Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule: 7-Phase Polls To Begin On April 11, Counting On May 23
First time since 1996 Assembly elections in J&K are not being held on time. Remember this the next time you are praising PM Modi for his strong leadership.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) March 10, 2019
The Election Commission will hold assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim concurrently with parliamentary elections.
34 by-polls will follow the same schedule as parliamentary elections.
Polling in the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat will be held in three phases due to security reasons, the Chief Election Commissioner added.
- Bihar: 8 seats
- Jharkhand: 3 seats
- MP: 8 seats
- Punjab: 13 seats
- WB: 9 seats
- UP: 13 seats
- HP: 4 seats
- Chandigarh: 1 seat
- Bihar: 8 seats
- Haryana: 10 seats
- Jharkhand: 4 seats
- MP: 8 seats
- UP: 14 seats
- WB: 8 seats
- NCR: 7 seats
- Bihar: 5 seats
- J&K 2 seats
- Jharkhand: 4 seats
- MP: 7 seats
- Rajasthan: 12 seats
- UP: 14 seats
- WB: 7
- Bihar: 5 seats
- J&K: 1 seat
- Jharkhand: 3 seats
- Madhya Pradesh: 6 seats
- Maharashtra: 17 seats
- Odisha: 6 seats
- Rajasthan: 13 seats
- UP: 13 seats
- WB: 8 seats
(115 constituencies in 14 states)
- Assam: 4 seats
- Bihar: 5 seats
- Chhattisgarh: 7 seats (Single phase)
- Gujarat: 26 seats (Single phase)
- Goa: 2 seats (Single phase)
- J&K: 1 seat
- Karnataka: 14 seats
- Kerala: 20 seats (Single phase)
- Maharashtra: 14 seats
- Odisha: 6 seats
- UP: 10 seats
- WB: 5 seats
- Dadara & Nagar Haveli: 1 seat (Single phase)
- Daman & Diu: 1 seat (Single phase)
(97 constituencies, 13 states)
- Assam: 5 seats
- Bihar: 5 seats
- Chattisgarh: 3 seats
- J&K: 2 seats
- Karnataka: 14 seats
- Maharashtra: 10 seats
- Manipur: 1 seat
- Odisha: 5
- Tamil Nadu: 39 seats (Single phase)
- Tripura: 1
- UP: 8 seats
- WB: 3 seats
- Puducherry: 1 seat
(91 constituencies, 20 states)
- Andhra Pradesh: 25 seats (Single phase)
- Arunachal: 2 seats (Single phase)
- Assam: 5 seats
- Bihar: 4 seats
- Chhattisgarh: 1 seat
- Jammu & Kashmir: 2 seats
- Maharashtra: 7 seats
- Manipur: 1 seat
- Meghalaya: 2 seats (Single phase)
- Mizoram: 1 seat (Single phase)
- Nagaland: 1 seat (Single phase)
- Odisha: 4 seats
- Sikkim: 1 seat (Single phase)
- Telangana: 17 seats (Single phase)
- Tripura: 1 seat
- Uttar Pradesh: 8 seats
- Uttarakhand: 5 seats (Single phase)
- West Bengal: 2 seats
- Andaman & Nicobar: 1 seat
- Lakshadweep: 1 seat (Single phase)
- Bihar, UP, West Bengal: 7 phases
- J&K: 5 phases
- Jharkhand, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha: 4 phases
- Assam, Chhattisgarh: 3 phases
- Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura: 2 phases
The Chief Election Commission announced new measures to enable citizens' vigilance of the election process, including:
- EC android app will help citizens file complaints regarding poll irregularities
- In recent state elections, 28,000 complaints were received
- Citizens can also complain anonymously
Elaborate arrangements have been made for the peaceful conduct of the elections, said Arora.
- No loudspeakers will be allowed for campaigning from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- No loudspeakers will be allowed 48 hours before the date of election near polling areas.
- EC requests candidates to desist from using polluting materials during campaigning
Any violation will be dealt in the strictest manner.Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner
Electronic voting machines will have pictures of the candidates to make it easier for voters to identify the candidate they wish to vote for, said Chief Election Commissioner Arora.
Voter-verified paper audit trail will be used in all polling stations, added Arora.
- Total electorate will be around 900 million compared with 814.5 million in 2014
Seven Phases, Candidate Photos, VVPATs: All You Need To Know About Lok Sabha Elections 2019
There is a high probability of the elections being spread across seven to eight phases this time.
In 2014, the EC had announced the election schedule on March 5, and the nine-phase electoral exercise was spread across April and May.
While the first phase of polling was on April 7, the last phase was on May 12.
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