Key candidates in poll fray on Thursday

New Delhi: 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 Munde (BJP)
• Solapur: Sushil Kumar 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)