88 seats, 13 states & UTs, 1202 candidates: Stage set for Lok Sabha battle round 2

New Delhi, 25/5: Around 15.88 crore voters in 88 seats will be eligible to cast their votes in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday to seal the electoral fate of 1,202 candidates, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Speaker Om Birla, in 13 states and union territories

Of the 1,202 candidates in the fray, 1,098 are men, 102 are women and two are from the third gender category.