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As the largest democratic exercise in the world nears the end, as many as 13.83 crore Indians will today vote at 17,330 polling booths to choose 89 Lok Sabha candidates across seven states and two Union territories.
The big wigs who are testing their luck at the hustings today include Congress President Sonia Gandhi (from Rae Bareli), her BJP counterpart Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), veteran leader LK Advani (Gandhinagar) and also the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi (Vadodara) and Farooq Abdullah (Srinagar).
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According to IANS, polling in nine constituencies and bypoll for one state assembly seat began in West Bengal. As many as 87 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats in the state and four for the Galsi state assembly seat. Over 13.8 million people are eligible to vote at 17,330 polling booths.
In Gujarat, apart from 26 Lok Sabha seats, seven state assembly seats are also going to the polls. A total of 334 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha. Balloting is taking place at 45,380 polling stations where over 234,000 polling personnel have been deployed. More than 40 million people are eligible to vote in all 26 constituencies where voting is being held in a single phase.
In Pinjab, voting will take place in single phase as all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. As many as 253 candidates are in the fray. Balloting is being held at 22,022 polling booths where more than 19.6 million people are eligible to vote. A total of 234,011 poll officials have been deployed.
In J&K, over 1.23 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,546 polling booths. Around 50 companies of central armed forces and over 10,000 police personnel deployed.
In Bihar, as many as seven constituencies are going to the polls today. Bypoll for one state assembly seat is also being conducted.As many as 94 candidates are in the fray in the Lok Sabha polls. More than 11 million electors are eligible to vote at 10,157 polling booths where a total 58,215 poll officials have been deployed.
Balloting in 14 parliamentary constituencies and by-polls for two state assembly seats are being held in Uttar Pradesh. Over 24 million electors are eligible to vote at 25,380 polling booths. As many as 233 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats.
Voting in Andhra Pradesh began for 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 state assembly seats in Telangana region. Balloting is taking place at 30,574 polling booths. As many as 265 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha and 1,669 for the assembly constituencies. More than 28 million electors are eligible to exercise their franchise.
With inputs from IANS
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