With the Lok Sabha elections over, Prime Minister Modi's last rally is being held here today, the last day of the campaign
The seventh and final phase of polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will take place on Saturday, June 1. Campaigning for the seventh phase of general elections will conclude on Thursday evening. At this stage, polling is taking place for 57 parliamentary constituencies in seven states and one union territory. Uttar Pradesh (13 seats), Bihar (8 seats), Punjab (13 seats), Jharkhand (3 seats), Chandigarh (1 seat), West Bengal (9 seats), Odisha (6 seats), and Himachal Pradesh (4 seats) Voting will take place). Polling for all seats will start at 7 am and close at 6 pm. With this, the election work, which started in 7 phases from April 19 across the country, has reached its final stage. Election results will be announced on June 4. After that it will be decided whether the BJP will come back to power in the country or whether the Indian alliance will do wonders. Aiming to capture 400 seats, the BJP-led NDA is trying to win a third term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress-led opposition is challenging the ruling coalition under the banner of India Block. Opposition parties continue to attack the ruling party and say that India will form a coalition government. A total of 904 candidates are contesting in the seventh phase. In this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting from Varanasi constituency for the 3rd time. BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Congress' Vikramaditya Singh are contesting in Mandi, BJP's Ravi Kishan and Samajwadi's Kajal Nishad from Gorakhpur, BJP's Anurag Thakur and Congress' Satyapal Singh Raisada in Hamirpur and TMC's Abhishek Banerjee and BJP's Abhijit Das. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a meeting in Hoshiarpur. With the election campaign over, the Prime Minister will engage in meditation at the Dhyana Mandapam in Kanyakumari from the evening of May 30 to the evening of June 1, according to BJP sources. The monument holds spiritual significance as it is believed that Swami Vivekananda meditated here for three days after traveling across the country. These issues dominated the election campaign which began in seven phases with issues like construction of Ram temple, abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, election bonds, probes by ED and central agencies and corruption. As the election progressed, reservation, CAA, developed India, job opportunities, inflation, changing the constitution and BJP's 400-pass issue became issues. While the BJP leaders said that the National Democratic Alliance will cross 400, the Indian Alliance has said that this time the people have decided and the Indian Alliance will form the government. During the elections, lower voter turnout than in 2019 became an issue and due to this, the concern about the election results also increased. Low voter turnout has also led to speculation. Opposition parties expressed concern over the change in vote percentage after several days of polling, and the matter has reached the Supreme Court, but the results will be announced on June 4 after the last round of elections. It will be decided that this time either the Modi government or the Indian alliance will do wonders.