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Elections 2019: Interesting polling facts for phase seven
Updated On: 19 May, 2019 10:02 AM IST | | mid-day online desk
Polling for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Sunday in 59 seats spread across seven states and one Union Territory

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New Delhi: Voting is underway for the last and seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, henece we bring you some interesting facts about phase seven Lok Sabha polls
- Polling underway in 8 states and union territories
- 59 constituencies with over 10 crore voters
- 918 candidates in fray
- 112993 polling stations
- By this evening, except Vellore in Tamil Nadu, elections would be over in all constituencies
- Vellore polls cancelled following excess use of money power. Fresh date to be announced.
West Bengal: Kolkata North BJP candidate Rahul Sinha casts his vote at polling booth in Bijoygarh Shikshaniketan For Girls, in Jadavpur. pic.twitter.com/q2dtJGB3gf
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
#Punjab: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh waits in queue to cast his vote at a polling booth in Jalandhar's Garhi village. pic.twitter.com/Fo2triU623
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
Polling for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Sunday in 59 seats spread across seven states and one Union Territory. A total of 918 candidates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are in the fray in this last phase of ongoing polls. The Prime Minister is seeking re-election from Varanasi and is challenged by Ajay Rai of the Congress and SP's Shalini Yadav. In this phase of election, 13 seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, all four constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and one seat in the Union Territory of Chandigarh will witness polling. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), over 10.01 lakh voters will decide the fates of 918 candidates. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
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