The sixth phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for May 25, covering 58 constituencies across eight states and union territories. This phase follows the completion of voting in the first five phases, held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20. In this crucial phase, voters in major regions including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, and Haryana will head to polls.
Specifically, Bihar will see voting in 8 constituencies, Haryana in 10, Jammu and Kashmir in 1, Jharkhand in 4, Delhi in 7, Odisha in 6, Uttar Pradesh in 14, and West Bengal in 8. Notably, the election in Jammu and Kashmir's Ananatnag-Rajouri constituency, which was adjourned during phase 3, will also be conducted during this phase.
Key candidates in this phase include Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Manohar Lal Khattar, and Deependra Singh Hooda. Here's a list of key constituencies and candidates for Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
State | Constituency | Candidates |
Delhi
|
New Delhi | Bansuri Swaraj (BJP) and Somnath Bharti (AAP) |
North East Delhi | Manoj Tiwari (BJP) and Kanhaiya Kumar (Congress) | |
North West Delhi | Udit Raj (Congress) and Yogendra Chandolia (BJP) | |
Chandni Chowk | Praveen Khandelwal (BJP) and Jai Prakash Agarwal (Congress) | |
Bihar
|
Valmiki Nagar | Sunil Kumar Kushwaha JD(U) and Deepak Yadav (RJD) |
Paschim Champaran | Sanjay Jaiswal (BJP) and Madan Mohan Tiwari (Congress) | |
Purvi Champaran | Radha Mohan Singh (BJP) and Rajesh Kushwaha (VIP) | |
Gopalganj | Alok Kumar Suman JD(U) and Premnath Chanchal (VIP) | |
Uttar Pradesh
|
Sultanpur | Maneka Gandhi (BJP) and Rambhual Nishad (SP) |
Azamgarh | Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' (BJP) and Dharmendra Yadav (SP) | |
Allahabad | Ujjwal Revati Raman Singh (Congress) and Neeraj Tripathi (BJP) | |
Jaunpur | Kripashankar Singh (BJP) and Babu Singh Kushwaha (SP) | |
Jammu & Kashmir | Anantnag-Rajouri | Mehbooba Mufti (JKPDP) and Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi |
West Bengal
|
Tamluk | Abhijit Gangopadhyay (BJP) and Debangshu Bhattacharya (TMC) |
Jhargram | Kalipada Soren (TMC) and Pranat Tudu (BJP) | |
Medinipur | Agnimitra Paul (BJP) and June Malia (TMC) | |
Haryana
|
Karnal | Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP) and Satpal Brahmachari (Congress) |
Kurukshetra | Naveen Jindal (BJP) and Sushil Gupta (AAP) | |
Gurgaon | Rao Inderjit Singh (BJP) and Raj Babbar (Congress) | |
Rohtak | Deependra Singh Hooda (Congress) and Arvind Kumar Sharma (BJP) | |
Ambala | Varun Chaudhary (Congress) and Banto Kataria (BJP) | |
Odisha
|
Bhubaneswar | Aparajita Sarangi (BJP) and Manmath Routray (BJD) |
Puri | Sambit Patra (BJP) and Arup Patnaik (BJD) | |
Sambalpur | Dharmendra Pradhan (BJP) and Pranab Prakash Das (BJD) | |
Jharkhand
|
Ranchi | Sanjay Seth (BJP) and Yashaswini Sahay (Congress) |
Jamshedpur | Samir Mohanty (JMM) and Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP) | |
Giridih | Chandra Prakash Choudhary (AJSU) and Mathura Prasad Mahto (JMM) |
A total of 889 candidates are contesting in this phase, with 1978 nominations filed for the 58 parliamentary constituencies. Following scrutiny, 900 nominations were validated. The last date for filing nominations for this phase, excluding Anantnag-Rajouri, was May 6, 2024.
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