New Delhi: The second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will begin on Friday, April 26. Voters in 88 Lok Sabha constituencies in 13 states and Union Territories will participate in the largest festival of democracy in the world. All 20 seats in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, 8 each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 6 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 each in Bihar and Assam, 3 each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal and 1 each in Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur are going for polls in the second phase. The Election Commission had earlier announced that the voting in the Betul constituency of Madhya Pradesh would not take place on April 26 in the second phase due to the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate. The first phase of voting took place on April 19 in which 102 Lok Sabha constituencies went to polls. Results for all seats will be declared on June 4.
Several key candidates are fighting the poll battle in the second phase. In Kerala, Congress party's Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Shashi Tharoor, K Muraleedharan and K Sudhakaran, CPM candidates Elamaram Kareem, KK Shailaja, C Raveendranath and MV Jayarajan are in the fray. Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) K Surendran, Suresh Gopi, V Muraleedharan and Rajeev Chandrasekhar are also trying to open the saffron party's account from the southern state. In 2019, the BJP failed to get any seats from Kerala. Other important candidates include Thushar Vellappally (BDJS), Thomas Chazhikadan (Kerala Congress-Mani), Francis George (Kerala Congress), NK Premachandran (RSP), ET Mohammed Basheer (IUML) and Annie Raja (CPI).
In Karnataka, BJP's Shobha Karandlaje, Tejasvi Surya, PC Mohan, CN Manjunath and Govind Karjol are some key candidates. DK Suresh, Rajeev Gowda, Soumya Reddy, BN Chandrappa and K Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress and Janata Dal Secular's (JDS) HD Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna are also in the fray.
BJP's Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Kailash Choudhary, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Om Birla and Dushyant Singh are some key candidates in Rajasthan. CP Joshi, Vaibhav Gehlot, Prahlad Gunjal and Udai Lal Anjana of Congress and Ravindra Singh Bhati (Independent) are also in the fray.
Uttar Pradesh will also witness a fierce contest in the second phase with 8 seats including Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Mathura voting on April 26. Hema Malini (BJP), Mahesh Sharma (BJP), Amarpal Sharma (SP), Arun Govil (BJP), Danish Ali (Congress) and Satish Kumar Gautam (BJP) are some of the key candidates. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP's Virendra Kumar Khatik and VD Sharma and Congress party's Tarvar Singh Lodhi and Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha are some of the important candidates who are trying to enter the Lok Sabha.
Other key candidates in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections are Navneet Kaur Rana (BJP), Prakash Ambedkar (VBA), Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Congress), Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav (Shiv Sena), Mahadev Jankar (RASP), Sanjay Deshmukh (Shiv Sena-UBT), Dilip Saikia (BJP), Kripanath Mallah (BJP), Pradyut Bordoloi (Congress), Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (RJD), Tariq Anwar (Congress), Bima Bharti (RJD), Pappu Yadav (Independent), Bhupesh Baghel (Congress), Tamradhwaj Sahu (Congress), Raju Bista (BJP), Sukanta Majumdar (BJP), Biplab Mitra (TMC) and Jugal Kishore Sharma (BJP).
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the BJP-led NDA won 61 of these 88 seats (BJP 52, Shiv Sena 4, JDU 4 and Independent 1). The Congress-led UPA won 24 seats (Congress 18, IUML 2, JDS 1, Kerala Congress Mani 1, RSP 1 and Independent 1) and other parties won 3 seats (BSP 1, CPM 1 and NPF 1).
