Lok Sabha elections phase 8: Rahul Gandhi, Jagan Reddy among the key candidates
Lok Sabha elections phase 8: Rahul Gandhi, Jagan Reddy among the key candidates
Some of the key candidates include Congress's Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Varun Gandhi and RJD's Rabri Devi.

The fate of 897 candidates will be sealed on Wednesday, May 7 as voting was being held across 64 constituencies in seven states. Some of the key candidates include Congress's Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Varun Gandhi, Shanta Kumar, Major General BC Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, RJD nominee Rabri Devi, YSR Congress Party leader YS Vijayalakshmi and Moon Moon Sen of the TMC will be decided by 9,55,22,471 voters at 1,07,430 polling stations.

Also in the fray from Amethi are AAP's Kumar Vishwas and BJP's Smriti Irani, making the battle for Amethi a tough one this election. In Bihar, where 118 candidates are contesting, former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi is seeking to make her debut in the Lok Sabha from Saran, which is among the seven seats in the state going for polls on May 7. Rabri is pitted against BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Singh Rudy.

With the May 7 voting, the fate of candidates in 502 seats will be sealed in EVMs to be known on May 16. Following are all the key candidates in the fray this election:

Key Candidates

Andhra Pradesh

YS Vijayalakshmi (Widow of Dr YSR Reddy) - YSR Congress Party - Visakhapatnam

T Haribabu - BJP - Visakhapatnam

D Purandeshwari - BJP - Rajampet

MM Pallamraju - Congress - Kakinada

Kishore Chandra Deo - Congress - Araku

AP Assembly

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy - YSR Congress Party - Pulivendula

N Chandrababu Naidu - TDP - Kuppam

Himachal Pradesh

Shanta Kumar - BJP - Kangra

Anurag Thakur - BJP - Hamirpur

Kamal Kant Batra - AAP - Hamirpur

Prathibha Singh - Congress - Mandi

Uttarakhand

Major General BC Khanduri of the BJP vs Harak Singh Rawat of the Congress - Pauri Garhwal

Renuka Rawat of the Congress vs Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of the BJP - Haridwar

Bhagat Singh Koshiyari of the BJP - Nainital

Uttar Pradesh

Rahul Gandhi vs Smriti Irani vs Kumar Vishwas - Amethi

Varun Gandhi of BJP - Sultanpur

Bihar

Rabri Devi of RJD vs Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP - Saran

Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP vs Ram Sundar Das of JDU - Hajipur

West Bengal

Moon Moon Sen - TMC - Bankura

Basuded Acharia - CPM - Bankura

Babul Supriyo - BJP - Asansol

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