Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 7 Voting Live Updates: Polling To Begin At 7 am
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India Election Phase 7 Voting Live: Apart from PM Modi, other top BJP candidates in the fray include Union Minister Anurag Thakur and actor Kangana Ranaut.
Polling for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections will be held today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the prominent leaders contesting in this phase.
Voting will begin at 7 am across 57 constituencies spanning seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to decide the fates of 904 candidates in the fray. The campaigning for the polls concluded on Thursday with top leaders holding massive rallies across the country.
Thirteen seats in both Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Chandigarh go to polls today.
Apart from PM Modi, who is contesting from Varanasi, other top BJP candidates include Union Minister Anurag Thakur from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, Ravi Shankar Prasad from Bihar's Patna Sahib and actor Kangana Ranaut from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi.
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