India will cast its final votes on June 1 in the seventh and ultimate phase of the 18th Lok Sabha Elections, which commenced on April 19, spanning 44 days. Phase seven of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections will take place across seven states and one Union Territory.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh is slated to vote in the final phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on June 1. Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana, plays a key role in the nation's political discourse. The Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat has oscillated between Congress and BJP.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP's candidate Kirron Kher defeated Congress' Pawan Bansal by a wide margin of nearly 70,000 votes.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Kher clinched victory with 231,188 votes, while Congress' Bansal received 184,218 votes, losing by a margin of 46,970 votes. Before Kher, Congress had served as an MP from this constituency, winning four times, including three consecutive victories.
Prior to BJP's Kher, however, Congress's Bansal served as the Chandigarh MP for three consecutive terms, spanning 15 years from 1999 to 2014. He was elected in Chandigarh consecutively in 1999, 2004, and 2009.
This time, the BJP has replaced sitting MP Kher with a fresh face Sanjay Tandon. Tandon, a Municipal Councillor in Punjab for 14 years, is a six-time Assembly Elections-winning MLA.
Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc, comprising the Congress and AAP, has mutually agreed to field Manish Tewari from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency. Congress' Tewari is a sitting MP from Punjab's Anandapur Sahib.
Chandigarh Electoral Roll Details
Chandigarh has a total of 6.47 lakh registered voters, comprising 3.35 lakh male voters, 3.12 lakh female voters, and 33 third-gender voters, as per the Election Commission.
Among these, 15,006 individuals belong to the age group of 18-19 and are first-time voters, while 4,799 voters are above 85 years of age.
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