Election Commission announces Lok Sabha polls from April 11

List of states going to polls in various phases

Single Phase Polls: 22 states and UTs

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,  Goa, Gujarat, Haryana , Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadeep, Delhi, Pondicherry, Chandigarh

Two Phase Polls: Four States

Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura.

Three Phase Polls: Two States

Assam, Chhattisgarh

Four Phase Polls: Four states

Jharkahand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha

Five Phase Polls: 

Jammu and Kashmir

Six Phase Polls:  No state

Seven Phase Polls: Three States

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

Election dates announced for seven phases from April 11

Phase 1: 91 constituencies, 20 states.

Phase 2: 97 constituencies, 13 states

Phase 3: 115 constituencies, 14 states

Phase 4: 71 constituencies, 9 states.

Phase 5: 51 constituencies, 7 states

Phase 6: 59 constituences, 7 states

Phase 7: 59 constituencies, 8 states

7 phased election: 

Phase 1: April 11, 2019

Phase 2: April 18, 2019 

Phase 3: April 23, 2019

Phase 4: April 29, 2019

Phase 5: May 6, 2019

Phase 6: May 12,2019

Phase 7: May 19,2019

All counting on May 23, 2019

Election Commission starts Press Conference to announce Lok Sabha polls dates

Seven phases of Election this year.

"All courses of model code of conduct shall apply for what is posted by candidates or political parties on the social media," Arora said.

15 million voters are this time aged between 18 and 19, said Arora.

"The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into effect from today itself in the entire country. Any violation will be death strictly," he said.

"Elaborate arrangement has been made for peaceful conduct of elections," Arora said.

Arora said: "Efforts are made to make voting process comfortable, specially for senior citizens."

"Approximately 10 lakh polling station thhis year," he said.

"NOTA option will be there," he said.

"Total electorate this time is 900 million," Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, said.

He said the Commission will try to hold free and fair elections.

Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, is currently addressing a press conference in New Delhi. He will announce the dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls shortly.

Punjab CM welcomes EC curbs on use of defence personnel images for polls

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2014 Election Result: Partywise break up of seats fought and won

Party                                                            Seats won                  Seats contested               
                                                                               

Bharatiya Janata Party                                         282                              428   
Indian National Congress                                      44                               464
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam         37                                40
All India Trinamool Congress                                 34                              131
Biju Janta Dal                                                         20                                21
Shiv Sena                                                               18                                58
Telugu Desam                                                        16                                30
Telangana Rashtra Samithi                                    11                                17
Communist Party Of India ( Marxist)                        9                                93
Yuvajana Shramik Rythu Congress Party                9                                38
 

Source: NDTV

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Modi's BJP had a landslide win in 2014

In 2014, riding on a wave for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP had secured a big win grabbing 282 of the 543 seats in Lok Sabha.

Three of the four states which are likely to go to polls same time with Lok Sabha polls are ruled by non-BJP parties.