Nine States Go To Polls On Mon Day
- 28-Apr-2019
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New Delhi: The fourth phase of voting in Lok Sabha elections 2019 will face 71 constituencies going to polls in nine states on Monday. While Maharashtra and Odisha will witness the final round of polling in this phase, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan will vote for the first time.
Among all contestants Kanhaiya Kumar (CPI), Baijayant Panda (BJP), Urmila Matondkar (Congress), Dimple Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Salman Khurshid, Union Minister Babul Supriyo and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha are in fray.
The seats that will be closely watched in the fourth phase are Jodhpur, where Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot is contesting his maiden election against Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and Begusarai, where CPI debutant and former JNU Students’ Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar will take on firebrand BJP leader Giriraj Singh.
Spread across nine states, polling will be held in 71 parliamentary constituencies. Five seats in Bihar, 17 in Maharashtra, 13 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh each, six in Odisha and Madhya Pradesh each, eight in West Bengal, three in Jharkhand and one in Jammu and Kashmir are going to polls. While Maharashtra and Odisha will witness final polling in the state, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan will vote for the first time.
