New Delhi: Voters in eight states and Union Territories will participate in the seventh and last phase of the 18th Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Saturday, June 1. 57 Lok Sabha constituencies including 13 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Punjab, 9 in West Bengal, 8 in Bihar, 6 in Odisha, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 3 in Jharkhand and the lone seat of Chandigarh are going for polls in the last phase.
The first phase of voting took place on April 19 in which 102 Lok Sabha constituencies went to polls while the second phase was completed on April 26 in which voters in 88 seats used their franchise. The third phase of voting with 93 seats in 11 states and UTs took place peacefully on May 7 while the fourth phase was completed successfully on May 13. The fifth voting phase, which included 49 seats spread across 8 states and UTs, was concluded on May 20 while the sixth phase was completed on May 25. Results for all seats will be declared on June 4.
The first phase recorded a voter turnout of 66.14 per cent while the second phase registered a turnout of 66.71 per cent. The turnout numbers for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth phases were 65.68 per cent, 69.16 per cent, 62.20 per cent and 63.37 per cent respectively.
Several key candidates are in the fray in the last phase. In Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Mahendra Nath Pandey, Neeraj Shekhar, Pankaj Chaudhary, Ravi Kishan, Apna Dal Sonelal’s Anupriya Patel, Congress candidates Ajay Rai and Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates Afzal Ansari, Ramesh Chand Bind, Virendra Singh and Kajal Nishad, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party’s (SBSP) Arvind Rajbhar and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates Athar Jamaal Lari, Balkrishna Chauhan and Bhim Rajbhar are also contesting the elections. The SP and Congress are in alliance in UP while the Apna Dal and the SBSP are a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
In Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Sher Singh Ghubaya, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Vijay Inder Singla, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Dharamvir Gandhi are some key Congress candidates. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Karamjit Anmol, Ashok Parashar Pappi, Raj Kumar Chabbewal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Pawan Kumar Tinu of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Ravneet Singh Bittu, Hans Raj Hans, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Preneet Kaur, Sushil Kumar Rinku, Taranjit Singh Sandhu of BJP are also in the fray. Prominent Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidates Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Prem Singh Chandumajra, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Virsa Singh Valtoha and Ranjit Singh Dhillon are also vying to enter the Lok Sabha.
Nine seats including Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar in West Bengal will be voting in the last phase on June 1. Abhishek Banerjee (TMC), Debasree Chaudhuri (BJP), Saugata Roy (TMC), Pradip Bhattacharya (Congress), Rekha Patra (BJP), Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (TMC), Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC) and Tapas Roy (BJP) are some of the key candidates. Eight seats including Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat and Jahanabad will vote on June 1. Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP), Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP), Misa Bharti (BJP), Raj Kumar Singh (BJP), Upendra Kushwaha (RLM), Kaushalendra Kumar (JDU), Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD), Sudhakar Singh (RJD) and Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh (Independent) are key candidates in Bihar in the last phase.
Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP), Vikramaditya Singh (Congress), Anand Sharma (Congress) and Kangana Ranaut (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh, Baijayant Panda (BJP), Anshuman Mohanty (BJD), Ananta Prasad Sethi (Congress), Srikant Kumar Jena (Congress), Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP) and Rajashree Mallick (BJD) in Odisha, Sita Soren (BJP), Nishikant Dubey (BJP), Pradeep Yadav (Congress), Nalin Soren (JMM), Vijay Kumar Hansdak (JMM) and Tala Marandi (BJP) in Jharkhand, Manish Tewari (Congress) and Sanjay Tandon (BJP) in Chandigarh are other key candidates in the last phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the BJP-led NDA won 32 of these 57 seats (BJP 25, JDU 3, Akali Dal 2, Apna Dal 2). The Congress-led UPA won only 9 seats (Congress 8, JMM 1) and other parties won 16 seats (TMC 9, BJD 4, BSP 2, AAP 1).
