New Delhi:
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Voters in 59 constituencies will use their right to vote today in the seventh and the last phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Eight states and Union Territory will go for polls in the last phase. The states and Union Territory which are going for polls are Uttar Pradesh (13/80 seats), Punjab (13 seats), West Bengal (9/42 seats), Bihar (8/40 seats), Madhya Pradesh (8/29 seats), Himachal Pradesh (4 seats), Jharkhand (3/14 seats) and Chandigarh (1 seat). Some of the key constituencies in the last phase of elections are Varanasi, Mirzapur and Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Bathinda and Firozpur in Punjab, Diamond Harbour and Kolkata Uttar in West Bengal, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Karakat and Sasaram in Bihar, Ratlam and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, Dumka in Jharkhand, Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. Several prominent candidates are in the fray in the last phase of elections – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sukhbir Singh Badal, Sunny Deol, Shatrughan Sinha, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Meira Kumar, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Upendra Kushwaha, Misa Bharti, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Anupriya Patel, Manoj Sinha, Sunil Kumar Jakhar, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Rahul Sinha, Manish Tewari, Abhishek Banerjee, Kirron Anupam Kher, Anurag Thakur and Shibu Soren. Let's see the state-wise key constituencies and prominent candidates in detail.
Phase 7: May 19 (59 Lok Sabha seats in 8 states/UTs)
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: List of key contests in last phase of voting
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Uttar Pradesh
1. Varanasi (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Narendra Modi, Margin: 3,71,784)
2019 candidates: Narendra Modi (BJP) Vs Ajay Rai (Congress) Vs Shalini Yadav (SP)
2. Mirzapur (2014 Result: Apna Dal, Winner: Anupriya Patel, Margin: 2,19,079)
2019 candidates: Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal) Vs Ram Charitra Nishad (SP) Vs Lalitesh Pati Tripathi (Congress)
3. Ghazipur (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Manoj Sinha, Margin: 32,452)
2019 candidates: Manoj Sinha (BJP) Vs Afzal Ansari (BSP) Vs Ajit Pratap Kushwaha (Congress)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Punjab
1. Amritsar (2014 Result: Congress, Winner: Captain Amarinder Singh, Margin: 1,02,770)
2019 candidates: Hardeep Singh Puri (BJP) Vs Gurjeet Singh Aujla (Congress) Vs Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal (AAP)
2. Gurdaspur (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Vinod Khanna, Margin: 1,36,065)
2019 candidates: Sunny Deol (BJP) Vs Sunil Kumar Jakhar (Congress) Vs Peter Masih (AAP)
3. Bathinda (2014 Result: SAD, Winner: Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Margin: 19,395)
2019 candidates: Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) Vs Amrinder Singh Raja Warring (Congress) Vs Baljinder Kaur (AAP)
4. Firozpur (2014 Result: SAD, Winner: Sher Singh Ghubaya, Margin: 31,420)
2019 candidates: Sukhbir Singh Badal (SAD) Vs Sher Singh Ghubaya (Congress) Vs Harjinder Singh Kaka Sran (AAP)
5. Anandpur Sahib (2014 Result: SAD, Winner: Prem Singh Chandumajra, Margin: 23,697)
2019 candidates: Prem Singh Chandumajra (SAD) Manish Tewari (Congress) Vs Narinder Singh Shergill (AAP)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in West Bengal
1. Diamond Harbour (2014 Result: Trinamool, Winner: Abhishek Banerjee, Margin: 71,298)
2019 candidates: Abhishek Banerjee (Trinamool) Vs Nilanjan Roy (BJP) Vs Soumya Aich Roy (Congress) Vs Fuad Halim (CPM)
2. Kolkata Uttar (2014 Result: Trinamool, Winner: Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Margin: 96,226)
2019 candidates: Sudip Bandyopadhyay (Trinamool) Vs Rahul Sinha (BJP) Vs Kaninika Bose Ghosh (CPM) Vs Syed Shahid Imam (Congress)
3. Kolkata Dakshin (2014 Result: Trinamool, Winner: Subrata Bakshi, Margin: 1,36,339)
2019 candidates: Chandra Kumar Bose (BJP) Vs Mita Chakraborty (Congress) Vs Nandini Mukherjee (CPM) Vs Mala Roy (Trinamool)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Bihar
1. Karakat (2014 Result: RLSP, Winner: Upendra Kushwaha, Margin: 1,05,241)
2019 candidates: Upendra Kushwaha (RLSP) Vs Mahabali Singh (JDU)
2. Sasaram (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Chhedi Paswan, Margin: 63,327)
2019 candidates: Meira Kumar (Congress) Vs Chhedi Paswan (BJP)
3. Patna Sahib (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Shatrughan Sinha, Margin: 2,65,805)
2019 candidates: Shatrughan Sinha (Congress) Vs Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP)
4. Pataliputra (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Ram Kripal Yadav, Margin: 40,322)
2019 candidates: Misa Bharti (RJD) Vs Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Madhya Pradesh
1. Ratlam (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Dilip Singh Bhuria, Margin: 1,08,457)
2019 candidates: Kantilal Bhuria (Congress) Vs GS Damor (BJP)
2. Khandwa (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan, Margin: 2,59,714)
2019 candidates: Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan (BJP) Vs Arun Yadav (Congress)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Himachal Pradesh
1. Hamirpur (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Anurag Thakur, Margin: 98,403)
2019 candidates: Anurag Thakur (BJP) Vs Ram Lal Thakur (Congress)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Jharkhand
1. Dumka (2014 Result: JMM, Winner: Shibu Soren, Margin: 39,030)
2019 candidates: Shibu Soren (JMM) Vs Sunil Soren (BJP)
Key contests of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7 in Chandigarh
1. Chandigarh (2014 Result: BJP, Winner: Kirron Anupam Kher, Margin: 69,642)
2019 candidates: Pawan Kumar Bansal (Congress) Vs Kirron Anupam Kher (BJP)
