Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections-2024, voting on 57 seats in 7 states and 1 union territory on Saturday (June 1). In 2019, out of these seats, BJP had won the maximum 25, TMC 9, BJD 4, JDU and Apna Dal (S) 2-2, JMM could win only 1 seat. Congress had won only 8 seats due to Punjab.
In this phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2 Union Ministers RK Singh and Anurag Thakur are in the fray. 4 actors – Kangana Ranaut, Ravi Kishan, Pawan Singh, Kajal Nishad are also contesting the elections.
Apart from these, Mamata’s nephews Abhishek Banerjee, Afzal Ansari, Vikramaditya Singh are also trying their luck.
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According to the Election Commission, 904 candidates are contesting in the seventh phase of the elections. Among them, there are 809 male and 95 female candidates.
The richest candidate in this phase is Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Bathinda, Punjab. She has assets worth Rs 198 crore.
Voting has been completed on 485 seats till the sixth phase for 542 Lok Sabha seats. Voting will be held on the last 57 seats on June 1.
Mukesh Dalal, BJP candidate from Surat in Gujarat, has won the election unopposed, hence voting is taking place only on 542 seats.
199 candidates have criminal cases against them, 155 have committed serious crimes like murder, kidnapping
According to the ADR report, there are 199 candidates against whom criminal cases are registered. There are 155 candidates against whom serious cases like murder, kidnapping are registered. Out of these, 13 candidates have been convicted in some case or the other.
Cases of murder are registered against 4 candidates and attempt to murder cases are registered against 21. Cases of crimes against women are registered against 27 candidates. Cases of rape (IPC-376) are registered against 3 candidates. At the same time, cases of giving inflammatory speeches are registered against 25 candidates.
33% candidates are crorepatis, BJP has the maximum 48
Out of 904 candidates in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, 33% i.e. 299 are crorepatis. The average assets of these candidates is Rs 3.27 crore. BJP has the maximum number of crorepati candidates i.e. 44. Candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Bathinda, Punjab is the richest candidate. She has assets worth Rs 198 crore.
The second name in the list is BJP candidate from Odisha Baijayant Panda (Rs 148 crore) and the third name is BJP candidate from Chandigarh Sanjay Tandon (Rs 111 crore). All 13 candidates of Shiromani Akali Dal, all 13 candidates of Aam Aadmi Party, all 6 candidates of Biju Janata Dal are crorepatis. 9 candidates of SP, 8 of TMC, 30 of Congress and 4 candidates of CPI-M have assets of one crore or more.
Among the candidates with the least assets is Bhanumati Das, candidate of Utkal Samaj from Jagatsinghpur in Odisha. She has assets worth Rs 1500. Apart from her, Rajiv Kumar Mehra of Jan Seva Driver Party from Ludhiana in Punjab and independent candidate Balram Mandal from Jadavpur in West Bengal have total assets worth Rs 2500.
In the seventh phase, 6 Union Ministers including the Prime Minister, a former Chief Minister and 4 actors are contesting the elections…
Hot seats of the seventh phase, which will be monitored…
1. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi is the most VIP seat. PM Modi has been the MP from here for the last 10 years. For the third time, he is eyeing to win with a huge margin. This time only 6 candidates have entered the fray against PM Modi. Initially 141 candidates had filed nominations. One withdrew. Out of the rest, only 7 could pass the scrutiny.
Ajay Rai is the only candidate contesting from the Congress-SP and Indy alliance, but he has lost by a big margin in the last three elections.
2. Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Vikramaditya Singh, son of six-time CM of the state Virbhadra Singh and current MP from Mandi parliamentary seat Pratibha Singh, is the current MLA. Vikramaditya is also a minister in Sukhu cabinet. BJP has given ticket to Kangana Ranaut. Kangana is the queen of controversies, but her Bollywood stardom, Rajput-Brahmin and votes for BJP can also work in her favour.
The decision to give the ticket to Kangana was taken by the high command, so some BJP leaders are upset with this. One of them, Dinesh Bhati, left the party and is contesting the election as an independent candidate against Kangana.
3. Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh
Afzal Ansari is not competing with Parasnath but directly with BJP on Ghazipur seat, because Paras Nath Rai is not an experienced player in politics, that is why PM Modi himself along with CMs of many states came here to campaign. Dr. Umesh Kumar is contesting from BSP on this seat. If we talk about Afzal, then after the death of Mukhtar Ansari, there has been a change in the politics of Ghazipur. Afzal Ansari may get sympathy votes due to Mukhtar’s death.
4. Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Two actors are face to face on Gorakhpur seat. Ravi Kishan is contesting election here again and Kajal is also contesting Lok Sabha election for the first time. Kajal started her political career with Congress in 2012. After this, she has contested assembly and mayor elections on SP ticket, but she did not win in both the elections.
Ravi Kishan is the current MP as well as has handled CM Yogi’s old seat. This time too he may get votes in Yogi’s name.
5. Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
The atmosphere in Hamirpur seat is hot for this Lok Sabha election. This seat has been a stronghold of BJP. BJP has won 10 out of 12 elections here. Union Minister and BJP candidate Anurag Thakur has already scored a fourth victory from here. Now the party has made him a candidate from here for the fifth time.
Whereas this time Congress has fielded former MLA Satpal Raizada from Una. The reputation of CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri is also at stake on this seat.
6. Diamond Harbour, West Bengal
Mamata’s nephew and TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s path to victory seems easy here. This is because the people here believe that the BJP has given ticket to a much weaker candidate Abhijit Das than Abhishek. Abhijit has also contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 and 2009, but could not win.
If we talk about Abhishek, he has been accepted as Mamata’s undisputed successor in the party and political circles of Bengal. Apart from these two, under the alliance with Congress, CPM has given ticket to a student leader Pratik Ur Rahman.
7. Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Anupriya is contesting from Mirzapur seat to become MP for the third time. Anupriya, who is contesting on behalf of NDA, claims that she has got the support of Kushwaha, Maurya, Nishad, Pal and Saini in UP. Here, SP has given ticket to Ramesh Bind against Anupriya.
Bind, who joined SP only 6 months ago, had won from Bhadohi on a BJP ticket in 2019. SP has tried to get about 1.5 lakh votes by giving ticket to Bind.
8. Bathinda, Punjab
Harsimrat Kaur Badal is contesting from this seat for the fourth consecutive time. It is considered the stronghold of Shiromani Akali Dal. Harsimrat’s father-in-law Prakash Singh Badal was the Chief Minister from here for 5 times. Harsimrat herself has been winning this seat since 2009. In 2019, she defeated Raja Vading of Congress. This time too, she is trying to retain the seat. This time BJP has fielded its candidate former IAS Parampar against Harsimrat.
9. Godda, Jharkhand
Three-time MP Nishikant Dubey is contesting for the fourth time from Godda seat. Congress gave ticket to Deepika Pandey against him. But later Pradeep Yadav was fielded in his place. Pradeep had also contested Lok Sabha elections against Nishikant in 2019.
Apart from these, the contest on this seat has become more interesting due to the entry of independent candidate Abhishek Jha and the withdrawal of AIMIM candidate Mohammad Mansoor from the fray.
10. Karakat, Bihar
Karakat is the most talked about seat in Bihar. Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh, who rebelled against BJP, is contesting as an independent candidate on this seat. NDA’s Upendra Kushwaha and Indi Alliance’s Rajaram Kushwaha are contesting from Karakat seat, but Pawan Singh has made this contest triangular by entering the fray.
11. Pataliputra, Bihar
RJD chief Lalu Yadav’s elder daughter Misa Bharti has contested for the third time from Pataliputra seat. Misa Bharti is directly competing with her step uncle and BJP candidate Ram Kripal Yadav.
Ramkripal was earlier close to Lalu, just before the 2014 elections he joined BJP after not getting a ticket from RJD. After this he reached the Parliament by defeating Misa.
12. Khadoor Sahib, Punjab
Khadoor Sahib of Punjab is known as the Panthak seat in political circles. Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat has attracted the attention of the whole country. This seat is one of the strongholds of Shiromani Akali Dal. The entire equation has changed with the announcement of Amritpal Singh contesting the elections.
Now there is a five-cornered contest here. That is, Virsa Singh Valtoha of Shiromani Akali Dal, Laljit Singh Bhullar of Aam Aadmi Party, Kulbir Singh Zira of Congress and Manjit Singh Mianwind of BJP are in the fray.
