Lok Sabha Elections 2024 – Phase 1: The stage is set for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19 slated to take place across 102 Parliamentary constituencies of 21 states and UTs. Political parties have declared their candidates for the April 19 polls, who have also filed their respective nominations. With less than a week to go for the first vote to be cast in the world’s largest democracy to elect a new government, India TV Digital analysed various constituencies going to polls, having the most and least number of candidates in various states. We have also analysed the candidates running for MP office in the high-profile seats in the first phase.
Some high-profile seats going to polls in the first phase include Chennai South, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Jamui. T Soundararajan, former Telangana Governor who resigned from her position, was given a ticket to contest from Chennai South seat. Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai has been fielded from Coimbatore seat.
Constituencies with most number of candidates in Phase 1 of Lok Sabha elections 2024:
| S. No. | Constituency, State/UT | Number of candidates | Key contests |
| 1 | Karur, Tamil Nadu | 54 | S Jothimani (Congress), KRL Thangavel (AIADMK), V Duraisenthil (BJP) |
| 2 | Chennai South, Tamil Nadu | 41 | T Soundararajan (BJP), T Thangapandian (DMK), J Jayavardhan (AIADMK) |
| 3 | Namakkal, Tamil Nadu | 40 | KP Ramalingam (BJP), S Tamil Mani (AIADMK), K Kanimozhi (NTK) |
| 4 | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | 37 | K Annamalai (BJP), Ganapathi Rajkumar (DMK), Singai Ramachandran (AIADMK) |
| 5 | Chennai North, Tamil Nadu | 35 | K Veeraswamy (DMK), R Manoharan (AIADMK), RC Paul Kanagaraj (BJP) |
| 6 | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | 35 | Durai Vaiko (MDMK), Karuppiah (AIADMK), Senthilnathan (AMMK) |
| 7 | Chennai Central, Tamil Nadu | 31 | Dayanidhi Maran (DMK), Vinoj Selvam (BJP), Parthasarathy (DMDK) |
| 8 | Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu | 31 | TR Baalu (DMK), G Premkumar (AIADMK), VN Venugopal (TMCM) |
| 9 | Erode, Tamil Nadu | 31 | Karmegam (NTK), Aatral Ashok Kumar (AIADMK) |
| 10 | Vellore, Tamil Nadu | 31 | Kathir Anand (DMK), S Pasupati (AIADMK), AC Shanmugam (BJP) |
| 11 | Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu | 31 | A Ashvathaman (BJP), M Kaliyaperumal (AIADMK), R Ramesh Babu (NTK) |
| 12 | Arani, Tamil Nadu | 29 | GV Gajendran (AIADMK), MS Dharanivendhan (DMK), A Ganeshkumar (PMK) |
| 13 | Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu | 28 | K Karunanidhi (DMK), R Sivasamy Velumani (AIADMK), SDR Vijayaseelan (TMCM) |
| 14 | Ramtek, Maharashtra | 28 | SD Barve (Congress), Uttamrao Gajbhiye (VBA), Raju Devnath Parwe (Shiv Sena) |
| 15 | Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu | 27 | B Gopichand (Congress), C Narasimhan (BJP), V Jayaprakash (AIADMK) |
| 16 | Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu | 27 | B Manickam Tagore (Congress), V Prabakaran (DMDK), Radhika Sarathkumar (BJP) |
| 17 | Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu | 26 | Afsiya Nasrin (NTK), AL Vijayan (AIADMK) |
| 18 | Puducherry | 26 | R Meneka (NTK), G Thamizhvendhan (AIADMK), D Alangaravelu (BSP) |
| 19 | Nagpur, Maharashtra | 26 | Nitin Gadkari (BJP), Vikas Thakre (Congress), Yogesh Patiram Lanjewar (BSP) |
| 20 | Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu | 25 | Chandraprabha (NTK), P Jeyperumal (AIADMK), O Panneerselvam (Independent) |
| 21 | Theni, Tamil Nadu | 25 | Thanga Tamil Selvan (DMK), VT Narayanasamy (AIADMK), TTV Dhinakaran (AMMK) |
| 22 | Salem, Tamil Nadu | 25 | TM Selvaganapathy (DMK), P Vignesh (AIADMK), Annadurai (PMK) |
Lowest candidates per constituency in the first phase on April 19:
- Nagaland and Dibrugarh (Assam): 3 candidates each
- Karauli-Dholpur (Rajasthan), Jorhat (Assam), Outer Manipur (Manipur), Tura (Meghalaya) and Lakshadweep: 4 candidates each
- Dausa (Rajasthan): 5
- Bharatpur (Rajasthan), Arunachal East (Arunachal Pradesh), Shillong (Meghalaya), Inner Manipur (Manipur), Mizoram, Nagina (Uttar Pradesh) and Rampur (Uttar Pradesh): 6 candidates each
- Almora (Uttarakhand) and Jamui (Bihar): 7 candidates each
- Other constituencies include Sonitpur (Assam), Nawada (Bihar) and Arunachal West (Arunachal Pradesh) with 8 candidates each.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been fielded in the Dibrugarh constituency in Assam where he is up against AAP’s Manoj Dhanowar and AJP’s Lurinjyoti Gogoi.
On Jorhat seat in Assam, Congress has fielded Gaurav Gogoi against sitting BJP MP Topon Kumar Gogoi.
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