A total of 59 parliamentary constituencies across six states and one Union Territory will witness polling in phase 6 of the ongoing 2019 Lok Sabha election on May 12.
Also, the Election Commission declared polling across 168 booths of Tripura West parliamentary constituency as ‘void’ and ordered re-polling on May 12.
The poll watchdog also ordered re-polling for polling station no-10 of Kamaraj Nagar assembly segment of the Puducherry Parliamentary constituency on May 12 for the same reason. Counting of votes will take place on 23 May.
States going to polls:
Bihar (8), Jharkhand (4), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (8), Haryana (10), and Delhi (7)
979 candidates are contesting in this phase out of which 189 have criminal records.
Key constituencies:
Gurgaon, Bhopal, Bankura, Sultanpur, Dhanbad, East Delhi, North East Delhi
Full list of Phase 6 candidates here
State-wise list of constituencies
States | Constituencies |
Bihar (8) | Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj |
Delhi (7) | Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi. |
Haryana (10) | Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad |
Jharkhand (4) | Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Singhbhum |
Madhya Pradesh (8) | Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh |
Uttar Pradesh (14) | Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi |
West Bengal (8) | Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur |
Key candidates:
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur | BJP | Bhopal |
Digvijaya Singh | Congress | Bhopal |
Maneka Gandhi | BJP | Sultanpur |
Kirti Azad | Congress | Dhanbad |
Jyotiraditya Scindia | Congress | Guna |
Arvind Singh Lovely | Congress | East Delhi |
Gautam Gambhir | BJP | East Delhi |
Atishi | AAP | East Delhi |
Manoj Tiwari | BJP | North East Delhi |
Sheila Dikshit | Congress | North East Delhi |
Ajay Makan | Congress | New Delhi |
Vijendra Singh | Congress | South Delhi |
Raghav Chadha | AAP | South Delhi |
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No. of seats major political parties won in 2014
- BJP – 282
- Congress – 44
- BSP – 0
- SP – 5
- AAP – 4
- CPI (M) – 9
- NCP – 6
- AIADMK – 37
- TMC – 34
- BJD – 20
- TDP – 16
- TRS – 11
- Shiv Sena – 18
Results for all the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be declared on May 23.