Eight Lok Sabha constituencies will hold elections in the second phase of the general election on Friday, April 26.
The second phase of poll campaigning ended on Wednesday evening, with leaders of all the major political parties crisscrossing the constituencies to garner support for their candidates.
On Friday, voting will be held in Uttar Pradesh in Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, and Mathura.
Among the 91 candidates whose future will be decided in the second phase, some prominent faces include actors-turned-politician Hema Malini, who is seeking a third term from Mathura, and Arun Govil, who played Lord Rama in the famed TV serial Ramayan. The BJP has fielded him from his native place, Meerut.
The Congress' Danish Ali from Amroha, the BJP's Atul Garg from Ghaziabad, and Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar toured their constituencies, seeking the people's support.
With the NDA, the INDIA bloc and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielding their candidates, a three-cornered contest is on the cards.
For the Samajwadi Party (SP), its president Akhilesh Yadav led the campaign, while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, BSP president Mayawati, and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Singh were on a hectic campaign trail in these constituencies during the past couple of days.
There are 1.67 crore voters in these eight Lok Sabha constituencies, 90.11 lakh of whom are male voters, 77.38 lakh of whom are female voters, and 787 of whom are of the third gender.
There are a total of 7,797 polling stations and 17,677 polling booths in these constituencies.
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