Rahul Gandhi To Tejasvi Surya: VIP Candidates In The Fray For Lok Sabha Polls Phase 2 Voting

The voting for phase two of the Lok Sabha polls will take place on Friday on 89 constituencies in 12 states and one Union Territory.

Several key candidates including Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Sukanta Majumdar, and Tejasvi Surya among others will be in the poll fray for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls.

Source : PTI

The stage is set for the second phase of voting for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled to take place on April 26, Friday for 89 constituencies in 12 states and one Union Territory. With the second phase, the voting will be completed for all the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala and 25 seats in Rajasthan. 

Among the states and Union Territories that will go to polls for the second phase are: Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. 

The 13 assembly segments under the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, where voting has been split by the Election Commission of India in an unprecedented move due to ongoing ethnic violence will also undergo voting on Friday. 

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2: VIP Candidates

Congress 

Several constituencies with VIP candidates are up for grab in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls which include the Wayanad seat of Kerala from where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will enter the poll fray while Shashi Tharoor has filed his nomination from Thiruvananthapuram, also on the cards in the second phase and will be in a direct contest against Union minister and BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar. 

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's electoral fortune will be tested from Rajnandgaon and so will be of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son, Vaibhav Gehlot from the Jalore seat. 

Down south, eyes will be on DK Suresh's Bangalore Rural seat and K Murlidharan's Thrissur constituency.  

Here is a list of VIP candidates to watch out for: 

1. Rahul Gandhi: Wayanad 
2. Shashi Tharoor: Thiruvananthapuram
3. Pradyut Bordoloi: Nowgong
4. Bhupesh Baghel: Rajnandangaon
5. DK Suresh: Bangalore Rural
6. M Lakshman: Mysore
7. K Muraleedharan: Thrissur
8. Vaibhav Gehlot: Jalore
9. Sowmya Reddy: Bangalore South
10. Vasantrao Chavan: Nanded

BJP

From the saffron party's fold, actor-politician Hema Malini will run for a third term from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura while television series Ramayana's famed actor, Arun Govil will make his electoral debut from Meerut Lok Sabha seat. 

Firebrand party leaders like Tejasvi Surya will enter the poll fray from the Bangalore South seat while the party's West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar's Balurghat seat will also be up for grabs. 

Congress leader AK Antony's son, Anil Antony who switched sides with the BJP and was rewarded with a ticket from Kerala's Pathanamthitta will also be in the fray on Friday. 

Here is a list of VIP candidates to watch out for: 

1. Hema Malini: Mathura
2. Arun Govil: Meerut
3. Atul Garg: Ghaziabad
4. Parimal Suklabaidya: Silchar
5. Suresh Bora: Nowgong
6. Shobha Karandlaje: Bangalore North
7. PC Mohan: Bangalore Central
8. Tejasvi Surya: Bangalore South
9. Yaduveer Wadiyar: Mysore
10. K Surendran: Wayanad
11. Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Thiruvananthapuram
12. Anil Antony: Pathanamthitta
13. Raju Bista: Darjeeling
14. Sukanta Majumdar: Balurghat
15. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Jodhpur
16. Om Birla: Kota
17. Navneet Rana: Amravati