Complete list of 88 constituencies, key candidates going for Lok Sabha polls on April 26 in second phase:
| S. Number | Constituency | State/UT | Key Candidates/Parties | 2019 Lok Sabha Winner/Party |
| 1. | Palakkad | Kerala |
VK Sreekandan (Congress) A Vijayaraghavan (CPM) C Krishnakumar (BJP) |
VK Sreekandan (Congress) |
| 2. | Alathur | Kerala |
Ramya Haridas (Congress) K Radhakrishnan (CPM) Dr TN Sarasu (BJP) |
Ramya Haridas (Congress) |
| 3. | Idukki | Kerala |
Dean Kuriakose (Congress) Advocate Joice George (CPM) Sangeetha Viswanathan (BDJS) |
Dean Kuriakose (Congress) |
| 4. | Kozhikode | Kerala |
MK Raghavan (Congress) Elamaram Kareem (CPM) MT Ramesh (BJP) |
MK Raghavan (Congress) |
| 5. | Kannur | Kerala |
K Sudhakaran (Congress) MV Jayarajan (CPM) C Raghunath (BJP) |
K Sudhakaran (Congress) |
| 6. | Vatakara | Kerala |
Shafi Parambil (Congress) KK Shailaja (CPM) Prafulla Krishnan (BJP) |
K Muraleedharan (Congress) |
| 7. | Kasaragod | Kerala |
Rajmohan Unnithan (Congress) MV Balakrishnan Master (CPM) ML Ashwini (BJP) |
Rajmohan Unnithan (Congress) |
| 8. | Wayanad | Kerala |
Rahul Gandhi (Congress) Annie Raja (CPI) K Surendran (BJP) |
Rahul Gandhi (Congress) |
| 9. | Malappuram | Kerala |
ET Mohammed Basheer (IUML) V Vaseef (CPM) Dr M Abdul Salam (BJP) |
PK Kunhalikutty (IUML) |
| 10. | Kottayam | Kerala |
Thomas Chazhikadan (KCM) Thushar Vellappally (BDJS) Advocate K Francis George (Kerala Congress) |
Thomas Chazhikadan (KCM) |
| 11. | Mavelikara | Kerala |
Kodikkunnil Suresh (Congress) CA Arun Kumar (CPI) Baiju Kalasala (BDJS) |
Kodikkunnil Suresh (Congress) |
| 12. | Alappuzha | Kerala |
KC Venugopal (Congress) AM Ariff (CPM) Sobha Surendran (BJP) |
AM Ariff (CPM) |
| 13. | Chalakudy | Kerala |
Benny Behanan (Congress) C Raveendranath (CPM) KA Unnikrishnan (BDJS) |
Benny Behanan (Congress) |
| 14. | Thrissur | Kerala |
K Muraleedharan (Congress) VS Sunil Kumar (CPI) Suresh Gopi (BJP) |
TN Prathapan (Congress) |
| 15. | Ernakulam | Kerala |
Hibi Eden (Congress) KJ Shine Teacher (CPM) KS Radhakrishnan (BJP) |
Hibi Eden (Congress) |
| 16. | Attingal | Kerala |
Adoor Prakash (Congress) V Joy (CPM) V Muraleedharan (BJP) |
Adoor Prakash (Congress) |
| 17. | Kollam | Kerala |
NK Premachandran (RSP) Mukesh Madhavan (CPM) G Krishnakumar (BJP) |
NK Premachandran (RSP) |
| 18. | Pathanamthitta | Kerala |
Anto Antony (Congress) Anil K Antony (BJP) Dr TM Thomas Issac (CPM) |
Anto Antony (Congress) |
| 19. | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
Shashi Tharoor (Congress) Rajeev Chandrasekhar (BJP) Pannian Ravindran (CPI) |
Shashi Tharoor (Congress) |
| 20. | Ponnani | Kerala |
Dr MP Abdussamad Samadani (IUML) KS Hamza (CPM) Advocate Niveditha Subramanian (BJP) |
ET Muhammed Basheer (IUML) |
| 21. | Kolar | Karnataka |
KV Gowtham (Congress) M Mallesh Babu (JDS) |
S Muniswamy (BJP) |
| 22. | Mandya | Karnataka |
HD Kumaraswamy (JDS) Venkataramane Gowda (Congress) |
