LS Phase Phase 6: Polling on 59 seats; Gambhir, Pragya Thakur among early birds
As polling for the 6th and second last phase begun in all seven seats of Delhi, six states for 59 Lok Sabha constituencies seats, several prominent leaders, including Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Jyotiraditya Scindia will be in the fray. However, there are several candidates whose fate of their debut inning, including Gautam Gambhir, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, to be decided today.
In all seven states, more than 10.17 crore voters to exercise their franchise and will decide the 979 candidates fate. As polling began, people queued up early in the morning at polling booth across seven states. Among the early birds to cast votes were Pragya Thakur, BJP candidate from Bhopal, Gautam Gambhir, east Delhi candidate of BJP, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
Madhya Pradesh: BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur after casting her vote. Digvijaya Singh is the Congress candidate from the constituency. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/d0Rc2RgwKO
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BJP Candidate from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir casts his vote at a polling booth in Old Rajinder Nagar. He is up against AAP's Atishi and Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely pic.twitter.com/uzQZdH7qzN
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019
Delhi: Former Delhi CM and Congress's candidate from North-East Delhi, Sheila Dikshit after casting her vote at a polling booth in Nizamuddin (East). #Phase6 #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/Gog0f9uHB6
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019
Uttar Pradesh Minister Sidharth Nath Singh after casting his vote at a polling booth in Prayagraj. #Phase6 #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/d90ZZXLS8n
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 12, 2019
Fourteen seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand is witness polling today.
As Delhi witnesses a three-cornered battle between the BJP, Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, eye on Delhi all seven seats. Uttar Pradesh's Phulpur, Gorakhpur seats and Azamgarh seats also in the fray.
The final and seventh phase polling is scheduled on May 19. The counting of votes to be done on May 23rd.
Also read: Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6: Polling begins in Delhi, 6 states for 59 seats
First published: 12 May 2019, 9:06 IST