BackBack Lok Sabha election 2024: Phase 1 voting on April 19; Check out prominent candidates in THES

Lok Sabha election 2024: The first phase of elections for the 18th Lok Sabha elections starting April 19. The phase 1 polling will cover 102 constituencies spread across 21 states and Union Territories (UTs). The counting of votes will be held on June 4.

In Phase 1, states and UTs including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry will be voting on April 19.

Arunachal Pradesh (2 seats) including Arunachal Pradesh East, and Arunachal Pradesh West will vote in Phase 1

Assam (5 seats) including Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur

3. Bihar (4 seats) including Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Nawada

4. One seat of Bastar from Chhattisgarh

5. Madhya Pradesh (6 seats) including Chhindwara, Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandla, Sidhi, Shahdol.

6. Maharashtra (5 seats) including Nagpur, Chandrapur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Ramtek

7. Manipur (2 seats): Inner Manipur, Outer Manipur

8. Two seats from Meghalaya-- Shillong, Tura--will vote in phase 1

9. One seat each from Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Lakshadweep

10. Rajasthan (12): Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur

11. Tamil Nadu: All the 39 seats will go to polls in Phase 1. 
These are:  Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumar

12. Uttar Pradesh: Eight constituencies --Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, and Rampur--to vote in phase 1

13. West Bengal: Coochbehar, Alipurduars, and Jalpaiguri to vote in phase 1 on April 19.

14. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1 seat): Andaman and Nicobar Islands

15. Jammu and Kashmir: One seat of Udhampur to vote in Phase 1

16.  Tripura: One seat of Tripura West to vote in phase 1 polls

Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari is seeking a hat-trick of wins from the Nagpur seat. In 2014, he had defeated seven-time MP Vilas Muttemwar by a margin of 2.84 lakh votes, and retained the seat in 2019 by defeating current Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole by 2.16 lakh votes.