Sumalatha Ambareesh (Independent) |
| 23. | Udupi-Chikmagalur | Karnataka |
Kota Srinivas Poojary (BJP) K Jayaprakash Hegde (Congress) |
Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) |
| 24. | Hassan | Karnataka |
Prajwal Revanna (JDS) Shreyas M Patel (Congress) |
Prajwal Revanna (JDS) |
| 25. | Mysore | Karnataka |
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (BJP) M Lakshmana (Congress) |
Pratap Simha (BJP) |
| 26. | Tumkur | Karnataka |
V Somanna (BJP) SP Muddahanumegowda (Congress) |
GS Basavaraj (BJP) |
| 27. | Chitradurga | Karnataka |
Govind Karjol (BJP) BN Chandrappa (Congress) |
A Narayanaswamy (BJP) |
| 28. | Chikkballapur | Karnataka |
Dr K Sudhakar (BJP) MS Raksha Ramaiah (Congress) |
BN Bache Gowda (BJP) |
| 29. | Bangalore Rural | Karnataka |
Dr CN Manjunath (BJP) DK Suresh (Congress) |
DK Suresh (Congress) |
| 30. | Bangalore South | Karnataka |
Tejasvi Surya (BJP) Sowmya Reddy (Congress) |
Tejasvi Surya (BJP) |
| 31. | Bangalore Central | Karnataka |
PC Mohan (BJP) Mansoor Ali Khan (Congress) |
PC Mohan (BJP) |
| 32. | Bangalore North | Karnataka |
Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) MV Rajeev Gowda (Congress) |
DV Sadananda Gowda (BJP) |
| 33. | Dakshina Kannada | Karnataka |
Captain Brijesh Chowta (BJP) Padmaraj R Poojary (Congress) |
Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP) |
| 34. | Chamarajnagar | Karnataka |
S Balaraj (BJP) Sunil Bose (Congress) |
Srinivas Prasad (BJP) |
| 35. | Banswara | Rajasthan |
Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya (BJP) Arvind Sita Damor (Congress) Rajkumar Roat (BAP) |
Kanak Mal Katara (BJP) |
| 36. | Kota | Rajasthan |
Om Birla (BJP) Prahlad Gunjal (Congress) |
Om Birla (BJP) |
| 37. | Jalore | Rajasthan |
Lumbaram Choudhary (BJP) Vaibhav Gehlot (Congress) |
Devji Mansingram Patel (BJP) |
| 38. | Jhalawar-Baran | Rajasthan |
Dushyant Singh (BJP) Urmila Jain Bhaya (Congress) |
Dushyant Singh (BJP) |
| 39. | Ajmer | Rajasthan |
Bhagirath Choudhary (BJP) Ramchandra Choudhary (Congress) |
Bhagirath Choudhary (BJP) |
| 40. | Pali | Rajasthan |
PP Chaudhary (BJP) Sangeeta Beniwal (Congress) |
PP Chaudhary (BJP) |
| 41. | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP) Karan Singh Uchiyarda (Congress) |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP) |
| 42. | Tonk-Sawai Madhopur | Rajasthan |
Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria (BJP) Harish Chandra Meena (Congress) |
Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria (BJP) |
| 43. | Bhilwara | Rajasthan |
Damodar Agarwal (BJP) CP Joshi (Congress) |
Subhash Chandra Baheria (BJP) |
| 44. | Rajsamand | Rajasthan |
Mahima Kumari Vishweshwar Singh Mewar (BJP) Dr Damodar Gurjar (Congress) |
Diya Kumari (BJP) |
| 45. | Chittorgarh | Rajasthan |
Chandra Prakash Joshi (BJP) Udai Lal Anjana (Congress) |
Chandra Prakash Joshi (BJP) |
| 46. | Udaipur | Rajasthan |
Manna Lal Rawat (BJP) Tarachand Meena (Congress) |
