The dates for election for 17th Lok Sabha was announced today by the Election Commission of India, which will be held in 7 phases from 11th April to 19th May, while the counting of votes will take place on 23rd May. Here is the detail state wise phases of the election schedule.
Phase | Date of poll | States with number of seats in bracket | Total seats |
1st phase | 11th April | Andhra Pradesh (25), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1), Jammu and Kashmir (2), Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), Uttar Pradesh (8), Uttarakhand (5), West Bengal (2), Andaman Nicobar (1), Lakshadweep (1) | 91 |
2nd Phase | 18th April | Assam (5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), Jammu and Kashmir (2), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu (39), Tripura (1), Uttar Pradesh (8), West Bengal (3), Puducherry (1) | 97 |
3rd Phase | 23rd April | Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (26), Goa (2), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Karnataka (14), Kerala (20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), Uttar Pradesh (10), West Bengal (5), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1), | 115
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4th Phase | 29th April | Bihar (5), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Jharkhand (3), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (13), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (8) | 71 |
5th Phase | 6th May | Bihar (5), Jammu and Kashmir (2), Jharkhand (4), Madhya Pradesh (7), Rajasthan (12), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (7) | 51 |
6th Phase | 12th May | Bihar (8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (8), Delhi (7) | 59 |
7th Phase | 19th May | Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), Madhya Pradesh (8), Punjab (13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), Uttar Pradesh (13), Himachal Pradesh (4) | 59 |
There will be 2 phase elections in 4 states, 3 phase elections in 2 states, 4 phase elections in 4 states, 5 phase election in 1 states, and 7 phase elections in 3 states, while the rest go for single-phase election.
State/UT | No. of seats | Poll dates | No. of Phases | ||||||
11/04 | 18/04 | 23/04 | 29/04 | 06/05 | 12/05 | 19/05 | |||
Andhra Pradesh | 25 | 25 | 1 | ||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Assam | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
Bihar | 40 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Chhattisgarh | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||||
Goa | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Gujarat | 26 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
Haryana | 10 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Jharkhand | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
Karnataka | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | |||||
Kerala | 20 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |||
Maharashtra | 48 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 4 | |||
Manipur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Meghalaya | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Odisha | 21 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||
Punjab | 13 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
Rajasthan | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | |||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Tamil Nadu | 39 | 39 | 1 | ||||||
Telangana | 17 | 17 | 1 | ||||||
Tripura | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Uttar Pradesh | 80 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
Uttarakhand | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
West Bengal | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
A & N Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Daman & Diu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Lakshadweep | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
NCT of Delhi | 7 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Puducherry | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total constituencies | 543 | 91 | 97 | 115 | 71 | 51 | 59 | 59 | |
No of States/UTs in each Poll Day | 20 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |