59 seats across 7 states, 1 UT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a second term in Varanasi from where he won the 2014 election by a huge margin. Modi, who is banking on his pro-development agenda, is pitched against Congress’ Ajay Rai, who finished third in 2014 with only 75,000 votes. The opposition gathbandhan of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's BSP also has its own candidate in Shalini Yadav, daughter-in-law of a former Congress lawmaker.
Full list of seats going to poll in the 7th phase of Lok Sabha election on May 19
Of these 59 seats going to poll, the BJP is currently in power in 30 seats, Trinamool Congress is in power in 8 seats, Congress is in power in 5 seats, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are in power in 4 seats each while Janata Dal United and Apna Dal are in power in one seat each. The two remaining seats - Dewas in Madhya Pradesh and Jadavpur in West Bengal were won by BJP's Manohar Untwal and Trinamool Congress's Dr Sugata Bose respectively in 2014 election - are currently vacant.
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