Lok Sabha Election 2019, Phase 2: 95 Seats Across 11 States and 1 Union Territory to Vote Today
  • 5 years ago
It all starts here once again. This is the second phase of Lok Sabha Polls. Ninety-five constituencies, spread over 11 states and one union territory, are voting. Election to Vellore seat in Tamil Nadu was cancelled over allegations of excessive use of money power and polling to Tripura (east) stands postponed to the third phase, over law and order concerns. Polling will be held in 38 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 14 - Karnataka, 10 - Maharashtra, 8 - Uttar Pradesh, 5 each in Assam, Bihar and Odisha, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, two in Jammu and Kashmir and one each in Manipur and Puducherry. In Tamil Nadu, besides polling to the 38 Lok Sabha Seats, by-elections will also be held in 18 assembly constituencies. 822 candidates are in the fray for parliamentary elections and 269 for assembly by-elections. Nearly 6 crore are slated to exercise the franchise. In Tamil Nadu, NDA consisting of AIADMK, BJP, PMK and DMDK is taking on UPA comprising DMK, congress, the two left parties and vaiko-led MDMK besides others. In Maharashtra, a total of 179 candidates are in the fray. Prominent candidates are former Chief Ministers Ashok Chavan and Sushil Kumar Shinde of Congress.
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