Lok Sabha elections 2024: Eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and one ex-governor are among those who are set to test their electoral fate in the first phase.
In the 2019 general elections, the BJP clinched three of the eight seats: Pilibhit, Kairana, and Muzaffarnagar. The Samajwadi Party emerged victorious in Moradabad and Rampur, while the Bahujan Samaj Party secured Saharanpur, Bijnor, and Nagina
So far, the Samajwadi Party has switched about 10 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha seats such as Meerut, Baghpat, Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Bijnor. Changing electoral candidates is not new in politics, say analysts. But what has raised eyebrows in the SP's case is the scale of it, they point out