In the seventh and the last phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, voting is set to take place in 59 constituencies across seven states and one Union Territory on May 19.
Over 10 crore voters will decide the fate of 912 candidates in this phase. Out of 59 seats, BJP has a hold on 30 seats. Varanasi Lok Sabha seat is the key seat in this phase as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election from the temple city.
The Election Commission has ordered re-polling at a polling station in Haryana’s Faridabad parliamentary seat on May 19 after a polling agent was arrested for allegedly trying to influence voters at a booth.
All parliamentary constituencies in Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and some Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal will vote on the same day. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.
States going to polls:
Bihar (8), Chandigarh (1), Himachal Pradesh (4), Jharkhand (3), Madhya Pradesh (8), Punjab (13), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (9).
Key constituencies:
Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Bathinda, Anandpur Sahib, Firozpur, Hamirpur, Gorakhpur, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Ghazipur, Sasaram, Diamond Harbour, Dumka.
State-wise list of constituencies
| States | Constituencies |
| Bihar (8) | Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jehanabad |
| Chandigarh (1) | Chandigarh |
| Himachal Pradesh (4) | Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Shimla |
| Jharkhand (3) | Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda |
| Madhya Pradesh (8) | Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa |
| Punjab (13) | Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala |
| Uttar Pradesh (13) | Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj |
| West Bengal (9) | Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar |
Here’s full list of Phase 7 candidates
Key candidates
| Narendra Modi | BJP | Varanasi |
| Ajay Rai | Congress | Varanasi |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | BJP | Patna Sahib |
| Shatrughan Sinha | Congress | Patna Sahib |
| Kirron Kher | BJP | Chandigarh |
| Pawan Kumar Bansal | Congress | Chandigarh |
| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | SAD | Bathinda |
| Manoj Sinha | BJP | Ghazipur |
| Meira Kumar | Congress | Sasaram |
| Chhedi Lal Paswan | BJP | Sasaram |
| Sunny Deol | BJP | Gurdaspur |
| Sukhbir Singh Badal | SAD | Ferozpur |
| Manish Tewari | Congress | Anandpur Sahib |
| Ravi Kishan | BJP | Gorakhpur |
| Ram Kripal Yadav | BJP | Patliputra |
| Misa Bharti | RJD | Patliputra |
| Abhishek Banerjee | TMC | Diamond Harbour |
| Anupriya Patel | Apna Dal | Mirzapur |
| Anurag Thakur | BJP | Hamirpur |
No. of seats major political parties won in 2014
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- 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.