New Delhi: The seventh and final phase of voting in the Lok Sabha (LS) Election 2019 is set to take place on Sunday, May 19, in 59 constituencies across seven States and one Union Territory. Over 10 crore voters will decide the fate of 912 candidates.
Voting will take place in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
In Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, voting will take place in a few Lok Sabha constituencies. The Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to be re-elected, is one of the key seats that will vote in Phase 7.
Other key candidates to watch out for are Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, veteran actress Kirron Kher, Union Minister and SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal and actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol.
These 59 constituencies will vote from 7 am to 6 pm in most States except in Jharkhand and parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where voting will end early at 4 pm. All votes polled in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election will be counted on May 23.
This post was published on May 18, 2019 7:59 pm