After five phases of voting in the ongoing general elections, the sixth phase is set to take place on May 25. This phase will witness elections in 58 constituencies across six States and two Union Territories, including all seven parliamentary seats in national capital Delhi.
The States and Union Territories participating in Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections are: Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (all 10 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (1 seat), Jharkhand (4 seats), Delhi (all 7 seats), Odisha (6 seats), Uttar Pradesh (14 seats), and West Bengal (8 seats).
In this phase, 889 candidates will be in fray, including 20 candidates for the rescheduled poll in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency (PC) of Jammu and Kashmir. The Election Commission of India or ECI had revised the polling date for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat last month from May 7 to May 25, due to logistical, communication, and natural barriers affecting connectivity.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 6: Full List of Constituencies
Delhi: Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad
Uttar Pradesh: Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domriyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi
West Bengal: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur
Jharkhand: Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur
Bihar: Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj (SC), Siwan, Maharajganj
Jammu & Kashmir: Anantnag-Rajouri
Odisha: Bhubaneswar, Puri, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar (SC), Cuttack, Sambalpur
The deadline for filing nominations for Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections across all seven states and Union Territories (excluding the rescheduled poll in the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency of Jammu and Kashmir) was May 6.
“After scrutinizing all nominations filed, 900 were found to be valid. In the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, a total of 28 nominations were filed in Phase 3, with 21 being valid,” the Election Commission reported.
Uttar Pradesh saw the highest number of nomination forms for Phase 6, with 470 submissions across 14 parliamentary constituencies. Haryana followed, with 370 nominations from 10 constituencies.
The Election Commission also noted that the average number of contesting candidates per parliamentary constituency in this phase is 15.
The Lok Sabha elections are being conducted in seven phases, concluding on June 1. Polling for the first five phases has already been completed, with vote counting scheduled for June 4.
