Among prominent candidates in elections' phase 2 are Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Thiruvananthapuram), Congress' Shashi Tharoor (Thiruvananthapuram), BJP's Tejasvi Surya (Bengaluru South), Congress' Rahul Gandhi (Wayanad) & BJP's Hema Malini (Mathura). Other key candidates are BJP's Arun Govil (Meerut), ex-Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy (Mandya), Pappu Yadav (Purnia) & CPI's Annie Raja (Wayanad).