Radio Brisvaani
NEW DELHI: Voting for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election will be held in 72 parliamentary constituencies across nine states on Monday. Over 12 crore 79 lakh voters will be deciding the fate of 961 candidates in the fourth phase of the election. The Election Commission has put in place over 1 lakh 40 thousand polling booths to ensure smooth conduct of the poll.
Voting will be held in 17 in Maharashtra, 13 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, 8 in West Bengal, 6 in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha each, 5 seats in Bihar and 3 in Jharkhand.
Voting is also being held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag on Monday where the election is being held in three phases due to security reasons. The four districts in Anantnag parliamentary constituency are Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama which have 16 assembly segments in total. The first phase of polls in Anantnag were held on 23 April, while the next two are on 29 April in Kulgam and in Shopian and in Pulwama on 6 May. All the seats in Anantnag parliamentary constituency belong to the general category.
