Voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, which spans 96 Parliamentary Constituencies across nine states and one Union Territory began at 7:00 am today.
For the unversed, the polling has also begun for all 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha.
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Lok Sabha seat distribution
Out of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra, 17 from Telangana, 13 from UP, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from MP and West Bengal, five from Bihar, while four each from Jharkhand and Odisha, and one from Jammu and Kashmir.
“A total of 1,717 candidates from 10 States/UTs will contest elections in phase 4 of the Lok Sabha polls,” the Election Commission of India said. According to EC, a total of 4,264 nominations were filed for the parliamentary constituencies.
The maximum number of nomination forms were received from Telangana, which is 1488. Andhra Pradesh stands in second position with 1103 nominations from 25 constituencies.
According to reports, Telangana’s Malkajgiri Parliamentary Constituency received a maximum of 177 nomination forms.
Key leaders in the race
Prominent leaders eyeing on throne include – AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TMC leader Mahua Moitra, BJP leader Giriraj Singh, JDU’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), TMC leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Yusuf Pathan. Meanwhile, BJP leaders Arjun Munda and Madhavi Latha, and Andhra Pradesh Congress Chief YS Sharmila are also in the race.
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Weather prediction
“The weather forecast indicates that the Parliamentary Constituencies going for polls are likely to experience normal to below normal temperatures (+-2 degrees) and there will be no heat wave-like conditions in these areas on the polling day. However, for the convenience of voters, meticulous arrangements have been made at all polling stations, including facilities like water, shamiyana and fans,” the Election Commission said.
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