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Lok Sabha Election 2019: Know when is your state going to vote

The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019 will begin on April 11 and continue for over a month till May 19 across seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday, kick-starting a mega electoral battle where the BJP will pitch for a re-election of the Modi government amid the Opposition's efforts for a united fight to unseat it.

The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said.

Twenty-two states and union territories (UTs), including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, will have Lok Sabha election in a single phase while it will be spread across seven phases in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. 

Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan and Tripura will have Lok Sabha election in two phases, while Assam and Chhattisgarh will have three-phase polling.

Four states -- Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha -- will have elections in four phases. Jammu and Kashmir will have five-phase voting. 

Here is the table: 

States/UTs Voting Dates Total No. of Lok Sabha Seats
Andhra Pradesh 11 April 25
Arunanchal Pradesh 11 April 02
Assam 11, 18 & 23 April 14
Bihar 11, 18, 23, 29 April & 6, 12 ,19 May 40
Chhattisgarh 11, 18 & 23 April 11
Goa 23 April 02
Gujarat 23 April 26
Haryana 12 May 10
Himachal Pradesh 19 May 04
Jammu & Kashmir 11, 18, 23, 29 April & 6 May 06*
Jharkhand 29 April & 6, 12, 19 May 14
Karnataka 18 & 23 April 28
Kerala 23 April 20
Madhya Pradesh 29 April & 6,12, 19 May 29
Maharashtra 11, 18, 23 & 29 April 48
Manipur 11 & 18 April 02
Meghalaya 11 April 02
Mizoram 11 April 01
Nagaland 11 April 01
Odisha 11, 18, 23 & 29 April 21
Punjab 19 May 13
Rajasthan 29 April & 6 May 25
Sikkim 11 April 01
Tamil Nadu 18 April 39
Telangana 11 April 17
Tripura 11 & 18 April 02
Uttar Pradesh 11, 18, 23, 29 April & 6, 12, 19 May  80
Uttarakhand 11 April 05
West Bengal 11, 18, 23, 29 April & 6, 12, 19 May 42
Andaman & Nicobar 11 April 01
Chandigarh 19 May 01
Dadar & Nagar Haveli 23 April 01
Daman & Diu 23 April 01
Lakshdweep 11 April 01
Delhi 12 May 07
Puducherry 18 April 01

 

(With inputs from PTI)