New Delhi, April 22 (Inditop) Following are the key contests in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections Thursday:
* Maharashtra (25 constituencies):
Raigad: A. R. Antulay (Congress) and Anant Geete (Shiv Sena)
Pune: Suresh Kalmadi (Congress), Anil Shirole (BJP), Arun Bharia (Peoples’ Guardian Party), Javed Bagban (IUML)
Beed: Ramesh Baburao Kokate (NCP), Gopinath P. Munde (BJP)
Solapur: Sushilkumar Shinde (Congress), Sharad Bansode (BJP )
Madha: Sharad Pawar (NCP), Subhash Deshmukh (BJP)
* Andhra Pradesh (20 constituencies):
Kadapa: Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy (Congress) and P.Srikant Reddy (TDP)
Kakinada: M.M. Pallam Raju (Congress) and V.Satya (TDP)
Rajhamundry: U.V. Krishnam Raju (PRP) and Murali Mohan (TDP)
Vijayawada: L. Rajagopal (Congress) and Vamsi Mohan (TDP)
Bapatla: Pannabaka Lakshmi (Congress) and S. Malyadri (TDP)
* Karnataka (17 constituencies):
Bangalore South: H.N. Ananth Kumar (BJP)and Krishna Byre Gowda (Congress)
Bangalore Rural: H.D. Kumaraswamy (JD-S) and Tejaswini Gowda (Congress)
Uttara Kannada: Margaret Alva (Congress) and Anant Kumar Hegde (BJP)
Gulbarga: Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress) and Revu Naik Belamagi (BJP)
Bangalore North: C.K. Jaffer Sharief (Congress) and D. B. Chandre Gowda (BJP)
* Uttar Pradesh (17 constituencies):
Amethi: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) and R.B.Singh (BJP)
Ambedkar Nagar: Vinay Katiyar (BJP), Shankh Lal Manjhi (Samajwadi Party)
Pratapgarh: Atiq Ahmed (Apna Dal), Rani Ratna Singh (Congress) and Akshay Pratap Singh (Samajwadi Party)
Gonda: Beni Prasad Verma (Congress), Kirti Vardhan Singh (BSP)
Kaiserganj: Brij Bhushan Saran Singh (Samajwadi Party), Puttu Awasthi (BSP)
* Bihar (13 constituencies) :
Hajipur: Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), Ram Sundar Das (JD-U), Dasai Choudhary (Congress)
Muzaffarpur: George Fernandes(Independent),Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad (JD-U), Bhagwan Lal Sahni(RJD)
Vaishali: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD), Munna Shukla (JD-U), Hind Keshri Yadav (Congress)
Madhubani: Shakil Ahmad (Congress), Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD), Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav (BJP)
West Champaran: Prakash Jha (LJP), Sadhu Yadav (RJD), Ramashray Prasad Singh (CPI-M)
* Madhya Pradesh (13 constituencies)
Balaghat: K.D. Deshmukh (BJP), Visheshwar Bhagat (Congress), Ajablal (BSP)
Chhindwara: Marotrao Khabse (BJP), Kamalnath (Congress), Rao Sahab Shinde (BSP)
Khajuraho: Jitendra Singh (BJP) Raja Pateria (Congress) Sewaram (BSP)
Rewa: Chandramani Tripathi (BJP), Sunderlal Tiwari (Congress), Pushpraj Singh (Samajwadi Party)
Sidhi: Govind Mishra (BJP), Indrajit Patel (Congress), Veena Singh (Independent)
* Orissa (11 constituencies)
Kendrapada: Baijayant Jay Panda (BJD) and Ranjib Biswal (Congress)
Balasore: Mahameghabahan Aira Kharavela Swain (BJP) and Srikanta Jena (Congress)
* Assam (11 constituencies):
Dibrugarh: Pawan Singh Ghatowar (Congress) and Sarbananda Sonowal (AGP)
Jorhat: Bijoy Krishna Handique (Congress) and Kamakhya Prasad Tassa (BJP)
Guwahati: Robin Bordloi (Congress) and Bijoya Chakraborty (BJP)
Tezpur: Mani Kumar Subba (Congress) and Joseph Toppo (AGP)
Dhubri: Anowar Hussain (Congress) and Badruddin Ajmal (AUDF)
* Jharkhand (8 constituencies):
Jamshedpur: Arjun Munda (BJP), Suman Mahto (JMM) and Shailendra Mahto(AJSU)
Dumra: Shibu Soren (JMM) and Sunil Soren (BJP)
Singhbhum: Madhu Koda (Independent), Bagun Sumbarai (Congress) and Barkuwar Gagrai (BJP)
Ranchi: Subodh Kant Sahay (Congress) and Ram Tahal Chaudhary (BJP)
* Goa (two constituencies):
North Goa: Shripad Naik (BJP) and Jitendra Deshprabhu (NCP)
South Goa: Francisco Sardinha(Congress) and Narender Savoikar (BJP)
* Tripura (Two constituencies):
Tripura West: Khagen Das (CPI-M), Sudip Roy Barman (Congress), Nilmani Deb (BJP).
Tripura East: Bajuban Riyan (CPI-M), Dibachandra Hrangkhawl (Congress), Pulin Behari Dewan (BJP).
* Jammu and Kashmir (One constituency)
Udhampur: Nirmal Singh( BJP) and Lal Singh (Congress)
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