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Campaigning for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, along with single-phase Assembly Polls in Andhra Pradesh and first phase of Assembly Elections in Odisha ended on Saturday evening. Voting in the fourth phase will take place on Monday May 13 in 96 Lok Sabha Constituencies spread across 9 states and a Union Territory.
Voting will be held in 13 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 11 seats in Maharashtra, 8 seats each in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 5 seats in Bihar, 4 seats each in Jharkhand and Odisha and one seat in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in this phase. Andhra Pradesh with 25 parliamentary seats and Telangana with 17 seats will go to polls in single phase in this phase.
Simultaneously, Legislative Assembly Elections for all 175 seats of Andhra Pradesh and 28 out of 147 seats of Odisha will also be held on Monday.
Top leaders of several political parties held back to back rallies to seek support in favour of their party candidates.
Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi addressed rallies at Kandhamal, Balangir and Bargarh in Odisha today. Mr Modi also held a rally at Chatra in Jharkhand.
BJP leader and Union Minister Amit Shah addressed a public meeting at Vikarabad in Telangana on Saturday. BJP National President JP Nadda held a road show at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a rally in Samastipur, Bihar on Saturday. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi addressed a rally in Nandurbar district of North Maharashtra. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed a public meeting at Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Senior RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addressed a public meeting in Alinagar in Darbhanga.
Meanwhile, Election Commission is taking all necessary steps for peaceful polling in this phase on Monday. Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj said, the poll teams will start leaving from tomorrow morning. In Uttar Pradesh, all arrangements are being made for 4th phase polling on Monday.
In the fourth phase, 11 constituencies of Maharashtra will go to polls.