Arjunlal Meena (BJP) |
| 47. | Barmer | Rajasthan |
Kailash Choudhary (BJP) Ummeda Ram Beniwal (Congress) Ravindra Singh Bhati (Independent) |
Kailash Choudhary (BJP) |
| 48. | Akola | Maharashtra |
Anup Sanjay Dhotre (BJP) Abhay Kashinath Patil (Congress) Prakash Ambedkar (VBA) |
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (BJP) |
| 49. | Amravati | Maharashtra |
Navneet Kaur Rana (BJP) Balwant Baswant Wankhede (Congress) |
Navneet Kaur Rana (Independent) |
| 50. | Nanded | Maharashtra |
Pratap Govindrao Chikhalikar Patil (BJP) Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Congress) |
Pratap Govindrao Chikhalikar Patil (BJP) |
| 51. | Hingoli | Maharashtra |
Baburao Kadam Kohalikar (Shiv Sena) Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar (Shiv Sena-UBT) |
Hemant Sriram Patil (Shiv Sena) |
| 52. | Wardha | Maharashtra |
Ramdas Tadas (BJP) Amar Sharadrao Kale (NCP-SP) |
Ramdas Tadas (BJP) |
| 53. | Yavatmal-Washim | Maharashtra |
Rajashri Hemant Patil (Shiv Sena) Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh (Shiv Sena-UBT) |
Bhavana Gawali (Shiv Sena) |
| 54. | Parbhani | Maharashtra |
Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav (Shiv Sena-UBT) Mahadev Jankar (RASP) |
Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav (Shiv Sena) |
| 55. | Buldhana | Maharashtra |
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav (Shiv Sena) Narendra Dagdu Khedekar (Shiv Sena-UBT) |
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav (Shiv Sena) |
| 56. | Amroha | Uttar Pradesh |
Kanwar Singh Tanwar (BJP) Kunwar Danish Ali (Congress) Mujahid Husain (BSP) |
Kunwar Danish Ali (BSP) |
| 57. | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh |
Arun Govil (BJP) Sunita Verma (SP) Devvrat Kumar Tyagi (BSP) |
Rajendra Agrawal (BJP) |
| 58. | Baghpat | Uttar Pradesh |
Dr Rajkumar Sangwan (RLD) Amarpal Sharma (SP) Praveen Bansal (BSP) |
Satya Pal Singh (BJP) |
| 59. | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh |
Atul Garg (BJP) Dolly Sharma (Congress) Nand Kishor Pundir (BSP) |
General Vijay Kumar Singh (BJP) |
| 60. | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Uttar Pradesh |
Dr Mahesh Sharma (BJP) Dr Mahendra Singh Nagar (SP) Rajendra Singh Solanki (BSP) |
Dr Mahesh Sharma (BJP) |
| 61. | Bulandshahr | Uttar Pradesh |
Dr Bhola Singh (BJP) Girish Chandra (BSP) Shivram Valmiki (Congress) |
Dr Bhola Singh (BJP) |
| 62. | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh |
Satish Kumar Gautam (BJP) Bijendra Singh (SP) Hitendra Kumar alias Bunty Upadhyay (BSP) |
Satish Kumar Gautam (BJP) |
| 63. | Mathura | Uttar Pradesh |
Hema Malini (BJP) Mukesh Dhangar (Congress) Suresh Singh (BSP) |
Hema Malini (BJP) |
| 64. | Tikamgarh | Madhya Pradesh |
Virendra Kumar Khatik (BJP) Pankaj Ahirwar (Congress) |
Virendra Kumar Khatik (BJP) |
| 65. | Damoh | Madhya Pradesh |
Rahul Singh Lodhi (BJP) Tarvar Singh Lodhi (Congress) |
Prahlad Singh Patel (BJP) |
