Among those in the fray are notable leaders like Nitin Gadkari, Sarbanada Sonowal, Bhupendra Yadav, Gaurav Gogoi of Congress, DMK's Kanimozhi, and K Annamalai of BJP.

As many as 102 parliamentary constituencies across 21 states and Union territories will go to polls in the first phase which is also the largest of the seven phases of the elections.