Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP to contest more seats again, Congress to contest lowest since Independence

The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are significant not only because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is aiming to surpass the record set by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, of winning three straight Lok Sabha elections, but also because of certain statistics that show the BJP's growing political power under PM Modi's leadership and the Congress party's continued decline, despite Rahul Gandhi's efforts to reverse this trend by initiating the Bharat Jodo Yatra and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Lok Sabha Elections 2024: State-wise candidates declared by BJP The saffron party already declared candidates for 71 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 41 seats in West Bengal, 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 26 seats in Gujarat, 25 seats each in Rajasthan and Karnataka, 24 seats in Maharashtra, 23 seats in Tamil Nadu, 21 seats in Odisha, 17 seats each in Bihar and Telangana, 16 in Kerala, 13 in Jharkhand, 11 seats each in Assam and Chhattisgarh, 10 in Haryana, 7 in Delhi, 6 seats each in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, 5 seats in Uttarakhand, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 2 seats each in Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura, one seat each in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Manipur, Sikkim, Mizoram and Puducherry. The party is likely to announce 22 more candidates including 7 seats in Punjab, 6 seats in Maharashtra, 4 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in Jammu and Kashmir and one each in West Bengal and Ladakh. The Congress already declared candidates for 28 seats each in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, 24 seats in Gujarat, 22 seats in Rajasthan, 17 in Odisha, 16 in Kerala, 15 seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 14 in Telangana, 13 seats each in West Bengal and Assam, 11 seats each in Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, 9 in Tamil Nadu, 6 seats each in Bihar and Punjab, 5 in Uttarakhand, 3 seats each in Delhi and Jharkhand, 2 seats each in Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, one seat each in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tripura.