Lok Sabha Elections 2024 – Phase 1: The stage is ready for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19 slated to happen throughout 102 Parliamentary constituencies of 21 states and UTs. Political events have declared their candidates for the April 19 polls, who’ve additionally filed their respective nominations. With lower than every week to go for the first vote to be solid in the world’s largest democracy to elect a brand new authorities, India TV Digital analysed varied constituencies going to polls, having essentially the most and least number of candidates in varied states. We have additionally analysed the candidates working for MP workplace in the high-profile seats in the first phase.
Some high-profile seats going to polls in the first phase embrace Chennai South, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Jamui. T Soundararajan, former Telangana Governor who resigned from her place, was given a ticket to contest from Chennai South seat. Tamil Nadu BJP chief Okay 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), Okay Kanimozhi (NTK) |
| 4 | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | 37 | Okay Annamalai (BJP), Ganapathi Rajkumar (DMK), Singai Ramachandran (AIADMK) |
| 5 | Chennai North, Tamil Nadu | 35 | Okay 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 | Okay 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 every
- Karauli-Dholpur (Rajasthan), Jorhat (Assam), Outer Manipur (Manipur), Tura (Meghalaya) and Lakshadweep: 4 candidates every
- Dausa (Rajasthan): 5
- Bharatpur (Rajasthan), Arunachal East (Arunachal Pradesh), Shillong (Meghalaya), Inner Manipur (Manipur), Mizoram, Nagina (Uttar Pradesh) and Rampur (Uttar Pradesh): 6 candidates every
- Almora (Uttarakhand) and Jamui (Bihar): 7 candidates every
- Other constituencies embrace Sonitpur (Assam), Nawada (Bihar) and Arunachal West (Arunachal Pradesh) with 8 candidates every.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been fielded in the Dibrugarh constituency in Assam the place he’s up in opposition to AAP’s Manoj Dhanowar and AJP’s Lurinjyoti Gogoi.
On Jorhat seat in Assam, Congress has fielded Gaurav Gogoi in opposition to sitting BJP MP Topon Kumar Gogoi.
