Pradesh (2)
Arunachal East, Arunachal West
Assam (5)
Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat
Bihar (4)
Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui
Chhattisgarh (1)
Bastar (ST)
Madhya Pradesh (6)
Chhindwara, Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat
Maharashtra (5)
Nagpur, Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST), Bhandara-Gondiya, Chandrapur, Ramtek (SC)
Manipur (2)
Inner Manipur Outer Manipur
Meghalaya (2)
Shillong and Tura
Mizoram (1)
Mizoram
Nagaland (1)
Nagaland
Sikkim (1)
Sikkim
Tripura (1)
Tripura West
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Jammu and Kashmir (1)
Udhampur
Lakshadweep (1)
Lakshadweep
Puducherry (1)
Puducherry
West Bengal (3)
Coochbehar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri
Uttarakhand (5)
Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar, Almora, Haridwar, Garhwal (Pauri), Tehri Garhwal
Uttar Pradesh (8)
Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, Pilibhit
Rajasthan (12)
Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
Tamil Nadu (39)
Tiruvallur SC, Chennai North GEN, Chennai South GEN, Chennai Central GEN, Sriperumbudur GEN, Kancheepuram SC, Arakkonam GEN, Vellore GEN, Krishnagiri GEN, Dharmapuri GEN, Tiruvannamalai GEN, Arani GEN, Viluppuram SC, Kallakurichi GEN, Salem GEN, Namakkal GEN, Erode GEN, Tiruppur GEN, Nilgiris SC, Coimbatore GEN, Pollachi GEN, Dindigul GEN, Karur GEN, Tiruchirappalli GEN, Perambalur GEN, Cuddalore GEN, Chidambaram SC, Mayiladuthurai GEN, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur GEN, Sivaganga GEN, Madurai GEN, Theni GEN, Virudhunagar GEN, Ramanathapuram GEN, Thoothukkudi GEN, Tenkasi SC, Tirunelveli GEN, Kanniyakumari
