Campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections will end this evening. 117 parliamentary constituencies spread over 12 States and Union Territory will go to polls in this phase on Thursday. These are all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, 19 in Maharashtra, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Madhya Pradesh, 7 each in Bihar and Chhattisgarh, 6 each in Assam and West Bengal, 5 in Rajasthan, 4 in Jharkhand, one in Jammu and Kashmir and the lone seat in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Leaders of various political parties are busy making last ditch efforts by holding election rallies and organising road shows to woo voters in favour of their party candidates.

In Uttar Pradesh, Mathura is one of the key constituencies going to the polls on the 24th April. Many political stalwarts are trying their luck from the constituency. Around sixteen lakh fifty thousand voters will decide the fate of twelve candidates who are in the fray, including the actress turned politician Hema Malini. AIR correspondent says campaigning is going on in full swing on the last day today.

In Chhattisgarh, curtains will come down on electioneering for the third and last phase of elections this evening. Polling is scheduled for April 24 in seven Lok Sabha constituencies of the state. Campaigning is now at its peak in these constituencies. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will address an election meeting in the afternoon at Bemetara in Durg Lok Sabha constituency.