The fourth phase of polling will take place in 72 constituencies across nine States amidst tight security on Monday April 29,2019
In West Bengal, where eight constituencies are going to the polls, unprecedented deployment of the Central forces has been made after the Opposition parties, Congress, CPI(M) and BJP, accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of intimidating their cadre.
Voting will take place in 17 seats in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, six each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand and a part of Anantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir.
This is a critical phase for the ruling BJP and its allies as it had swept 56 of these seats in 2014, leaving just two for the Congress and the rest for other Opposition parties such as the Trinamool Congress (six) and the Biju Janata Dal (six).
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will see the first round of polling. The electoral fortune of sons of Chief Ministers of both States Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot and Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath will be tested.
This phase will bring elections to a close in Maharashtra and Odisha. In Maharashtra, which sends 48 MPs, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh
In Odisha, six Lok Sabha and 41 Assembly seats are going to the polls, including Kendrapara which has turned into a battle of prestige between the BJP and Biju Janata Dal.
Voter Turnout details for the 72 seats for which elections held
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