115 LS seats to go to the polls on April 23

Wednesday 17th April 2019 08:48 EDT
 

The Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha election for 115 seats across 14 states and Union will take place on April 23. Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal will witness voting in some Lok Sabha seats. All parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa and Daman and Diu will vote in this phase.

State-wise list of constituencies:

Assam (4 seats)Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati

Bihar (5 seats)Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria

Chhattisgarh (7 seats)Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur

Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1 seat)

Daman and Diu (1 seat)

 Goa (2 seats)North Goa, South Goa

Gujarat (26 seats) Kutch, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, Valsad.

Jammu and Kashmir (1 seat)

Karnataka (14 seats)Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, Shimoga

Kerala (20 seats)Kasaragod, Kannur, Vadakara, WAyanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alanthur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram

Maharashtra (14 seats)Jalgaon, RAver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Raigad, Pune, Baramati, Ahmednagar, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle

Odisha (6 seats)Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar

Uttar Pradesh (10 seats)Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit

West Bengal (5 seats)Balurghat, Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad

There are 82 candidates in the fray for five constituencies. Maximum 20 candidates each are in Khagaria and Supaul followed by 17 in Jhanjharpur and 13 in Madhepura. 12 candidates are in Araria constituency.

Some of the prominent candidates in UP included Shivpal Singh Yadav (Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia) from Firozabad, Rajveer Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) from Etah and Saleem Iqbal Sherwani (Congress) from Badaun.

BJP president Amit Shah, Kagathara Lalitbhai of Indian National Congress, Kundaria Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai of Bharatiya Janata Party and Vijay Parmar of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election from Gujarat.

Amongst them, 262 candidates (19%) have criminal records, 147 of them (11%) are facing criminal charges, 397 of the candidates (29%) are crorepatis and Rs.3.05 crore is the average asset of a candidate. 45 per cent candidates from Uttar Pradesh and 40 per cent candidates from Haryana are crorepatis. Andaman and Nicobar Islands have the lowest number (just 13 per cent) of crorepati candidates.

Kerala with 20 Lok Sabha seats have 29 per cent candidates with criminal background. Lakshadweep with just one Lok Sabha seat has 50 per cent criminal background candidates. Jammu and Kashmir has no criminal background candidates in the third phase of polling. Just one Lok Sabha constituency in J&K is going to polls in this phase.

Kameshar Baitha, a Trinamool Congress candidate from Palamau in Jharkhand has declared 109 serious criminal cases against him. Narendra Mohanty of AAP contesting from Kandhamal in Odisha is facing 28 serious criminal cases.

Kameshwar Yadav, SP candidate from Chattra is facing 20 criminal cases. Nine candidates have declared cases related to murder and 29 have declared cases related to attempt to murder.

9 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women which includes even rape.

Party-wise candidates with serious criminal cases:

The BJP tops the list with 38 of its candidates (48%) facing criminal cases. 21 Congress candidates (29%) and 15 of the AAP (19%) are also facing criminal cases.

The Congress has 82 per cent crorepati candidates, the BJP is second with 54 per cent crorepati candidates. 46% AAP candidates are also crorepatis.

The Congress candidate from Kurukshetra in Haryana, Naveen Jindal is the richest candidate with declared assets worth Rs.308 crore. Union minister Kamalnath from Chhindwara has declared assets worth Rs.206 crore.

Ramanuj Patel of Samaik Parivartan Party from New Delhi is the poorest candidate with declared assets worth just Rs 100 (one hundred rupee).

52 per cent of the candidates have not declared their income tax details, while 48 per cent have declared it.

48 per cent of the candidates are graduates and above; 47 per cent are 12th pass and below. While 2 per cent of the candidates have not given their educational qualification details, 1 per cent nominees are illiterate.


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