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Key constituencies in Phase 4

May 6, 2009 01:42 IST

Image: Graphic of Sivaganga constituency

In this key constituency of Tamil Nadu, Congress candidate and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will lock horns with R S Rajakannappan of AIADMK.

Key constituencies of Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Amritsar constituency
Cricketer-turned-politician and BJP candidate from Amritsar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, will compete against Om Prakash Soni of Congress and Lt. Gen B K N Chibber (retd) from BSP.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Aonla constituency

BJP leader Maneka Gandhi, after vacating her 'home-turf ' Pilibhit constituency for her son Varun Gandhi, has been fielded by the party as their candidate from Aonla parliamentary constituency. Here she will face sitting MP and BSP candidate Kunwar Sarvraj Singh as her main opponent.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Chennai Central constituency
Former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran of DMK will face S M K Mohamedali Jenna of AIADMK in the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. V V Ramakrishnan of DMDK is also in the fray.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Gurdaspur constituency
Sitting MP and actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna is BJP's candidate from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency. Pratap Singh Bajwa of the Congress and Sukrit Sharda of SP are also in the fray from this seat.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Hamirpur constituency
Anurag Singh Thakur of BJP will face Narender Thakur of Congress, Mangat Ram Sharma of BSP and Pankaj Katna of Shiv Sena in this key Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Kolkata Dakshin constituency
Former Union minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will face old rival Rabin Deb of CPI-M in this prestigious Lok Sabha constituency.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Mandi constituency
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh will lock horns with Maheshwar Singh of BJP in Mandi constituency.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Mayiladuthurai constituency
Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and sitting MP Mani Shankar Aiyar of Congress will gace AIADMK's O S Manian in this key constituency of Tamil Nadu.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Rampur constituency
Rampur will witness a traingular fight between actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada of Samajwadi Party, former Union minister and BJP strongman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and former MP Begum Noor Bano of Congress.

Key constituencies in Phase 4

Image: Graphic of Pilibhit constituency
Pilibhit, which has been one of the most talked about and controversial constituencies of Lok Sabha elections 2009, will witness a fight mainly between BJP debutant Varun Gandhi, who was arrested for his alleged 'hate speech' against Muslims during poll campaigns, and VM Singh of Congress. BSP's Buddhsen Verma and SP's Riyaz Ahmad are also in the fray.