{"id":505465,"date":"2024-03-16T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=505465"},"modified":"2024-04-16T18:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:56:17","slug":"election-commission-2024-lok-sabha-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/elections\/election-commission-2024-lok-sabha-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Lok Sabha election results to be out on June 4, voting in 7 phases \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Election Commission on Saturday announced the dates and phases for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are to be held in 7 phases from April 19 and the counting of votes on June 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first phase is to be held on April 19 in 102 seats, the second phase on  April 26 in 89 seats, the third phase on May 7 in 94 seats, the fourth phase on May 13 in 96 seats, the fifth phase on May 20 in 49 seats, the sixth phase on May 25 and the seventh phase on  June 1 in 57 seats each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Single-poll date States and UTs are Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Chandigarh, DDN&H, Delhi, Goa, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, and Sikkim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Assembly elections for Andhra Pradesh will be on May 13, Sikkim on April 19, Arunachal Pradesh on April 19, and Odisha will be held on May 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By-elections to 26 Assembly constituencies are to be held alongside LS polls. Voting for 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh on May 13 and counting of votes on June 4. Voting for 60 Assembly seats of Arunachal Pradesh and 32 of Sikkim on April 19. Voting for 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim on April 19 and voting for Odisha in two phases; for 42 seats is on May 25, and for 42 seats is on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Addressing a press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that they have 97 crore registered voters, more than combined voters of a few continents. Over 10.5 lakh polling stations, 1.5 crore polling officials, security officials, he added. More than 55 lakh EVMs, 4 lakh vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term of the 17th Lok Sabha is due to expire on June 16, 2024. The terms of legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim are also due to expire on June 24. Assembly elections are also due in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Election Commissioner further said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our electoral roll includes 82 lakh voters of over 85 years of age, 2.18 lakh centenarians, Kumar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said 96.8 crore are total electorates in the country. Out of this, 49.7 crore are male and 47.1 crore are female. Meanwhile, there are 1.8 crore first-time voters in these elections and 19.47 crore voters between the age group of 20-29 years, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kumar said that they are also very conscious about sustainable elections as a part of their responsibility towards the environment. That’s why they have issued directions to the election machinery, he further said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first phase is to be held on April 19, the second phase on \u00a0April 26, the third phase on May 7, the fourth phase on May 13, the fifth phase on May 20, the sixth phase on May 25 and the seventh phase on \u00a0June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":505495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Election Commission set to announce Lok Sabha elections schedule, phases","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[162562,7,1497,125714],"tags":[162314,131914],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16161903\/lok_sabha_elections_polls_1710583450168_1710583450547-1.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505465"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=505465"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=505465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}