India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 7: Who votes and what’s at stake?
Al JazeeraVoters will decide the fate of 904 candidates from across 57 seats in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1. Registered voters in the following seven states and one union territory will cast their ballots for 57 seats: Punjab: All 13 of the northwestern state’s seats Himachal Pradesh: All four of the northern state’s seats Jharkhand: Three of the eastern state’s 14 constituencies Odisha: Six of the eastern state’s 21 constituencies Uttar Pradesh: 13 of the northern state’s 80 constituencies Bihar: Eight of the eastern state’s 40 constituencies West Bengal: Nine of the eastern state’s 42 constituencies Chandigarh: The union territory’s sole seat. Diamond Harbour : Abhishek Banerjee, the influential nephew of the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is contesting here from the ruling Trinamool Congress party. The BJP governs Uttar Pradesh outright and governs Bihar in an alliance Odisha is governed by the NDA-aligned Biju Janata Dal Congress rules Himachal Pradesh Punjab is governed by the INDIA alliance led by Aam Aadmi Party Jharkhand is governed by the INDIA alliance led by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha The Trinamool Congress party, a member of the INDIA alliance, has been governing West Bengal since 2011. In the last Lok Sabha elections, Congress, parties now affiliated with the INDIA alliance and then-affiliated with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, won 21 of the 57 seats to be decided on June 1.