NEW DELHI: The three-month-long campaign for the world's biggest democratic election has come to an end. Voting in 57 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh will be held tomorrow in the seventh phase. A total of 904 candidates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are contesting in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. Polling for 42 Assembly seats will also be held in Odisha.
States and Lok Sabha Constituencies
- Uttar Pradesh: 13
- Punjab: 13
- West Bengal: 9
- Bihar: 8
- Odisha: 6
- Himachal Pradesh: 4
- Jharkhand: 3
- Chandigarh: 1
Contestants
BJP
- Narendra Modi (Varanasi, UP)
- Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur (Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh)
- Ravi Shankar Prasad (Patna Sahib, Bihar)
- Kangana Ranaut (Mandi, Himachal Pradesh)
- Ravi Kishan (Gorakhpur, UP)
- Rekha Patra (Basirhat, West Bengal)
- Praneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab)
Congress
- Manish Tiwari (Chandigarh)
- Vikramaditya Singh (Mandi, Himachal Pradesh)
- Ajay Rai (Varanasi, UP)
Trinamool Congress
- Abhishek Banerjee (Diamond Harbour, West Bengal)
- Saugata Roy (Dum Dum, West Bengal)
- Sudip Bandyopadhyay (Kolkata Uttar, West Bengal)
Others
- Misa Bharti (RJD, Pataliputra, Bihar)
- Lallan Singh Yadav (BSP, Ballia, UP)
- Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Akali Dal, Bathinda, Punjab)
On the concluding day of the campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his last rally in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held rallies in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a rally in Balasore, Odisha and later interacted with farmers in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. Priyanka Gandhi conducted a roadshow in Solan, Himachal Pradesh.