By IANS,
New Delhi : The second phase of the staggered 15th Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for April 23. But in Manipur, the poll will be held April 22 due to a holiday on April 23, the Election Commission said. Here are some of the facts on the second phase of polls:
Total parliamentary constituencies – 141
Total contestants – 2,041
Total male contesters – 1.920
Total women contesters – 121
Parliamentary seats with maximum candidates – Bangalore central (Karnataka) – 37 candidates, Pune (Maharashtra) – 36 candidates).
Parliamentary seats with largest number of woman candidates: Baramati (Maharashtra) -seven women candidates.
Total parties – Bharatiya Janata Party (113 of which 12 are women candidates)
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) (122 of which five are women)
Congress party (117 of which eight are women)
Communist Party of India (17 – no women contesters)
Nationalist Congress Party (23 – Three women candidates)
Communist Party of India-Marxist (nine -no women candidates)
Rashtriya Janata Dal (15 – no women candidates)
Total states going to poll – 13
Andhra Pradesh – 20 parliamentary seats and 254 contesters
Assam – 11 seats and 121 candidates
Bihar – 13 seats and 189 candidates
Goa – two seats and 18 candidates
Jammu and Kashmir – one seat and 14 candidates
Karnataka – 17 seats and 271 candidates
Madhya Pradesh – 13 seats and 198 candidates
Maharashtra – 25 seats and 377 candidates
Manipur – one seat and seven candidates
orissa – 11 seats and 85 candidates
Tripura – two seats and 19 candidates
Uttar Pradesh – 17 seats and 324 candidates
Jharkhand – eight seats and 164 candidates