Complete list of key candidates and 57 seats going for Lok Sabha polls on June 1:
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Complete list of constituencies, candidates for the last phase
| S. Number | Constituency | State/UT | Key Candidates/Parties | 2019 Lok Sabha Winner/Party |
| 1. | Maharajganj | Uttar Pradesh | Pankaj Chaudhary (BJP)
Virendra Chaudhary (Congress) Mohd Mausme Alam (BSP) |
Pankaj Chaudhary (BJP) |
| 2. | Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | Ravi Kishan (BJP)
Kajal Nishad (SP) Javed Ashraf (BSP) |
Ravi Kishan (BJP) |
| 3. | Kushinagar | Uttar Pradesh | Vijay Kumar Dubey (BJP)
Ajay Pratap Singh (SP) Subh Narayan Chauhan (BSP) Swami Prasad Maurya (RSSP) |
Vijay Kumar Dubey (BJP) |
| 4. | Deoria | Uttar Pradesh | Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP)
Akhilesh Pratap Singh (Congress) Sandesh (BSP) |
Ramapati Ram Tripathi (BJP) |
| 5. | Bansgaon | Uttar Pradesh | Kamlesh Paswan (BJP)
Sadal Prasad (SP) Ramsamujh (BSP) |
Kamlesh Paswan (BJP) |
| 6. | Ghosi | Uttar Pradesh | Dr Arvind Rajbhar (SBSP)
Rajeev Rai (SP) Balkrishna Chauhan (BSP) |
Atul Rai (BSP) |
| 7. | Salempur | Uttar Pradesh | Ravindra Kushwaha (BJP)
Ramashankar Rajbhar (SP) Bhim Rajbhar (BSP) |
Ravindra Kushwaha (BJP) |
| 8. | Ballia | Uttar Pradesh | Neeraj Shekhar (BJP)
Sanatan Pandey (SP) Lallan Singh Yadav (BSP) |
Virendra Singh Mast (BJP) |
| 9. | Ghazipur | Uttar Pradesh | Paras Nath Rai (BJP)
Afzal Ansari (SP) Umesh Singh (BSP) |
Afzal Ansari (BSP) |
| 10. | Chandauli | Uttar Pradesh | Mahendra Nath Pandey (BJP)
Virendra Singh (SP) Satyendra Maurya (BSP) |
Mahendra Nath Pandey (BJP) |
| 11. | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | Narendra Modi (BJP)
Ajay Rai (Congress) Athar Jamaal Lari (BSP) |
Narendra Modi (BJP) |
| 12. | Mirzapur | Uttar Pradesh | Anupriya Patel (ADS)
Ramesh Chand Bind (SP) Manish Tripathi (BSP) |
Anupriya Patel (ADS) |
| 13. | Robertsganj | Uttar Pradesh | Rink Kol (ADS)
Chhotelal Kharwar (SP) Dhaneshwar Gautam (BSP) |
Pakaudi Lal Kol (ADS) |
| 14. | Amritsar | Punjab | Gurjeet Singh Aujla (Congress)
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal (AAP) Anil Joshi (Akali Dal) Taranjit Singh Sandhu (BJP) |
Gurjeet Singh Aujla (Congress) |
| 15. | Sangrur | Punjab | Sukhpal Singh Khaira (Congress)
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer (AAP) Iqbal Singh Jhundan (Akali Dal) Arvind Khanna (BJP) Simranjit Singh Mann (SAD-A) |
Bhagwant Singh Mann (AAP) |
| 16. | Patiala | Punjab | Dharamvir Gandhi (Congress)
Balbir Singh (AAP) Narinder Kumar Sharma (Akali Dal) Preneet Kaur (BJP) |
Preneet Kaur (Congress) |
| 17. | Faridkot | Punjab | Amarjit Kaur Sahoke (Congress)
Karamjit Anmol (AAP) Rajwinder Singh (Akali Dal) Hans Raj Hans (BJP) |
Muhammad Sadique (Congress) |
| 18. | Jalandhar | Punjab | Charanjit Singh Channi (Congress)
Pawan Kumar Tinu (AAP) Mohinder Singh Kaypee (Akali Dal) Sushil Kumar Rinku (BJP) |
Sushil Kumar Rinku (AAP) |
| 19. | Gurdaspur | Punjab | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (Congress)
Amansher Singh (AAP) Daljeet Singh Cheema (Akali Dal) Dinesh Singh (BJP) |
Sunny Deol (BJP) |
| 20. | Hoshiarpur | Punjab | Yamini Gomar (Congress)
Raj Kumar Chabbewal (AAP) Sohan Singh Thandal (Akali Dal) Anita Som Parkash (BJP) |
Som Parkash (BJP) |
| 21. | Ludhiana | Punjab | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring (Congress)
Ashok Parashar Pappi (AAP) Ranjit Singh Dhillon (Akali Dal) Ravneet Singh Bittu (BJP) |
Ravneet Singh Bittu (Congress) |
| 22. | Fatehgarh Sahib | Punjab | Amar Singh (Congress)
Gurpreet Singh GP (AAP) Bikramjit Singh Khalsa (Akali Dal) Gejja Ram Valmiki (BJP) |
Amar Singh (Congress) |
| 23. | Anandpur Sahib | Punjab | Vijay Inder Singla (Congress)
Malvinder Singh Kang (AAP) Prem Singh Chandumajra (Akali Dal) Subhash Sharma (BJP) |
Manish Tewari (Congress) |
| 24. | Firozpur | Punjab | Sher Singh Ghubaya (Congress)
Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar (AAP) Nardev Singh Mann (Akali Dal) Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi (BJP) |
Sukhbir Singh Badal (Akali Dal) |
| 25. | Bathinda | Punjab | Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu (Congress)
Gurmeet Singh Khuddian (AAP) Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Akali Dal) Parampal Kaur Sidhu (BJP) |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Akali Dal) |
| 26. | Khadoor Sahib | Punjab | Kulbir Singh Zira (Congress)
