Sunday, March 10, 2019

Lok Sabha elections 2019 statewise dates

Lok Sabha Elections Date Announcement 2019 LIVE UPDATES: Election Commission today announced General Elections Dates, Assembly Polls Schedule. Elections will start from April 11 and counting on 23rd May. Elections will be held in seven phases. Throughout the day, all eyes were on the Election Commission (EC) of India. The EC announced the date for General Elections 2019 in New Delhi. The Election commission was earlier also expected to announce the Assembly Elections Dates for four states, where polls will be likely held simultaneously along with the Lok Sabha, say sources. Some reports had earlier said that the poll panel may announce the dates of the crucial polls over the weekends, maybe even today, or early next week. The elections are likely to be held in multiple phases. The Election Commission is said to have finalised details of the polls and also concluded preparatory meetings. Once the poll dates are announced, the Model Code of Conduct will come into force. The Election Commission on Saturday convened a meeting to assess preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections. In the meeting, polls in Jammu and Kashmir was also reportedly discussed. For all election date-related updates check here. This section will be updated once the election commission announces the final schedule of the General Elections.

LIVE UPDATES | Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates Accouncement by Election Commission

5.54 pm: Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule

Phase 1 - 91 constituencies in 20 states to go to polls
Phase 2 - 97 constituencies in 13 states to go to polls
Phase 3 - 115 constituencies in 14 states to go to polls
Phase 4 - 71 constituencies in 9 states to go to polls
Phase 5 - 51 constituencies in 7 states to go to polls
Phase 6 - 59 constituencies in 7 states to go to polls
Phase 7 - 59 constituencies in 8 states to go to polls

5.40 pm: Lok Sabha ELections: Phase-wise full schedule, polling dates

Lok Sabha ELections Phase 1 polling to be held on 11th April

Lok Sabha ELection Phase 2 polling on 18th April

Lok Sabha ELection Phase 3 polling on 23rd April

Lok Sabha ELection Phase 4 polling on 29th April

Lok Sabha ELection Phase 5 polling on 6th May

Lok Sabha ELection Phase 6 polling on 12th May

Lok Sabha ELection Phase 7th polling on 19th May

Lok Sabha ELection Counting of all phases on 23rd May.

5.28 pm: Elections will start from April 11 and counting on 23rd May. Elections will be held in seven phases, said Election Commission.

5.21 pm: Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, said, "There will be approximately 10 lakh polling stations in this Lok Sabha Elections as compared to 9 lakh polling stations in 2014." He said that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into effect from today itself in the entire country. Any violation will be dealt with in the strictest manner. Total electorate in this Lok Sabha elections will be 900 million, of which 15 million voters are in the 18-19 age group.

5.14 pm: Model Code of Conduct has come into effect from today, Election Commission said.

5.10 am: EC says the EVMs with VVPATs will be used across all booths in the Lok Sabha elections.

5.08 pm: The Election Commission is currently announcing addressing the media in Delhi today.

4.10 pm: The Election Commission is expected to start briefing the media in an hour from now at the Vigyan Bhawan.

- The poll panel will be holding a press conference at 5 pm at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 3.

- Lok Sabha elections are likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May.

- Notification for the first phase could be issued by the end of March for voting sometime in early April, sources suggested.