Lok Sabha elections phase 2: Meerut, Mathura and Amroha among constituencies going to polls in UP on April 26 
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Lok Sabha elections phase 2: Meerut, Mathura and Amroha among constituencies going to polls in UP on April 26 Eight Lok Sabha constituencies in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in the second phase of the ongoing general elections on April 26. These seats are namely-- Amroha, Meerut, Mathura, Baghpat, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Bulandshahar.
Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, and Gautam Buddh Nagar seats are likely to see a triangular contest between the ruling NDA bloc, Opposition INDIA alliance and the Bahujan Samaj Party. Mathura and Ghaziabad, on the other hand, will witness a BJP versus Congress fight to the finish. The BJP will face off against the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party in Aligarh and Bulandshahar.
Full list of constituencies, candidates in phase 2
| S. No. | Constituency | NDA | INDIA | BSP |
| 1 | Amroha | Kanwar Singh Tanwar (BJP) | Danish Ali (Congress) | Mujahid Hussain |
| 2 | Meerut | Arun Govil (BJP) | Sunita Verma Pradhan (Samajwadi Party) | Devvrat Kumar Tyagi |
| 3 | Mathura | Hema Malini (BJP) | Mukesh Dhangar (Congress) | ---- |
| 4 | Baghpat | Rajkumar Sangwan (RLD) | Amarpal Sharma (Samajwadi Party) | Praveen Bansal |
| 5 | Aligarh | Satish Kumar Gautam (BJP) | Bijendra Singh (Samajwadi Party) | ---- |
| 6 | Ghaziabad | Atul Garg (BJP) | Dolly Sharma (Congress) | ----- |
| 7 | Gautam Buddh Nagar | Dr Mahesh Sharma (BJP) | Mahendra Nagar (Samajwadi Party) | Rajendra Singh Solanki |
| 8 | Bulandshahar | Bhola Singh (BJP) | Shivram Valmiki (Samajwadi Party) | ------ |
Candidates to watch UP Lok Sabha elections phase 2
Some of the key candidates to watch in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections are Hema Malini, who is eyeing her third win from Mathura. The Bollywood veteran will face off against Congress' Mukesh Dhangar.
Mathura is, however, not the only constituency where the BJP has gone for star power. In Meerut, the saffron party has fielded Arun Govil, known for playing Lord Ram in the 1987 serial Ramayan, against SP's Sunita Verma and BSP's Devvrat Tyagi.
Incumbent MP Kunwar Danish Ali is eyeing his second victory from Amroha, which has never been a stronghold of any specific political party. Ali, who fought from the seat on a BSP ticket in 2019, is fighting as a Congress candidate against BJP's Kanwar Singh Tanwar and BSP's Mujahid Hussain.
Winners of 2019, 2014 Lok Sabha elections on these seats
| Constituency | 2019 | 2014 |
| Amroha | Kunwar Danish Ali (BSP) | Kanwar Singh Tanwar (BJP) |
| Meerut | Rajendra Agarwal (BJP) | Rajendra Agarwal (BJP) |
| Mathura | Hema Malini (BJP) | Hema Malini (BJP) |
| Baghpat | Dr Satypal Singh (BJP) | Dr Satypal Singh (BJP) |
| Aligarh | Satish Kumar Gautam (BJP) | Satish Kumar (BJP) |
| Ghaziabad | General (Retd.) V K Singh (BJP) | General (Retd.) V K Singh (BJP) |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar | Dr Mahesh Sharma (BJP) | Dr Mahesh Sharma (BJP) |
| Bulandshahar | Bhola Singh (BJP) | Bhola Singh (BJP) |
Lok Sabha polls phase 1
In the first phase of the general elections, voting took place in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of the state on April 19. These were Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad and Rampur. Voter turnout in the state in phase 1 was 58.49 per cent as of 7 pm on April 19.
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