In the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 30, voting began across 89 seats in seven states and two Union Territories on Wednesday. All 26 seats in Gujarat, 13 in Punjab and 17 in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh are voting along with 46 other constituencies. A total of 1,295 candidates are in the fray and their fates will be decided by 13,96,04,510 eligible voters.
The seventh phase of Lok Sabha voting will determine the fate of top candidates like Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, LK Advani and Rajnath Singh. Also in the fray are other key figures like Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Arun Jaitley, Captain Amarinder Singh, K Chandrashekhara Rao, S Jaipala Reddy, Ambica Soni, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Jitin Prasada, Shankar Sinh Vaghela and Sharad Yadav.
All eyes are on BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat. Modi himself is contesting from Vadodara (besides Varanasi in UP which goes to polls on May 12). According to ground reports Modi's victory from Vadodara is a foregone conclusion. The only thing to be decided on voting day is his victory margin over the Congress candidate Madhusudhan Mistry.
Key candidates:
Narendra Modi - Vadodara
Sonia Gandhi - Rae Bareli
LK Advani - Gandhinagar
Rajnath Singh - Lucknow
Rita Bahuguna Joshi - Lucknow
MM Joshi - Kanpur
Sri Prakash Jaiswal - Kanpur
Arun Jaitley - Amritsar
Captain Amarinder Singh - Amritsar
Uma Bharti - Jhansi
K Chandrashekhar Rao - Medak
S Jaipala Reddy - Mahboobnagar
Asaduddin Owaisi - Hyderabad
Sharad Yadav - Madhepura
Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav - Madhepura
Kirti Jha Azad - Darbhanga
Chandan Mitra - Hoogly
Bappi Lahiri - Serampore
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