Wayanad Lok Sabha seat: Voting is to be held on all the 20 Lok Sabha seats of Kerala in the second phase. One of these 20 seats is Wayanad, from where veteran Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is contesting for the second time. In 2019, he won the election by 4,31,770 votes.
Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat: Former Chief Minister of the state Bhupesh Baghel is in the fray from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat of Chhattisgarh. Baghel, a resident of Durg, is contesting on Congress ticket. BJP’s Santosh Pandey is in front of him.
Mandya Lok Sabha seat: JDS leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy is in the fray from Mandya Lok Sabha seat of Karnataka. Congress’s Venkatraman Gowda is challenging him on this seat.
Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat: Thiruvananthapuram seat of Kerala is one of the most high-profile seats in the second phase. Here on one side Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar from BJP is in the fray while on the other side former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor from Congress is fighting. He is the current MP here.
Jalore Lok Sabha seat: Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, is contesting from Jalore Lok Sabha seat of Rajasthan on Congress ticket. It remains to be seen whether Vaibhav will be able to handle his father’s political legacy or not.
Kota Lok Sabha seat: Kota Lok Sabha seat of Rajasthan is also one of the VIP seats. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is contesting from this seat for the third time on BJP ticket. Before this, he had won from here in 2014 and 2019.
Meerut Lok Sabha seat: Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram, is in the fray from UP Meerut Lok Sabha seat. BJP wants to register victory by using his image. SP has fielded Sunita Verma against him.
Mathura Lok Sabha seat: Film actress Hema Malini is contesting on BJP ticket from Mathura Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh. She has won twice before this. Congress and BSP have also fielded their candidates here.
Published at : 22 Apr 2024 11:24 AM (IST)
