Lok Sabha polls phase 2: UP's 8 constituencies to witness 3-cornered fight; Hema Malini, Arun Govil among key candidates
Traffic advisory in Noida for Lok Sabha polls phase 2 on April 25/26 Congress' Danish Ali is contesting from Amroha and BJP's Atul Garg from Ghaziabad. Incumbent MP Mahesh Sharma of the BJP is contesting again from Gautam Buddha Nagar, bordering Delhi.
The campaigning for the second phase ended on Wednesday evening with leaders of all the major political parties criss-crossing the constituencies. The BJP's campaign in the second phase was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Work is worship: Bijli, sadak, paani are once again the key poll issues in UP For the Samajwadi Party (SP), its president Akhilesh Yadav led the campaign while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, BSP president Mayawati, and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Singh were also on a hectic campaign trail of these constituencies during the past couple of days. Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2: Campaigns wrap up for 88 seats There are 1.67 crore voters in these eight Lok Sabha constituencies, out of which 90.11 lakh are male voters, 77.38 lakh are female voters and 787 are of the third gender.
There are 7,797 polling stations and 17,677 polling booths in these constituencies. The first phase of the elections held last Friday for 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories saw a voter turnout of around 65.5%.Milestone Alert!
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