Today is the 6th phase of Lok Sabha elections in which, 117 constituencies across 11 states and one union territory go to polls . Over 18 crore voters in 11 states and union territory of Puducherry will be able to vote in the sixth of the nine- phased elections.

The constituencies going to polls in this phase include all the 39 in Tamil Nadu, 19 in Maharashtra, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Madhya Pradesh, seven each in Bihar and Chhattisgarh, six each in West Bengal and Assam, five in Rajasthan, four in Jharkhand and one each in Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry.

Prominent candidates whose fate will be sealed today include Union Minister V Narayana Swamy from Puducherry, Union Ministers Jitendra Singh and Namonarayan Meena and Cricketer Mohd Azharuddin of Congress from Rajasthan, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Salman Khurshid, Hema Malini and Amar Singh from UP, Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Deepa Dasmunshi, Union Minister of State for Health, Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, President Pranab Mukherjee’s son and Congress nominee Abhijit Mukherjee, besides others.

Among the other prominent candidates in the field are former minister Dayanidhi Maran, former Telecom Minister A Raja ,DMK leader T R Baalu, DMK leader Vaiko from Tamil Nadu,Union Minister Milind Deora , Priya Dutt , Gurudas Kamathand Medha Patkar from Maharashtra, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain of BJP and Union Minister of state Tariq Anwar from Bihar.