Lok Sabha elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi’s bid for re-election dominates headlines

Updated On: 26 April, 2024 07:48 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies

As 89 seats go to the polls, star candidates and political heavyweights vie for victory in crucial showdown

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Polling officials leave for election duty in Karnataka

Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on Friday for 89 seats in 13 states with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a second-straight term from Wayanad in Kerala. All 20 seats of Kerala will go to polls besides 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 7 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats each in Assam and Bihar, 3 seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and 1 seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 1,206 candidates with four from Outer Manipur constituency will contest elections in this phase, campaigning for which ended Wednesday evening.

Polling officials leave for election duty on in Tripura. Pics/PTI