New Delhi: The staggered Lok Sabha polls will enter its fourth and penultimate phase on Thursday for electing 85 MPs and the contenders include BJP President Rajnath Singh and Congress' Pranab Mukherjee.
As many as 9.46 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase that will see polling in eight states and union territories, including Delhi.
Polling would commence at 0700 hrs and close at 1700 hrs in 1.29 lakh booths, which would be manned by over six lakh election officials.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri) and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad (Pataliputra), National Conference's Farooq Abdullah (Srinagar), Congress' Kapil Sibal (Chandni Chowk), Sachin Pilot (Ajmer), Shekhar Suman (Patna Saheb), Ajay Maken (New Delhi), BJP's Shatrughan Sinha (Patna Saheb), HJC's Bhajan Lal (Hisar) and RLD's Ajit Singh (Baghpat) are among the prominent candidates in this phase.
Since the polls began on April 16, election has been completed to 372 seats of the 545-member Lok Sabha. Polls are held only to 543 seats, as two members are nominated from the Anglo-Indian community.
Polling to all the 25 seats in Rajasthan, 10 in Haryana and seven in Delhi will be completed at one go. Elections will also be held to three seats in Bihar, one in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Punjab, 18 in Uttar Pradesh and 17 in West Bengal.