Voting Begins For Seventh And Final Phase Of Lok Sabha Elections

Voting is underway for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections. Fifty seven Lok Sabha constituencies spread across seven states and one union territory are going to poll in this phase. These include, 13 seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine seats in West Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, three seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Chandigarh. Over 10 crore 60 lakh electors will decide the fate of 904 contestants in the fray. Polling for the remaining 42 Assembly Constituencies of Odisha is also taking place. The voting began at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM.

Elaborate arrangements have been made by the Election Commission to ensure smooth and transparent voting. Election officers have been instructed to implement measures to mitigate the challenges posed by scorching temperatures, safeguarding the health and well-being of voters and poll officials.

The concluding phase of Lok Sabha polls holds great significance for both ruling and opposition parties. In this phase, political fate of prominent leaders including Prime Minister and Senior BJP leader Narendra Modi, Anurag Thakur, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Congress leader Manish Tiwari and Vikramaditya Singh, RJD leader Misa Bharti, and Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee will be sealed in the EVMs. This seventh phase will mark a grand finish to the world’s largest polling marathon that began on 19th of April and already covered 486 Lok Sabha seats. 

As the nation braces for the end of this electoral marathon,



anticipation mounts for the momentous day of reckoning when the fate of political leaders will be determined on 4th June.

In Punjab, polling for all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies began at 7 a.m. today under tight security arrangements. Polling will continue till 6 p.m. For more than 2.14 crore voters in the state, 24 thousand 451 polling stations have been set up. Among these, 16 thousand 517 are located in rural areas, while 7 thousand 934 are in urban areas.

328 candidates including 169 independents are in the fray. Prominent among them are BJP’s Praneet Kaur, Sushil Kumar Rinku, Hansraj Hans, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Congress Party’s Amrinder Singh Rajawaring, Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjindar Singh Randhawa and Sukhpal Singh Khehra, Aam Aadmi party’s five cabinet Ministers Gurmit Singh Khudian, Dr. Balbir Singh, Gurmit Singh Meetheyar, Laljit Singh Bhullar and Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Elaborate arrangements have been made at the polling station to save voters from the current scorching heat wave conditions.

In Jharkhand, amidst tight security arrangements polling is underway in three constituencies Godda, Dumka and Rajmahal. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm. Over 53 lakh 24 thousand electorates will decide political fortune of 52 candidates including eight women. Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar said a number of measures have been taken at each booth in view of intense heat.