Five of Bihar’s 40 seats would go to the polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday. Over 86 lakh people are eligible to vote while 68 candidates are in the fray in Kishanganj, Bhagalpur, Purnea, Katihar and Banka seats.
The Congress, which is contesting the polls in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), has focused on three of the five seats. Rahul Gandhi, the Congress chief, addressed two rallies in Purnea and Katihar in the past few months. The Janata Dal (United), which contested the last election on its own and is now in alliance with the BJP, won Purnea in 2014. The Congress and RJD managed to get Kishanganj, Bhagalpur and Banka seats.
Officials said as many as 32,000 security personnel have been deployed for the polling.
DM Diwakar, a poll expert, said since the five constituencies are dominated by Muslims there were chances that “secular votes” would get consolidated.
| Constituency | Sitting MP |
| Assam | |
|---|---|
| Karimganj | Radheshyam Biswas, AIUDF |
| Silchar | Sushmita Dev, Congress |
| Autonomous District | Biren Singh Engti, Congress |
| Mangaldoi | Ramen Deka, BJP |
| Nawgong | Rajen Gohain, BJP |
| Bihar | |
| Kishanganj | Mohammad Asrarul Haque, Congress |
| Katihar | Shah Tariq Anwar, NCP |
| Purnia | Santosh Kumar, JD(U) |
| Bhagalpur | Shailesh Kumar (Bulo Mandal), RJD |
| Banka | Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav, RJD |
| Chhattisgarh | |
| Rajnandgaon | Abhishek Singh, BJP |
| Mahasamund | Chandulal Sahu, BJP |
| Kanker | Vikram Dev Usendi, BJP |
| Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Srinagar | Farooq Abdullah, National Conference |
| Udhampur | Dr. Jitendra Singh, BJPs |
| Karnataka | |
| Udupi Chikmagalur | Shobha Karandlaje, BJP |
| Hassan | H.D. Deve Gowda, JD(S) |
| Dakshina Kannada | Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP |
| Chitradurga | B.N.Chandrappa, Congress |
| Tumkur | S. P. Muddahanumegowda, Congress |
| Mandya | CS Puttaraju, JD(S) |
| Mysore | Prathap Simha, BJP |
| Chamrajanagar | R Dhruvanarayana, Congress |
| Bangalore Rural | DK Suresh, Congress |
| Bangalore North | DV Sadananda Gowda, BJP |
| Bangalore Central | PC Mohan, BJP |
| Bangalore South | Vacant after Ananth Kumar’s death in 2018 |
| Chikkaballapur | Veerappa Moily, Congress |
| Kolar | KH Muniyappa, Congress |
| Maharashtra | |
| Buldhana | Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao, Shiv Sena |
| Akola | Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, BJP |
| Amravati | Adsul Anandrao Vithoba, Shiv Sena |
| Hingoli | Rajeev Shankarrao Satav, Congress |
| Nanded | Ashok Shankarrao Chavan, Congress |
| Parbhani | Jadhav Sanjay (Bandu) Haribhau, Shiv Sena |
| Beed | Pritam Gopinathrao Munde, BJP |
| Osmanabad | Gaikwad Ravindra Vishwanath, Shiv Sena |
| Latur | Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad, BJP |
| Solapur | Sharad Bansode, BJP |
| Manipur | |
| Inner Manipur | Thokchom Meinya, Congress |
| Odisha | |
| Bargarh | Prabas Kumar Singh, BJD |
| Sundargarh | Jual Oram, BJP |
| Bolangir | Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, BJD |
| Kandhamal | Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, BJD |
| Aska | Ladu Kishore Swain, BJD |
| Constituency | Sitting MP |
| Tamil Nadu | |
|---|---|
| Tiruvallur | Dr. P. Venugopal, AIADMK |
| Chennai North | TG Venkatesh Babu, AIADMK |
| Chennai South | J Jayavardhan, AIADMK |
| Chennai Central | SR Vijayakumar, AIADMK |
| Sriperumbudur | KN Ramachandran, AIADMK |
| Kancheepuram | K Maragatham, AIADMK |
| Arakkonam | G Hari, AIADMK |
| Vellore | B. Senguttuvan., AIADMK |
| Krishnagiri | K Ashok Kumar, AIADMK |
| Dharmapuri | Anbumani Ramadoss, PMK |
| Tiruvannamalai | Vanaroja R, AIADMK |
| Arani | V Elumalai, AIADMK |
| Villupuram | Rajendran S., AIADMK |
| Kallakurichi | K. Kamaraj, AIADMK |
| Salem | V Pannerselvam, AIADMK |
| Namakkal | PR Sundaram, AIADMK |
| Erode | S Selvakumara Chinnayan, AIADMK |
| Tiruppur | V.Sathyabama, AIADMK |
| Nilgiris | C Gopalakrishnan, AIADMK |
| Coimbatore | P Nagarajan, AIADMK |
| Pollachi | C Mahendran, AIADMK |
| Dindigul | M Udhayakumar, AIADMK |
| Karur | M Thambidurai, AIADMK |
| Tiruchirappalli | Kumar.P, AIADMK |
| Perambalur | RP Marutharajaa, AIADMK |
| Cuddalore | A Arunmozhithevan, AIADMK |
| Chidambaram | M Chandrakasi, AIADMK |
| Mayiladuthurai | RK Bharathi Mohan, AIADMK |
| Nagapattinam | Dr K Gopal, AIADMK |
| Thanjavur | K Parasuraman, AIADMK |
| Sivaganga | PR Senthilnathan, AIADMK |
| Madurai | R Gopalakrishnan, AIADMK |
| Theni | R Parthipan, AIADMK |
| Virudhunagar | Radhakrishnan T., AIADMK |
| Ramanathapuram | Anwhar Raajhaa, AIADMK |
| Thoothukkudi | Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee.J, AIADMK |
| Tenkasi | M Vasanthi, AIADMK |
| Tirunelvelli | Prabakaran.K.R.P, AIADMK |
| Kanniyakumari | Pon Radhakrishnan, BJP |
| Uttar Pradesh | |
| Nagina | Yashwant Singh, BJP |
| Amroha | Kanwar Singh Tanwar, BJP |
| Bulandshahr | Bhola Singh, BJP |
| Aligarh | Satish Kumar Gautam, BJP |
| Hathras | Ranjan Kumar Diwakar, BJP |
| Mathura | Hema Malini, BJP |
| Agra | Ram Shankar Katheria, BJP |
| Fatehpur Sikri | Chaudhary Babulal, BJP |
| West Bengal | |
| Jalpaiguri | Bijoy Chandra Barman, Trinamool |
| Darjeeling | SS Ahluwalia, BJP |
| Raiganj | Md Salim, CPI(M) |
| Puducherry | |
| Puducherry | R Radhakrishnan, AINRC |
First Published:
Apr 18, 2019 05:54 IST
Source: HindustanTimes