Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 1: Prominent Faces And High-Stakes Battles

Tamil Nadu - Coimbatore seat

In a high-stakes contest for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu, State BJP president K Annamalai will take on DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar and AIADMK leader Singai Ramachandran. There will be fierce competition for Annamalai from the opposition politicians.

Maharashtra - Nagpur

From Maharashtras Nagpur parliamentary constituency, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari would be aiming for a third consecutive victory. Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari and Congress contender Vikas Thakre, the current Nagpur West MLA, will compete for the seat.

Uttar Pradesh - Pilibhit

Jitin Prasada, who quit Congress in 2021, is one of the prominent faces of the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections as he replaced two-time MP from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi. The BJPs Jitin Prasada, the Samajwadi Partys (SP) Bhagwat Saran Gangwar, and the Bahujan Samaj Partys (BSP) Anis Ahmed Khan are in the political fray from Pilibhit.

Bihar – Gaya

With 14 candidates this time around, the Gaya seat is the most competitive and is being contested by Jitan Ram Manjhi. The Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) party, an ally of the BJP, has been given the reserved seat in Gaya. In the race for the RJD, Jitan Ram Manjhi is running against Kumar Sarvjeet, a former minister.

Madhya Pradesh - Chhindwara

Nakul Nath, son of former CM Kamal Nath, is fighting again from the Chhindwara seat against BJP candidate Vivek Bunty Sahu, who had lost to Kamal Nath in the last two assembly polls.

Assam – Jorhat

This Jorhat seat in Assam will decide if the Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, can make it to the elected house this time too. The constituency has been seen as a stronghold of the BJP. Topon Kumar Gogoi, the sitting MP, will contest against Gaurav Gogoi.