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Published 16:30 IST, June 19th 2019

2019 Lok Sabha Elections: India goes to polls for Phase 6 of General Elections- Voting To Be Held for 59 seats

Amidst the blame-game between the parties and the issue of 'national security' continuing its presence as a poll issue, the country on May 12, Sunday slips into the sixth phase of elections.

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Amidst the blame-game between the parties and the issue of 'national security' continuing its presence as a poll issue, the country on May 12, Sunday slips into the sixth phase of elections. 

On Sunday, 59 constituencies across six states and one union territory votes to seal the fate of 979 candidates.

Voting will take place for 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight seats each in West Bengal, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, seven in Delhi and four in Jharkhand.

The following are some of the key constituencies with its key candidates that will go to the polls in phase 6.

  • East Delhi (Delhi)

Key contestants: Gautam Gambhir (BJP), Atishi Marlena (AAP), Arvinder Singh Lovely (Congress) 

  • Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

Key contestants: Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' (BJP)

  • Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) 

Key contestants: Digvijay Singh (Congress), Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur (BJP)

  • Morena (Madhya Pradesh)

Key contestants: Narendra Singh Tomar (BJP), Ram Niwas Rawat (Congress)

  • Guna (Madhya Pradesh)

Key contestants: Jyotiraditya Scindia (Congress), K.P. Yadav (BJP)

  • Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Key contestants: Maneka Gandhi (BJP), Sanjay Singh (Congress)

  • Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

Key contestants: Rita Bahuguna Joshi (BJP), Rajendra Pratap Singh (SP), Yogesh Shukla (Congress) 

  • Purvi Champaran (Bihar)

Key contestants: Radha Mohan Singh (BJP), Akash Singh (RLSP)

  • Hisar (Haryana)

Key contestants: Dushyant Chautala (JJP), Bhavya Bishnoi (Congress), Brijendra Singh (BJP)

  • Rohtak (Haryana)

Key contestants: Deepender Singh Hooda (Congress), Arvind Sharma (BJP), Dharamvir (INLD)

  • Sonipat (Haryana)

Key contestants: Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Congress), Ramesh Chander Kaushik (BJP), Digvijay Chautala (JJP), Surender Chhikara (INLD)

  • North East Delhi (Delhi) 

Key contestants: Manoj Tiwari (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress), Dilip Pandey (AAP)

  • Chandni Chowk (Delhi)

Key contestants: Harsh Vardhan (BJP), Jai Prakash Agarwal (Congress), Pankaj Gupta (AAP)

  • South Delhi (Delhi)

Key contestants: Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP), Vijender Singh (Congress), Raghav Chadha (AAP)

 

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