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Lok Sabha elections Phase 7 LIVE: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Punjab will vote in the last phase.The mega Lok Sabha election 2024 is set for its final phase on Saturday. Voting for the seventh phase will begin at 7 am across 57 constituencies across eight states and Union territories.
Besides this, 42 constituencies of Odisha assembly will also simultaneously go to polls.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Punjab will vote in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking a third straight term in office, is in poll fray from Varanasi in this phase. He had defeated Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal in 2014 and Shalini Yadav of Samajwadi Party in 2019 election. This time, Modi is being challenged by UP Congress chief Ajay Rai, who had also contested against him in the past two elections.
The other state which has hogged a lot of limelight in this election is Himachal Pradesh, mainly due to actor-politician Kangana Ranaut entering the poll fray. The National Award winning actor is the BJP face from Mandi, contesting against Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh. Union minister Anurag Thakur is seeking a fifth term from Hamirpur, while senior Congress leader Anand Sharma is in fray from Kangra.
At least nine constituencies of West Bengal are voting in the last phase. The Basirhat constituency has gained a lot of prominence as the BJP has fielded Rekha Patra, who filed a complaint in the Sandeshkhali sexual assault case. Trinamool Congress has fielded veteran Haji Nurul Islam. Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweights including Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee (Diamond Harbour), Sougata Roy (Dum Dum), Sudip Bandopadhyay (Kolkata Uttar) and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (Barasat) are in the poll fray.
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