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New Delhi: In the vote that ended on April 10, the fate of 91 constituencies across the country and its high profile candidates is sealed. While the elections for the third phase of 16th Lok Sabha polls went on with a massive voter turnout, here are some key candidates of the various parties of this phase.

Gul Panag: Chandigarh has a single parliamentary seat, which covers the entire Union Territory of Chandigarh. AAP’s star candidate Gul Panag has been campaigning extensively across India’s only planned city holding rallies & reaching campaign venues on her Enfield motorcycle which earned her the tag of “Bullet Rani”.

Kapil Sibal: The current Minister for Law & Justice and MP from Chandni Chowk will be seeking re-election of his seat. He was inducted in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet and has held 4 portfolios till date.

Harsh Vardhan: BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2013 Delhi Assembly Election & sitting MLA from Krishna Nagar will be contesting from Chandni Chowk against Kapil Sibal & AAP’s Ashutosh.

Ajay Makan: Former Union Minister and Congress’ communication in-charge is fighting from New Delhi constituency. His major opponent is Ashish Khetan of AAP and Meenakshi Lekhi of BJP.

Nitin Gadkari: The former BJP President who was also famous as Maharashtra’s PWD minister is contesting from Nagpur. He is pitted against AAP’s anti-corruption star Anjali Damania who has accused him of having a business partnership with the NCP & incumbent Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar.

Shashi Tharoor: Initially, a career diplomat at the UN, he is the  incumbent Minister of State for Human Resource Development and is seeking re-election from Thiruvananthapuram. He is contesting against O Rajagopala of BJP, & CPI(M)’s Bennet Abraham.

Ashutosh: TV journalist turned AAP candidate is contesting from Delhi’s Chandni-Chowk against Congress’ Kapil Sibal & BJP’s Dr. Harsh Vardhan.

Kamal Nath: He represents the Chhindwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh and is the current Minister of Urban Development. He is seeking re-election from here & is contesting against BJP’s Chandra Singh Chaudhary.

Anjali Damania: Anti- corruption activist & AAP’s convener for Maharashtra is contesting this election against BJP’s former president Nitin Gadkari

Shazia Ilmi: Former TV journalist for Star News is AAP’s candidate from Ghaziabad. She is pitted against Raj Babbar of the Congress & VK Singh of the BJP.

VK Singh:  Ex-army Chief who went to court against the UPA government over his retirement joined BJP & will be contesting for the Ghaziabad seat against AAP’s Shazia Ilmi & Congress’ Raj Babbar.

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