Second Phase Of Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Key Candidates And Constituencies Across 13 States

India gears up for the second phase of polling on April 26, with the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 recording a 60% voter turnout. While the process was largely smooth, incidents of violence were reported from West Bengal, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh.

The second phase will cover 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories. Polling will begin at 7 am and conclude at 5 pm, with the counting of votes scheduled for June 4.

Here's a state-wise breakdown for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2:

Assam

Number of seats: 14
Seats going to poll: 5
Key candidates: Pradyut Bordoloi from Nawgong (Congress), Kripanath Mallah from Karimganj (BJP), Parimal Suklabaidya from Silchar (BJP), Surjya Kanta Sarkar from Silchar (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Rajdeep Roy (BJP), Shri Dilip Saikia (BJP), Gaurav Gogoi (Congress)

Bihar

Number of seats: 40
Seats going to poll: 5
Key candidates: Santosh Kushwaha from Purnia (JD-U), Pappu Yadav from Purnia (Independent), Mohammed Javed from Kishanganj (Congress), Ajay Mandal from Bhagalpur (JD-U)
Key sitting MPs: Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP), Pashupati Kumar Paras (Lok Janashakti Party-Ram Vilas), Chirag Kumar Paswan (LJP)

Chhattisgarh

Number of seats: 11
Seats going to poll: 3
Key candidates: Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon (Congress), Bhojraj Nag from Kanker (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Santosh Pandey (BJP), Jyotsna Mahant (Congress)

Karnataka

Number of seats: 28
Seats going to poll: 14
Key candidates: HD Kumaraswamy from Mandya (JD-S), Tejasvi Surya from Bengaluru South (BJP), DK Suresh from Bengaluru Rural (Congress), Yaduveer Wadiyar from Mysuru (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Tejasvi Surya (BJP), D.K. Suresh (Congress), Pralhad Joshi (BJP)

Kerala

Number of seats: 20
Seats going to poll: 20
Key candidates: Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad (Congress), Rajiv Chandrashekhar from Thiruvananthapuram (BJP), Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram (Congress), K Surendran from Wayanad (BJP), ML Ashwini from Kasargod (BJP)
Key sitting MPs: Rahul Gandhi (Congress), Shashi Tharoor (Congress), M.K.Raghavan (Congress)

Madhya Pradesh

Number of seats: 29
Seats going to poll: 7
Key candidates: Virendra Kumar Khatik from Tikamgarh (BJP), RB Prajapati from Khajuraho (All India Forward Block), Rahul Lodhi from Damoh (BJP), Tarvar Singh Lodhi from Damoh (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Nakul Nath (Congress), Prahalad Singh Patel (BJP), Narendra Singh Tomar (BJP)

Maharashtra

Number of seats: 48
Seats going to poll: 8
Key candidates: Prataprao Chikhalikar from Nanded (BJP), Navneet Kaur Rana from Amravati (BJP), Narendra Khedekar from Buldhana (Shiv Sena-UBT)
Key sitting MPs: Navneet Ravi Rana (BJP), Supriya Sadanand Sule (NCP), Nitin Gadkari (BJP)

Manipur

Number of seats: 2
Seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates: Kachui Timothy Zimik (Naga Peoples Front), Alfred K Arthur (Congress)
Key sitting MP: Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (BJP)

Rajasthan

Number of seats: 25
Seats going to poll: 13
Key candidates: Mahendra Jeet Malviya from Banswara (BJP), Kailash Choudhary from Barmer (BJP), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jodhpur (BJP), Ram Chandra Choudhary from Ajmer (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP), Om Birla (BJP), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP)

Tripura

Number of seats: 2
Seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates: Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma (BJP), Darshan Kumar Reang (CPI-M)
Key sitting MPs: Rebati Tripura (BJP) and Pratima Bhoumik (BJP)

Uttar Pradesh

Number of seats: 80
Seats going to poll: 8
Key candidates: Hema Malini from Mathura (BJP), Arun Govil from Meerut (BJP), Danish Ali from Amroha (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Hema Malini (BJP), Rajnath Singh (BJP), Narendra Modi (BJP)

West Bengal

Number of seats: 42
Seats going to poll: 3
Key candidates: Kartick Paul from Raiganj (BJP), Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj (TMC), Sukanta Majumdar from Balurghat (BJP), Biplab Mitra from Balurghat (TMC), Gopal Lama from Darjeeling (TMC)
Key sitting MPs: Nisith Pramanik (BJP), John Barla (BJP), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Congress)

Jammu and Kashmir

Number of seats: 5
Seats going to poll: 1
Key candidates: Jugal Kishore Sharma (BJP), Raman Bhalla (Congress)
Key sitting MPs: Farooq Abdullah (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Jitendra Singh (BJP)