The sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections is being held in 59 constituencies in six states and Delhi while will decide the fate of several prominent politicians, including Union ministers Radha Mohan Singh, Harshvardhan and Maneka Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP leader Sadhi Pragya Singh Thakur and Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Polling will be held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. The elections in this phase are seen as a big test for the BJP which had won 45 of these seats in 2014, with the Trinamool Congress bagging 8, the Congress two and the Samajwadi Party and the LJP one seat each among others.
In the national capital, voting will be held in all the seven seats. As many as 164 candidates, including 18 women, are in the fray. It is expected to be three-cornered fight involving the BJP, AAP and the Congress. Prominent candidates in the fray include veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, Olympian boxer Vijender Singh, Union minister Harsh Vardhan, Atishi from AAP and her BJP rival cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir.
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