Laljit Singh Bhullar (AAP) Virsa Singh Valtoha (Akali Dal) Manjeet Singh Manna Mianwind (BJP) |
Jasbir Singh Gill (Congress) |
| 27. | Dum Dum | West Bengal | Saugata Roy (TMC)
Shilbhadra Dutta (BJP) Sujan Chakraborty (CPM) |
Saugata Roy (TMC) |
| 28. | Barasat | West Bengal | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (TMC)
Swapan Majumder (BJP) Sanjib Chatterjee (AIFB) |
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (TMC) |
| 29. | Basirhat | West Bengal | Rekha Patra (BJP)
Haji Nurul Islam (TMC) Nirapada Sardar (CPM) |
Nusrat Jahan (TMC) |
| 30. | Jaynagar | West Bengal | Pratima Mondal (TMC)
Ashok Kandari (BJP) Samarendra Nath Mandal (RSP) |
Pratima Mondal (TMC) |
| 31. | Mathurapur | West Bengal | Ashok Purkait (BJP)
Bapi Halder (TMC) Sarat Chandra Haldar (CPM) |
Choudhury Mohan Jatua (TMC) |
| 32. | Diamond Harbour | West Bengal | Abhishek Banerjee (TMC)
Abhijit Das Bobby (BJP) Pratikur Rahaman (CPM) |
Abhishek Banerjee (TMC) |
| 33. | Jadavpur | West Bengal | Saayoni Ghosh (TMC)
Anirban Ganguly (BJP) Srijan Bhattacharyya (CPM) |
Mimi Chakraborty (TMC) |
| 34. | Kolkata Dakshin | West Bengal | Mala Roy (TMC)
Debasree Chaudhuri (BJP) Saira Shah Halim (CPM) |
Mala Roy (TMC) |
| 35. | Kolkata Uttar | West Bengal | Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC)
Tapas Roy (BJP) Pradip Bhattacharya (Congress) |
Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC) |
| 36. | Nalanda | Bihar | Kaushalendra Kumar (JDU)
Sandeep Saurav (CPI-ML) |
Kaushalendra Kumar (JDU) |
| 37. | Patna Sahib | Bihar | Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP)
Anshul Avijit Kushwaha (Congress) |
Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP) |
| 38. | Pataliputra | Bihar | Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP)
Misa Bharti (RJD) |
Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP) |
| 39. | Arrah | Bihar | Raj Kumar Singh (BJP)
Sudama Prasad (CPI-ML) |
Raj Kumar Singh (BJP) |
| 40. | Buxar | Bihar | Mithilesh Tiwari (BJP)
Sudhakar Singh (RJD) |
Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP) |
| 41. | Sasaram | Bihar | Shivesh Ram (BJP)
Manoj Kumar (Congress) |
Chhedi Paswan (BJP) |
| 42. | Karakat | Bihar | Upendra Kushwaha (RLM)
Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha (CPI-ML) Pawan Singh (Independent) |
Mahabali Kushwaha (JDU) |
| 43. | Jahanabad | Bihar | Chandeshwar Prasad (JDU)
Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD) |
Chandeshwar Prasad (JDU) |
| 44. | Mayurbhanj | Odisha | Sudam Marndi (BJD)
Naba Charan Majhi (BJP) Anjani Soren (JMM) |
Bishweswar Tudu (BJP) |
| 45. | Balasore | Odisha | Lekhashree Samantsinghar (BJD)
Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP) Srikant Kumar Jena (Congress) |
Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP) |
| 46. | Bhadrak | Odisha | Manjulata Mandal (BJD)
Avimanyu Sethi (BJP) Ananta Prasad Sethi (Congress) |
Manjulata Mandal (BJD) |
| 47. | Jajpur | Odisha | Sarmistha Sethi (BJD)
Rabindra Narayan Behera (BJP) Anchal Das (Congress) |
Sarmistha Sethi (BJD) |
| 48. | Kendrapara | Odisha | Anshuman Mohanty (BJD)
Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda (BJP) Sidharth Swarup Das (Congress) |
Anubhav Mohanty (BJD) |
| 49. | Jagatsinghpur | Odisha | Rajashree Mallick (BJD)
Bibhu Prasad Tarai (BJP) Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress) |
Rajashree Mallick (BJD) |
| 50. | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh | Kangana Ranaut (BJP)
Vikramaditya Singh (Congress) |
Ram Swaroop Sharma (BJP) |
| 51. | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | Suresh Kumar Kashyap (BJP)
Vinod Sultanpuri (Congress) |
Suresh Kumar Kashyap (BJP) |
| 52. | Hamirpur | Himachal Pradesh | Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP)
Satpal Singh Raizada (Congress) |
Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP) |
| 53. | Kangra | Himachal Pradesh | Rajeev Bharadwaj (BJP)
Anand Sharma (Congress) |
Kishan Kapoor (BJP) |
| 54. | Rajmahal | Jharkhand | Tala Marandi (BJP)
Vijay Kumar Hansdak (JMM) |
Vijay Kumar Hansdak (JMM) |
| 55. | Dumka | Jharkhand | Sita Soren (BJP)
Nalin Soren (JMM) |
Sunil Soren (BJP) |
| 56. | Godda | Jharkhand | Nishikant Dubey (BJP)
Pradeep Yadav (Congress) |
Nishikant Dubey (BJP) |
| 57. | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Manish Tewari (Congress)
Sanjay Tandon (BJP) |
Kirron Kher (BJP) |
