The sixth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will include 889 candidates from 58 parliamentary seats distributed across eight states and union territories. This contains 20 candidates for the postponed election in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag-Rajouri constituency. Voting for the second phase of the 2024 general elections will take place on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 7 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. The campaign for the sixth phase of the 2024 elections ended today. For this phase, a total of 1978 nominations were registered for the 57 seats (excluding Anantnag-Rajouri), with the deadline for nominations being May 6.After reviewing all nominations, 900 of them were determined to be valid.
The sixth phase of voting will include eight seats from Bihar, ten from Haryana, one from Jammu and Kashmir, four from Jharkhand, seven from Delhi, six from Odisha, fourteen from Uttar Pradesh, and eight from West Bengal.Uttar Pradesh received the most nomination forms in the sixth phase, with 470 in 14 parliamentary constituencies. It was followed by Haryana, which had 370 nominations for 10 seats.
Key Candidates The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election features a high-stakes struggle between several major contenders. This includes:
Delhi- New Delhi: Bansuri Swaraj (BJP) and Somnath Bharti (AAP); North East Delhi: Manoj Tiwari (BJP) and Kanhaiya Kumar (Congress). Bihar- Valmiki Nagar: Sunil Kumar Kushwaha (JD(U)) and Deepak Yadav (RJD); Gopalganj: Alok Kumar Suman (JD(U)) and Premnath Chanchal (VIP). Paschim Champaran: Sanjay Jaiswal (BJP) and Madan Mohan Tiwari (Congress); Purvi Champaran: Radha Mohan Singh (BJP) and Rajesh Kushwaha (VIP).Uttar Pradesh- Sultanpur: Maneka Gandhi (BJP) and Rambhual Nishad (SP); Azamgarh: Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' (BJP) and Dharmendra Yadav (SP).West Bengal - Jhargram: Kalipada Soren (TMC) and Pranat Tudu (BJP); Tamluk: Abhijit Gangopadhyay (BJP) and Debangshu Bhattacharya (TMC).Medinipur: Agnimitra Paul (BJP) and June Malia (TMC).Haryana-Kurukshetra: Naveen Jindal (BJP), Dr. Sushil Gupta (AAP), Karnal-Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP), and Satpal Brahmachari (Congress). Gurgaon- Rao Inderjit Singh (BJP) and Raj Babbar (Congress), Rohtak: Deependra Singh Hooda (Congress) and Arvind Kumar Sharma (BJP). Odisha-Puri: Sambit Patra (BJP) and Arup Patnaik (BJD), Bhubaneswar: Aparajita Sarangi (BJP) and Manmath Routray (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).
During the third phase of elections in Anantnag-Rajouri, 28 nominations were registered, 21 of which were judged to be legitimate. Voting for India's seven-phase 2024 Lok Sabha elections began on April 19, followed by the second phase on April 26, the third on May 7, the fourth on May 13, and the fifth on May 20. Following the sixth phase, voting for the final one will take place on June 1, with vote counting taking place on June 4th.
