Punjab will witness a tough electoral battle with the Congress seeking to make inroads in the ruling Akali Dal-BJP bastions.
The key contenders include BJP candidate Arun Jaitley fighting against Congress nominee Amarinder Singh for the Amritsar seat and Gurdaspur incumbent MP Pratap Singh Bajwa being pitted against three-time BJP MP and actor Vinod Khanna.
In West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress and the main opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist are the main contenders in the electoral battle.
The BJP has, meanwhile, fielded celebrities like famed music composer Bappi Lahiri from Sreerampur, Bengali actor George Baker from Howrah and journalist-turned-party spokesperson Chandan Mitra from Hooghly.
The union territory of Daman and Diu will see sitting MP Lalubhai Patel of the BJP taking on Ketan Dahyabhai Patel of the Congress, Bhavesh Patel of the Bahujan Samaj Party and Kessur Goan of the AAP.
In Dadra and Nagar Haveli constituency, Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel, incumbent MP and BJP candidate, faces Delkar Mohanbhai Sanjibhai of the Congress, Khulat Janiyabhai Chandubhai of the Nationalist Congress Party and Chhotubhai Babubhai Patel of the AAP.
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