New Delhi: The Chief Election Commissioner on Saturday announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The electoral process will span seven phases, starting on April 19 and covering all states and union territories.
While 22 states and UTs will hold voting on a single day, three states will conduct voting across all seven phases, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal having the most polling dates.
The majority of UTs will cast their votes in a single phase, with the exception of Jammu Kashmir, which will hold voting on five separate dates.
Heres the detailed schedule of which state, UT will vote in how many phases and the poll dates:
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States and UTs with one poll date (22):
Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar island, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu.
States and UTs with two poll dates (4):
Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tripura, Manipur
States and UTs with three poll dates (2):
Chhattisgarh, Assam
States and UTs with four poll dates (3):
Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand
States and UTs with five poll dates (2):
Maharashtra, Jammu Kashmir
States and UTs with seven poll dates (3):
West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Here is the detail of dates for each phase
Phase 1 of voting is scheduled for April 19
Schedule for General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024
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Phase 2 for April 26
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Phase 3 on May 7
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Phase 4 on May 13
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Phase 5 on May 13
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Phase 6 on May 25
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Phase 7 on June 1
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