13. Dumka, Jharkhand
The election atmosphere in Dumka is very heated. The reason for this is the rebellion of Sita Soren, the elder daughter-in-law of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-JMM President Shibu Soren. 3 days after the announcement of the election, she broke her 15-year-old relationship with the family party and joined the BJP. 5 days after this, the BJP dropped the name of the already announced candidate and current MP Sunil Soren and gave the ticket to Sita Soren.
Here, for the first time in 45 years, JMM has challenged BJP by fielding seven-time MLA from Shikaripara, Nalin Soren, from outside the family.
14. Patna Sahib, Bihar
The candidates of Patna Sahib seat changed in the last elections, but the seat remained with the BJP. BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha won the elections in 2009 and 2014. In 2019, the party fielded Ravi Shankar Prasad. He also won.
Congress candidate Dr. Anshul Avijit is in the fray against Ravishankar. He is the son of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. He studied abroad and is now entering politics.
15. Arrah, Bihar
There is a direct contest between NDA and Indi alliance on Ara seat as well. NDA has again fielded sitting MP RK Singh while Mahagathbandhan has CPI-M’s Sudama Prasad. Sudama is also an MLA from Tarari assembly seat. This time to strengthen the caste equation, the party has placed its bet on Vaishya MLA Sudama Prasad.
16. Jalandhar, Punjab
There is an interesting contest between the former Chief Minister and three turncoat candidates on the Jalandhar seat. The Congress has fielded Dalit leader and former Chief Minister of the state Charanjit Singh Channi from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, which is considered its stronghold.
BJP has placed its bet on sitting MP Sushil Rinku. Rinku was earlier declared as AAP’s candidate, but he left the party and joined BJP and filed nomination from Jalandhar seat. Rinku had left Congress last year and joined AAP.
17. Deoria, UP
BJP has a chance to score a hat-trick of consecutive victories. BJP has fielded Shashank Mani Tripathi while Congress has fielded Akhilesh Pratap Singh. While Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Sandesh Yadav alias Mister. Congress has been looking for victory on this seat for 40 years.
18. Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh
There is a direct fight between BJP and India Alliance in Maharaj Ganj. Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Finance in the Central Government, has entered the electoral fray for the 9th time on a BJP ticket. At the same time, Congress has made a big bet on Virendra Chaudhary, who was elected MLA from Farenda on a Congress ticket in the 2022 assembly elections, and has given him a Lok Sabha ticket.
There are a large number of Kurmi voters here. Pankaj Chaudhary has been getting their support. On the other hand, with the Congress candidate Virendra Chaudhary contesting the elections, a division of Kurmi votes is certain.
19. Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh
Heavy Industry Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey is trying to score a hat-trick on this seat. Samajwadi Party has fielded former state minister Virendra Singh on this seat. While Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Satyendra Kumar Maurya as its candidate here. But the real contest is between BJP and SP.
Voting will also be held on 42 assembly seats in Odisha
Voting will be held on 42 assembly seats in Odisha on Saturday (June 1). Elections were held in four phases for 147 assembly seats. Voting has already been done for 28 seats on 13 May, 63 seats on 20 May and 42 seats on 25 May. Voting will be held on the remaining 42 seats. Counting of votes will take place on June 4 along with the counting of Lok Sabha elections.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD), BJP, Congress and CPI (M) are the major parties in Odisha. The state currently has a BJD government under the leadership of CM Naveen Patnaik. He has been the CM continuously since March 5, 2000. Patnaik is the second longest serving CM in the country. He has been in office continuously for 24 years. Ahead of him is former Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling, who remained in the CM post for 24 years and 166 days.
In the 2019 assembly elections in Odisha, the BJD won 113 out of 147 seats. The BJP got 23, Congress 9, CPI (M) and Independent got 1 seat each.
Lok Sabha elections will be held in 7 phases, results will be declared on June 4
Elections for the country’s 543 seats will be held in seven phases. The first phase of voting will be held on April 19 and the last phase on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4. Along with the Lok Sabha, the Election Commission has also released the dates for the assembly elections of four states – Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Voting will be held in Odisha on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.
