The Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 4 will be held tomorrow, 29 April, in 71 constituencies in 9 states.

The number of constituencies does not include Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency in Jammu & Kashmir, which is the only Lok Sabha seat where polling will be held in three phases. Anantnag went to polls in the third phase, will go to polls on 29 April and will again witness polling in the fifth phase on 6 May.

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There are a total of 945 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 4, excluding contenders in Anantnag.

A total of 12.79 crore voters will be casting their votes in this phase.

Sons of two sitting Chief Ministers are in the fray in this phase.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s son Nakul is contesting from Chhindwara. The Lok Sabha seat is the bastion of the Nath family since 1980 and it was one of the two seats that the BJP failed to win in Madhya Pradesh in 2014.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son is contesting from Jodhpur constituency. He is up against sitting MP and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of the BJP.

Seats to watch out for include Asansol, Begusarai and Mumbai North.

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Polling in all southern states and all Union Territories were completed with the third phase of elections.

Phase 4 polling is expected to begin at 7 am and end by 5 pm.

Here is a look at the seats and key contenders where polling will take place on 29 April.

Bihar

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger

Number of contenders:

66

Main parties:

BJP+JD(U)+LJP, Mahagathbandhan of RJD+Congress+others

Key contest/s:

Begusarai – Communist Party of India’s (CPI) Kanhaiya Kumar versus BJP’s Giriraj Singh

Jammu-Kashmir

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Anantanag

Number of contenders:

18

Main parties:

PDP, NC, Congress

Key contest/s:

Anantnag – PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti versus Congress’ Ghulam Ahmad Mir versus NC’s Hasnain Masoodi.

Jharkhand

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Chatra, Lohardaga, Palamau

Number of contenders:

59

Main parties:

BJP, Congress+JMM+JVM+RJD

Key contest/s:

Lohardaga – BJP’s Sudarshan Bhagat versus Congress’ Sukhdeo Bhagat

Madhya Pradesh

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara

Number of contenders:

108

Main parties:

BJP, Congress

Key contest/s:

Chhindwara – Nakul Nath of Congress versus BJP’s Natthan Shah

 

 

Maharashtra

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South, Maval, Shirur, Shirdi

Number of contenders:

323

Main parties:

BJP+Shiv Sena and Congress+NCP

Key contest/s:

Mumbai South – Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant versus Congress’ Milind Deora

Mumbai North – Gopal Chinayya Shetty of BJP versus Congress’ Urmila Matondkar

 

 

Mumbai North-Central – BJP’s Poonam Mahajan versus Priya Dutt of Congress

Odisha

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur

Number of contenders:

52

Main parties:

BJP, Congress, BJD

Key contest/s:

Jajpur – Amiya Mallick of BJP versus Manas Jena of Congress versus Sarmishta Sethi of BJD

Kendrapara – Baijayant Panda of BJP versus Anubhav Mohanty of BJD

Rajasthan

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran

Number of contenders:

115

Main parties:

BJP, Congress

Key contest/s:

Jodhpur – Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of BJP versus Vaibhav Gehlot of Congress

Udaipur – Arjunlal Meena of BJP versus                Raghuveer Singh Meena of Congress

Uttar Pradesh

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur

Number of contenders:

154

Main parties:

BJP, Congress, SP+BSP+RLD

Key contest/s:

Unnao – MP Sakshi Maharaj while Congress has fielded former MP Annu Tandon. At the same time, the SP-BSP ‘Mahagathbandhan’ is hoping to capitalise on a potentially consolidated vote share there.

Kannauj – Dimple Yadav of SP+BSP+RLD versus Subrat Pathak of BJP

Etawah – Ramashankar Katheriya of BJP versus Ashok Dohar of Congress versus

West Bengal

Constituency/ies that go to polls:

Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum

Number of contenders:

68

Main parties:

TMC, BJP, Congress

Key contest/s:

Asansol – Babul Supriyo of BJP versus Biswarup Mondal of Congress versus Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) of TMC

 

 

Birbhum – Dudh Kumar Mondal of BJP versus Congress’ Imam Hossain versus Satabdi Roy of TMC

Bardhaman Durgapur – SS Ahluwalia of BJP versus Ranajit Mukherjee of Congress versus Mamtaz Sanghamita of TMC