By IANS,
New Delhi : Key contests in the first phase of Indian parliamentary elections Thursday:
Andhra Pradesh (22 constituencies):
Chevella: S. Jaipal Reddy (Congress) and Jitendra Reddy (TDP)
Khammam: Renuka Chowdhury (Congress) and N. Nageswara Rao (TDP)
Mahabubnagar: K. Chandrasekhara Rao (TRS) and Vittal Rao (Congress)
Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi (MIM) and Zahid Ali Khan (TDP)
Orissa (10 constituencies):
Sundargarh: Jual Oram (BJP) and Hemanand Biswal (Congress)
Koraput: Giridhar Gomang (Congress) and Jayaram Pangi (BJD)
Uttar Pradesh (16 constituencies):
Varanasi: Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP), Rajesh Misra (Congress) and Mukhtar Ansari (BSP)
Gorakhpur: Yogi Adityanath (BJP) and Manoj Tiwari (Samajwadi Party)
Azamgarh: Akbar Ahmed ‘Dumpy’ (BSP), Rama Kant Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and Javed Akhtar (Ulema Council)
Ghazipur: Afzal Ansari (BSP) and Radhey Mohan Singh (Samajwadi Party)
Chhattisgarh (11 constituencies):
Bilaspur: Dilip Singh Judeo (BJP) and Renu Jogi (Congress)
Raipur: Ramesh Bais (BJP) and Bhupesh Baghel (Congress)
Korba: Karuna Shukla (BJP) and Charandas Mahant (Congress)
Bihar (13 constituencies):
Saran: Lalu Prasad (RJD), Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP) and Saleem Perwez (BSP)
Sasaram: Meira Kumar (Congress), Munilal Ram (BJP), Lallan Paswan (RJD) and Gandhi Azad (BSP)
Maharajganj: Prabhunath Singh (JD-U), Umashankar Singh (RJD) and Tarkeshwar Singh (Congress)
Kerala (20 constituencies):
Thiruvananthapuram: Shashi Tharoor (Congress), P. Ramachandran Nair (CPI)
Alappuzha: K.S. Manoj (CPI-M) and K.C. Venugopal (Congress)
Kannur : K.K. Ragesh (CPI-M) and K. Sudhakaran (Congress)
Jharkhand (8 constituencies):
Hazaribagh: Yashwant Sinha (BJP) and Saurab Narayan Singh (Congress)
Lohardagga: Rameshwar Oraon (Congress) and Sudarshan Bhagat (BJP)
Assam (3 constituencies):
Silchar: Santosh Mohan Dev (Congress), Kabindra Purkayastha (BJP) and Badruddin Ajmal (AUDF)
Meghalaya (2 constituencies):
Tura: Agatha Sangma (NCP) and Deborah Marak (Congress)
Maharashtra (13 constituencies):
Bhandara-Gondia: Praful Patel (NCP) and Shishupal Patel (BJP)
Nagpur: Vilas Muttemwar (Congress) and Banwarilal Purohit (BJP)
Lakshadweep (1 constituency):
Hamdullah Sayeed (Congress) and P. Pookunhikoya (NCP)