2019 Lok Sabha Elections Candidate

A staggering 93 per cent of the candidates who won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are millionaires, up from 88 per cent in 2019, according to an analysis by poll rights body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.

In 2019, the Samajwadi Party fielded a five-time MLA and former minister in the UP Cabinet, Indrajeet Saroj, from the Kaushambi Lok Sabha Seat in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Saroj lost to BJP's Vinod Kumar Sonkar.

Women candidates such as Congress' Kumari Selja, the BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Hema Malini, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and RJD's Misa Bharti won in their respective constituencies in the general elections.

Union minister Smriti Irani, who unseated Congress's Rahul Gandhi from his family turf Amethi in 2019, scoffed at the Congress delay in naming its candidate from the constituency.

The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 ended on 26 April, with a turnout of 60.7 per cent. The second phase saw voting on 88 seats, with 1,202 candidates, including 102 women, contesting the elections.

Navneet Rana won the Amravati seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate

Insisting that the people of Wayanad are ready to repeat what their counterparts in Amethi did in 2019, the BJP's pick as the candidate for the constituency, K Surendran, has said that voters are "fed up" with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as their MP

A large number of late deciders and a small share of 'loyal' voters, coupled with a focus on local candidates, can often alter the final outcome.

The Congress has fielded Jyotsna Mahant once again from the Korba Lok Sabha seat. In 2019, Ms Mahant defeated BJP candidate Jyoti Nand Dubey by over 25,000 votes. This time, she will be contesting against BJP's Saroj Pandey.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kuldeep Kumar will contest the Lok Sabha polls from East Delhi seat. The party will contest four of the seven seats in Delhi in alliance with the Congress. Gautam Gambhir, who won East Delhi in 2019, won't contest this time.

Union Minister Smriti Irani will seek reelection to the Lok Sabha in the 2024 polls from the high-profile Amethi seat, once considered a bastion of the Gandhi-Nehru family. In the 2019 polls, Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi in an intense electoral

In the BJP's list of 195 candidates announced on Saturday, 24 are for the 29 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. As the party looks to better its stupendous record of winning 28 seats in 2019,

With the arrest of three men, including a 2019 Lok Sabha candidate, the Noida Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang that has duped hundreds of government job seekers across Uttar Pradesh over a decade.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, on a plea challenging his election in 2019 from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency as a joint candidate of the Janata Dal Secular and the Congress.

A staggering 93 per cent of the candidates who won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are millionaires, up from 88 per cent in 2019, according to an analysis by poll rights body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.

In 2019, the Samajwadi Party fielded a five-time MLA and former minister in the UP Cabinet, Indrajeet Saroj, from the Kaushambi Lok Sabha Seat in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Saroj lost to BJP's Vinod Kumar Sonkar.

Women candidates such as Congress' Kumari Selja, the BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Hema Malini, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and RJD's Misa Bharti won in their respective constituencies in the general elections.

Union minister Smriti Irani, who unseated Congress's Rahul Gandhi from his family turf Amethi in 2019, scoffed at the Congress delay in naming its candidate from the constituency.

The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 ended on 26 April, with a turnout of 60.7 per cent. The second phase saw voting on 88 seats, with 1,202 candidates, including 102 women, contesting the elections.

Navneet Rana won the Amravati seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate

Insisting that the people of Wayanad are ready to repeat what their counterparts in Amethi did in 2019, the BJP's pick as the candidate for the constituency, K Surendran, has said that voters are "fed up" with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as their MP

A large number of late deciders and a small share of 'loyal' voters, coupled with a focus on local candidates, can often alter the final outcome.

The Congress has fielded Jyotsna Mahant once again from the Korba Lok Sabha seat. In 2019, Ms Mahant defeated BJP candidate Jyoti Nand Dubey by over 25,000 votes. This time, she will be contesting against BJP's Saroj Pandey.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kuldeep Kumar will contest the Lok Sabha polls from East Delhi seat. The party will contest four of the seven seats in Delhi in alliance with the Congress. Gautam Gambhir, who won East Delhi in 2019, won't contest this time.

Union Minister Smriti Irani will seek reelection to the Lok Sabha in the 2024 polls from the high-profile Amethi seat, once considered a bastion of the Gandhi-Nehru family. In the 2019 polls, Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi in an intense electoral

In the BJP's list of 195 candidates announced on Saturday, 24 are for the 29 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. As the party looks to better its stupendous record of winning 28 seats in 2019,

With the arrest of three men, including a 2019 Lok Sabha candidate, the Noida Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang that has duped hundreds of government job seekers across Uttar Pradesh over a decade.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, on a plea challenging his election in 2019 from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency as a joint candidate of the Janata Dal Secular and the Congress.