| 66. | Khajuraho | Madhya Pradesh |
Vishnu Datt Sharma (BJP) RB Prajapati (AIFB) |
Vishnu Datt Sharma (BJP) |
| 67. | Satna | Madhya Pradesh |
Ganesh Singh (BJP) Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha (Congress) |
Ganesh Singh (BJP) |
| 68. | Rewa | Madhya Pradesh |
Janardan Mishra (BJP) Neelam Abhay Mishra (Congress) |
Janardan Mishra (BJP) |
| 69. | Hoshangabad | Madhya Pradesh |
Darshan Singh Choudhary (BJP) Sanjay Sharma (Congress) |
Uday Pratap Singh (BJP) |
| 70. | Darrang-Udalguri (Mangaldoi) | Assam |
Dilip Saikia (BJP) Madhab Rajbangshi (Congress) Durgadas Boro (BPF) |
Dilip Saikia (BJP) |
| 71. | Diphu (Autonomous District) | Assam |
Amarsing Tisso (BJP) Joy Ram Engleng (Congress) |
Horen Sing Bey (BJP) |
| 72. | Karimganj | Assam |
Kripanath Mallah (BJP) Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury (Congress) Sahabul Islam Choudhury (AIUDF) |
Kripanath Mallah (BJP) |
| 73. | Silchar | Assam |
Parimal Suklabaidya (BJP) Surya Kanta Sarkar (Congress) Radheshyam Biswas (TMC) |
Rajdeep Roy (BJP) |
| 74. | Nagaon (Nowgong) | Assam |
Pradyut Bordoloi (Congress) Suresh Borah (BJP) Aminul Islam (AIUDF) |
Pradyut Bordoloi (Congress) |
| 75. | Kishanganj | Bihar |
Mohammad Jawed (Congress) Mujahid Alam (JDU) |
Mohammad Jawed (Congress) |
| 76. | Banka | Bihar |
Giridhari Yadav (JDU) Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav (RJD) |
Giridhari Yadav (JDU) |
| 77. | Bhagalpur | Bihar |
Ajay Kumar Mandal (JDU) Ajeet Sharma (Congress) |
Ajay Kumar Mandal (JDU) |
| 78. | Purnia | Bihar |
Santosh Kumar Kushwaha (JDU) Bima Bharti (RJD) Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav (Independent) |
Santosh Kumar Kushwaha (JDU) |
| 79. | Katihar | Bihar |
Dulal Chandra Goswami (JDU) Tariq Anwar (Congress) |
Dulal Chandra Goswami (JDU) |
| 80. | Kanker | Chhattisgarh |
Bhojraj Nag (BJP) Biresh Thakur (Congress) |
Mohan Mandavi (BJP) |
| 81. | Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh |
Santosh Pandey (BJP) Bhupesh Baghel (Congress) |
Santosh Pandey (BJP) |
| 82. | Mahasamund | Chhattisgarh |
Roop Kumari Choudhary (BJP) Tamradhwaj Sahu (Congress) |
Chunni Lal Sahu (BJP) |
| 83. | Darjeeling | West Bengal |
Raju Singh Bisht (BJP) Gopal Lama (TMC) Munish Tamang (Congress) |
Raju Singh Bisht (BJP) |
| 84. | Raiganj | West Bengal |
Krishna Kalyani (TMC) Kartick Chandra Paul (BJP) Ali Imran Ramz Victor (Congress) |
Debasree Chaudhuri (BJP) |
| 85. | Balurghat | West Bengal |
Sukanta Majumdar (BJP) Biplab Mitra (TMC) Joydev Kumar Siddhanta (RSP) |
Sukanta Majumdar (BJP) |
| 86. | Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir |
Jugal Kishore Sharma (BJP) Raman Bhalla (Congress) |
Jugal Kishore Sharma (BJP) |
| 87. | Outer Manipur | Manipur |
Alfred Kanngam S Arthur (Congress) Kachui Timothy Zimik (NPF) |
Lorho S Pfoze (NPF) |
| 88. | Tripura East | Tripura |
Kriti Devi Singh Debbarman (BJP) Rajendra Reang (CPM) |
Rebati Tripura (BJP) |
