Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday said that Samajwadi Party will not win a single seat out of the 80 constituencies in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
Munger, one of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies, is considered to be the stronghold of Janata Dal (United) sitting MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who could face the anti-incumbency factor but this has been dampened by the RJD's controversial choice of candidate.
The campaigning for Phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections which will see voting on 96 constituencies, ended on Saturday. A total of 1,717 candidates from 10 States/UTs will contest the elections in this phase.
The third phase of polling for Lok Sabha polls on May 7 in 93 constituencies saw a voter turnout of 65.68 per cent, Election Commission said on Saturday
Incidentally, Asansol was one of the only two constituencies won by the BJP in West Bengal in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The other constituency, Darjeeling, was won by Ahluwalia who is now up in arms against Sinha in Asansol.
Kanpur, one of the largest cities in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Ganges and one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, is all set for an electoral battle between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress as both parties have filed their candidates for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha
The seizures of cash, ornaments, liquor and psychotropic drugs even before notification have surpassed the level of the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Giving the information here today, the Chief Electoral Officer, Maneesh Garg, stated that the seizures amounting to Rs. 13.38 crore in four
Voting in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Tuesday across 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and Union territories with Assam recording the highest voter turnout of 81.71 per cent, according to the data issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The voter turnout for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election held on Tuesday in 93 constituencies recorded at 64.4 per cent as per the Election Commission's update until 11:40 pm on Tuesday.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer on Tuesday said that 238 valid nominations have been accepted for the Lok Sabha polls due on May 25. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is May 9.
The polling in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, which commenced in the early morning hours of Tuesday simultaneously across 93 constituencies, recorded an approximate voter turnout of 63.47 per cent, according to the latest data issued by the Election Commission of India.
After polling for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls for 93 parliamentary constituencies concluded, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal claimed that "BJP is staring at a historic defeat".