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Five election battles to watch out for in third phase of polls

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - May 6, 2024, 21:40 IST
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Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Union home minister Amit Shah is set to contest his second term from Gandhinagar, Gujarat, a stronghold for the BJP since 1989. He faces off against Congress' Sonal Patel in the upcoming elections, aiming to replicate his 2019 victory margin of 5.55 lakh votes over CJ Chavda.

(Photo: PTI,ANI)

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Guna, Madhya Pradesh

Former Congress leader and current civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting from Guna, Madhya Pradesh, after switching to the BJP in 2020. He lost this seat in 2019 to BJP's Krishna Pal Singh and is up against Congress' Yadvendra Rao Deshraj Singh.


(Photo: PTI,X)

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Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh

​Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav seeks re-election from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, previously held by her father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav. She won the by-election in December 2022, defeating BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya, and now faces BJP's Jaiveer Singh Thakur.


(Photo: PTI)

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​Baramati, Maharashtra

Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, defends the Baramati seat in Maharashtra against Sunetra Pawar, wife of Ajit Pawar, who switched to the BJP-led NDA. Baramati has been a Pawar family stronghold since 1984, first held by Sharad Pawar and then by Supriya Sule, who defeated BJP's Kanchan Rahul Kul in 2019.


(​Photo: PTI, ANI)

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Dharwad, Karnataka

Union minister Pralhad Joshi seeks re-election from Dharwad, Karnataka, where he has been winning since 2004. Joshi, who previously served as a union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal, and Mines, faces Congress' Vinod Asooti in this election.


(Photo: PTI, Facebook)

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