NEW DELHI, 30th May, 2024 (WAM) -- Campaigning for the seventh and final phase of the Indian parliament elections will end today.
Leaders of various political parties are intensifying the last-minute rallies, reported All India Radio, the national radio under Prasar Bharati, India's public broadcaster.
Voting will be held on Saturday, 1st June, in 57 parliamentary constituencies spread over seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. A total of 904 candidates are in the fray in this phase.
Thirteen seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight seats in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh are going to the polls on Saturday. Simultaneously, 42 state assembly seats in Odisha will also go to the polls. The counting of votes will be done on 4th June.