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Election Commission announces Lok Sabha polls from April 11

Election Commission announces Lok Sabha polls from April 11

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 10 Mar 2019, 08:25 am

New Delhi: The Election Commission announced the much-awaited dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India on Sunday. The seven phase election starts from April 11. The seventh phase of polling will be held on May 19. Counting of votes will take place on May 23. The Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously with Assembly polls in four states -- Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha.  

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List of states going to polls in various phases

10 Mar 2019, 12:19 pm

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

10 Mar 2019, 12:05 pm

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

10 Mar 2019, 11:36 am

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

10 Mar 2019, 11:02 am

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday appreciated Election Commission over issuing the advisory to political parties to refrain from using defence personnel pics in election propaganda.

 

 

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

10 Mar 2019, 09:45 am


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

Watch Election Commission Press Conference Live from 5 pm

10 Mar 2019, 09:26 am

 

 

Modi's BJP had a landslide win in 2014

10 Mar 2019, 08:47 am

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.

10 Mar 2019, 08:38 am

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

 
Omar Abdullah tweets on poll dates earlier taking a jibe at BJP: 
 

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