India election 2024 Phase 2: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Across 13 states, 88 constituencies go to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of the world’s largest election. Apart from numerous regional and national hopefuls, the two main alliances are the National Democratic Alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, and a coalition of 28 parties called the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, led by the main opposition Indian National Congress, welded by the aim of unseating the BJP. Voters from these 88 constituencies from 13 states and union territories will go to the ballot box: Kerala: All 20 of the southern state’s seats All 20 of the southern state’s seats Rajasthan: 13 of the western state’s 25 seats 13 of the western state’s 25 seats Karnataka: 14 of the southern state’s 28 seats 14 of the southern state’s 28 seats Uttar Pradesh: Eight of the northern state’s 80 seats Eight of the northern state’s 80 seats Madhya Pradesh: Six of the central state’s 29 seats Six of the central state’s 29 seats Assam: Five of the eastern state’s 14 seats Five of the eastern state’s 14 seats Chhattisgarh: Three of the central state’s 11 seats Three of the central state’s 11 seats Bihar: Five of the eastern state’s 40 seats Five of the eastern state’s 40 seats Maharashtra: Eight of the western state’s 48 seats Eight of the western state’s 48 seats West Bengal: Three of the eastern state’s 42 seats Three of the eastern state’s 42 seats Tripura: One of the northeastern state’s two seats One of the northeastern state’s two seats Jammu and Kashmir: One of the union territory’s five seats One of the union territory’s five seats Manipur: Parts of one of the northeastern state’s two seats, which voted in the first phase, will also vote on April 26. The BJP did win 25 of the state’s 28 seats in the 2019 general elections and also ruled at the state level from 2008 to 2013, and from 2018 to 2023. Mathura is a BJP stronghold, and along with other cities in India’s most populous state, is home to mosques that Modi’s party claims were built on demolished temples.