As the polling in 303 Lok Sabha seats is completed, the fourth phase of voting in the 2019 Lok Sabha election will take place across 72 parliamentary constituencies in nine states on April 29. 945 candidates are contesting and around 12.79 crores voters are eligible in this phase.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP had won 45 of these 72 seats, while the Congress had bagged only two seats. Besides, Odisha will also witness the Legislative Assembly election in some Assembly constituencies that come under the respective parliamentary constituencies set to vote in phase 4.
States going to polls: Bihar (5), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Jharkhand (3), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (13), Uttar Pradesh (13) and West Bengal (8).
Key Constituencies: Begusarai, Anantnag, Chhindwara, Palghar, Mumbai South, Kendrapara, Barmer, Unnao, Asansol
State-wise list of constituencies
States | Constituencies |
Bihar (5) | Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger |
Jammu and Kashmir (1) | Anantnag (in Kulgam district) |
Jharkhand (3) | Chatra, Lohardaga, Palamu |
Madhya Pradesh (6) | Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara |
Maharashtra (17) | Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South, Maval, Shirur, Shirdi |
Odisha (6) | Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur |
Rajasthan (13) | Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran |
Uttar Pradesh (13) | Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur |
West Bengal (8) | Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum |
Here’s the full candidate list
Key candidates:
Baijayant Panda | BJP | Kendrapara |
Mehbooba Mufti | PDP | Anantnag |
Dimple Yadav | SP | Kannauj |
Kanhaiya Kumar | CPI | Begusarai |
Milind Deora | Congress | Mumbai South |
Urmila Matondkar | Congress | Mumbai North |
Priya Dutt | Congress | Mumbai North-Central |
Poonam Mahajan | BJP | Mumbai North-Central |
Nakul Kamal Nath | Congress | Chhindwara |
Babul Supriyo | BJP | Asansol |
Salman Kurshid | Congress | Farrukhabad |
Mahua Moitra | TMC | Krishnanagar |
Ramchandra Paswan | LJP | Samastipur |
Kirti Azad | Congress | Darbhanga |
Sakshi Maharaj | BJP | Unnao |
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No. of seats major political parties won in 2014
- BJP – 282
- Congress – 44
- BSP – 0
- SP – 5
- AAP – 4
- CPI (M) – 9
- NCP – 6
- AIADMK – 37
- TMC – 34
- BJD – 20
- TDP – 16
- TRS – 11
- Shiv Sena – 18
Results for all the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be declared on May 23.