Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Of 88 seats voting today in Phase 2, BJP had won 54 in 2019

The seats going to polls contiguous see each 20 Lok Sabha constituencies successful Kerala, 14 successful Karnataka, 13 successful Rajasthan, 8 each successful Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 7 successful Madhya Pradesh, 5 each successful Assam and Bihar, 3 each successful West Bengal and Chhattisgarh and 1 each successful Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura.

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Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, the BJP's younker icon Tejasvi Surya, Union curate Rajeev Chandrasekhar, actor-turned-politicians Hema Malini and Arun Govil, and the talker successful the outgoing Lok Sabha, Om Birla are among 1,210 candidates successful the fray successful Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections.

After today’s polling, elections volition implicit successful astir 1 3rd of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. In fact, elections volition beryllium wrapped up successful Kerala, Rajasthan, Manipur and Tripura today. 

In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 54 of the 88 seats that are going to the polls successful the 2nd signifier of polling today. This includes 2 erstwhile autarkic leaders who joined the saffron recently.

Of the 8 states from Western Uttar Pradesh voting today, the BJP had won 7 successful 2019 wide elections. The Congress had won 18 of these 88 seats successful 2019. In 2014 elections, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won 45 of these 88 seats. The parties present portion of INDIA bloc, including the Congress, had won 35 of these seats successful 2019.

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As galore arsenic 109 seats voted successful the archetypal signifier fo elections connected April 19. The archetypal signifier recorded a elector turnout of astir 62 per cent. Five much phases of elections volition beryllium held with the past scheduled connected June 1. The counting volition beryllium held connected June 4.

The BJP-led NDA, which is seeking a grounds 3rd word nether PM Narendra Modi, has acceptable a people of winning 400 seats this election. The ruling confederation is challenged by the absorption parties led by the Congress nether the banner of the INDIA bloc.

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Published: 26 Apr 2024, 09:24 AM IST