The fate of 897 candidates will be sealed on Wednesday as voting was being held across 64 constituencies in seven states of India.
Some of the key candidates include Congress's Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Varun Gandhi, Shanta Kumar, Major General BC Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, RJD nominee Rabri Devi, YSR Congress Party leader YS Vijayalakshmi and Moon Moon Sen of the TMC will be decided by 9,55,22,471 voters at 1,07,430 polling stations, reported ibnlive.com.
Also in the fray from Amethi are AAP's Kumar Vishwas and BJP's Smriti Irani, making the battle for Amethi a difficult one this election. In Bihar, where 118 candidates are contesting, former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi is seeking to make her debut in the Lok Sabha from Saran, which is among the seven seats in the state going for polls on May 7. Rabri is pitted against BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Singh Rudy.
With the May 7 voting, the fate of candidates in 502 seats will be sealed in EVMs to be known on May 16. Following are all the key candidates in the fray this election:
Key Candidates
Andhra Pradesh
YS Vijayalakshmi (Widow of Dr YSR Reddy) - YSR Congress Party - Visakhapatnam
T Haribabu - BJP - Visakhapatnam
D Purandeshwari - BJP - Rajampet
MM Pallamraju - Congress - Kakinada
Kishore Chandra Deo - Congress - Araku
AP Assembly
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy - YSR Congress Party - Pulivendula
N Chandrababu Naidu - TDP - Kuppam
Himachal Pradesh
Shanta Kumar - BJP - Kangra
Anurag Thakur - BJP - Hamirpur
Kamal Kant Batra - AAP - Hamirpur
Prathibha Singh - Congress - Mandi
Uttarakhand
Major General BC Khanduri of the BJP vs Harak Singh Rawat of the Congress - Pauri Garhwal
Renuka Rawat of the Congress vs Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of the BJP - Haridwar
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari of the BJP - Nainital
Uttar Pradesh
Rahul Gandhi vs Smriti Irani vs Kumar Vishwas - Amethi
Varun Gandhi of BJP - Sultanpur
Bihar
Rabri Devi of RJD vs Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP - Saran
Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP vs Ram Sundar Das of JDU - Hajipur
West Bengal
Moon Moon Sen - TMC - Bankura
Basuded Acharia - CPM - Bankura
Babul Supriyo - BJP - Asansol
