{"id":58551,"date":"2019-03-10T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T13:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=58551"},"modified":"2019-03-11T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T07:15:25","slug":"election-commission-announces-dates-lok-sabha-polls-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/election-commission-announces-dates-lok-sabha-polls-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Commission announces dates for the Lok Sabha polls 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/lok-sabha-election\">Lok Sabha 2019 elections<\/a> will start from April 11, in seven phases, says Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Lok Sabha polls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha election 2019 to be held in 7 phases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 1 (April 11) &#8211; 91 constituencies in 20 states to go to polls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 2 (April 18) &#8211; 97 constituencies in 13 states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 3 (April 23)- 115 constituencies in 14 states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 4 (April 29)- 71 constituencies in 9 states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 5 (May 6)- 51 constituencies in 7 states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 6 (May 12)- 59 constituencies in 7 states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase 7 (May 19) &#8211; 59 constituencies in 8 states<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Counting of votes: 23 May <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 1 &#8211; April 11 (seats-91) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andhra (25), Arunachal (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1), J&amp;K (2), Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), UP (8), Uttarakhand (5), West Bengal (2), Andaman (1), Lakshadweep (1); Total (91)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 2 &#8211; April 18 (seats-97) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assam (5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), J&amp;K (2), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu (39), Tripura (1), UP (8), West Bengal (3), Puducherry (1); Total: 97<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 3 (115 seats) &#8211; April 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (7), Goa (2), J&amp;K (1), Karnataka (14), Kerala (20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), UP (10), West Bengal (5), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1); Total: 115<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 4 (71 seats) &#8211; April 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bihar (5), J&amp;K (1), Jharkhand (3), MP (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (14), UP (13), West Bengal (8); Total: 71<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 5 (51 seats) &#8211; May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bihar (5), J&amp;K (2), Jharkhand (4), MP (7), Rajasthan (12), UP (14), West Bengal (7); Total: 51<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 6 (59 seats) &#8211; May 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bihar (8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), MP (8), UP (14), West Bengal (8), Delhi-NCR (7); Total: 59<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lok Sabha elections phase 7 (59 seats) &#8211; May 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), MP (8), Punjab (13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), UP (13), Himachal (4); Total: 59<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim to be held with Lok Sabha polls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assembly elections will be held parallelly with the Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha,<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/sunil-arora\"> CEC Sunil Arora<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polling will take place in one phase in all these states, except Odisha, where it will be held over four phases.<\/p>\n<p>Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will go to vote on April 11.\u00a0Elections\u00a0in Odisha will be held in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.<\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter can take any action against any candidate if the complaint is verified by CEC.<\/p>\n<p>1950 is the election helpline number to check your name and election-related information: CEC.<\/p>\n<p>There is a mobile app for citizens where they can record any violation of code of conduct and send it to Election Commission. The action will be taken in 100 minutes: CEC<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial Media will play a significant role in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Candidates are required to furnish their details on Social media platforms\u201d, said Arora.<\/p>\n<p>Elections will be held for 543 seats of the Lok Sabha on approximately 10 lakhs polling booths across the country.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lok Sabha 2019 elections will start from April 11, in seven phases, says Election Commission. 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