New Delhi:
The Election Commission has finally sounded the poll bugle and declared the schedule for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 on March 10. The Lok Sabha Elections 2019 will be held in seven phases, starting from April 11. The results will be declared on May 23. The Election Commission said 91 constituencies will go for polls in the first phase on April 11, followed by 97 constituencies in the second phase on April 18. The second phase will be held on April 18, third on April 23 and fourth on April 29, fifth on May 6, sixth on May 12 and seventh phase on May 19. In the first phase, 91 constituencies will go for polls, 97 constituencies in the second phase, 115 constituencies in the third, 71 in the fourth phase, 51 in the fifth phase, 59 in the sixth phase and 59 in the seventh phase.
Andhra Pradesh (25), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Goa (2), Himachal Pradesh (4), Gujarat (26), Haryana (10), Nagaland (1), Meghalaya (2), Kerala (20), Mizoram (1), Sikkim (1), Punjab (13), Telangana (17), Tamil Nadu (39), Chandigarh (1), Uttarakhand (5), Puducherry (1), Daman and Diu (1), Dadara and Nagar Haveli (1), Lakshadweep (1) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1) to have a single phase poll. Rajasthan (25), Manipur (2), Tripura (2) and Karnataka (28) to have a two-phase poll, while Assam (14) and Chhattisgarh (11) to face a three-phase poll. Jharkhand (14), Maharashtra (48), Odisha (21) and Madhya Pradesh (29) to have a four-phase poll. Jammu and Kashmir (6) will have five-phase polling and the three big states Uttar Pradesh (80), West Bengal (42) and Bihar (40) to have seven-phase polling.
Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh (175), Arunachal Pradesh (60), Odisha (147) and Sikkim (32) will also be held simultaneously, the Election Commission (EC) said. However, elections for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, which was dissolved after the ruling coalition between the BJP and the PDP fell apart, will not be held along with the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Let's see the complete list of constituencies going for polls in the first phase.
Phase 1: April 11 (91 Lok Sabha seats in 20 states/UTs)
Andhra Pradesh: 25 seats
Araku (2014 Result: YSRCP), Srikakulam (2014 Result: TDP), Vizianagaram (2014 Result: TDP), Visakhapatnam (2014 Result: BJP), Anakapalli (2014 Result: TDP), Kakinada (2014 Result: TDP), Amalapuram (2014 Result: TDP), Rajahmundry (2014 Result: TDP), Narasapuram (2014 Result: BJP), Eluru (2014 Result: TDP), Machilipatnam (2014 Result: TDP), Vijayawada (2014 Result: TDP), Guntur (2014 Result: TDP), Narasaraopet (2014 Result: TDP), Bapatla (2014 Result: TDP), Ongole (2014 Result: YSRCP), Nandyal (2014 Result: YSRCP), Kurnool (2014 Result: YSRCP), Anantapur (2014 Result: TDP), Hindupur (2014 Result: TDP), Kadapa (2014 Result: YSRCP), Nellore (2014 Result: YSRCP), Tirupati (2014 Result: YSRCP), Rajampet (2014 Result: YSRCP) and Chittoor (2014 Result: TDP)
Telangana: 17 seats
Adilabad (2014 Result: TRS), Peddapalle (2014 Result: TRS), Karimnagar (2014 Result: TRS), Zahirabad (2014 Result: TRS), Medak (2014 Result: TRS), Nizamabad (2014 Result: TRS), Hyderabad (2014 Result: AIMIM), Malkajgiri (2014 Result: TDP), Chevella (2014 Result: TRS), Bhongir (2014 Result: TRS), Warangal (2014 Result: TRS), Mahbubnagar (2014 Result: TRS), Nalgonda (2014 Result: Congress), Nagarkurnool (2014 Result: Congress), Mahabubabad (2014 Result: TRS), Khammam (2014 Result: YSRCP) and Secunderabad (2014 Result: BJP)
Uttar Pradesh: 8 seats
Ghaziabad (2014 Result: BJP), Gautam Buddha Nagar (2014 Result: BJP), Baghpat (2014 Result: BJP), Kairana (2014 Result: BJP), Meerut (2014 Result: BJP), Bijnor (2014 Result: BJP), Saharanpur (2014 Result: BJP) and Muzaffarnagar (2014 Result: BJP)
Maharashtra: 7 seats
Nagpur (2014 Result: BJP), Wardha (2014 Result: BJP), Ramtek (2014 Result: Shiv Sena), Bhandara-Gondiya (2014 Result: BJP), Chandrapur (2014 Result: BJP), Yavatmal-Washim (2014 Result: Shiv Sena), Gadchiroli-Chimur (2014 Result: BJP)
Assam: 5 seats
Tezpur (2014 Result: BJP), Kaliabor (2014 Result: Congress), Dibrugarh (2014 Result: BJP), Lakhimpur (2014 Result: BJP), Jorhat (2014 Result: BJP)
Uttarakhand: 5 seats
Tehri Garhwal (2014 Result: BJP), Almora (2014 Result: BJP), Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar (2014 Result: BJP), Haridwar (2014 Result: BJP), Garhwal (2014 Result: BJP)
Bihar: 4 seats
Jamui (2014 Result: LJP), Gaya (2014 Result: BJP), Nawada (2014 Result: BJP) and Aurangabad (2014 Result: BJP)
Odisha: 4 seats
Kalahandi (2014 Result: BJD), Koraput (2014 Result: BJD), Berhampur (2014 Result: BJD) and Nabarangpur (2014 Result: BJD)
Arunachal Pradesh: 2 seats
Arunachal East (2014 Result: Congress), Arunachal West (2014 Result: BJP)
Jammu and Kashmir: 2 seats
Jammu (2014 Result: BJP) and Baramulla (2014 Result: PDP)
Meghalaya: 2 seats
Tura (2014 Result: NPP) and Shillong (2014 Result: Congress)
West Bengal: 2 seats
Coochbehar (2014 Result: Trinamool) and Alipurduars (2014 Result: Trinamool)
Chhattisgarh: 1 seat
Bastar (2014 Result: BJP)
Manipur: 1 seat
Outer Manipur (2014 Result: Congress)
Tripura: 1 seat
Tripura West. (2014 Result: CPM)
Mizoram: 1 seat
(2014 Result: Congress)
Nagaland: 1 seat
(2014 Result: NPF)
Sikkim: 1 seat
(2014 Result: SDF)
Lakshadweep: 1 seat
(2014 Result: NCP)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1 seat
(2014 Result: BJP)
2014 Results in these 91 seats: NDA: 53 (BJP: 32, TDP: 16, Shiv Sena: 2, LJP: 1, NPF: 1, NPP: 1) | UPA: 8 (Congress: 7, NCP: 1) | Others: 30 (TRS: 11, YSRCP: 9, BJD: 4, Trinamool: 2, CPM: 1, SDF: 1, PDP: 1, AIMIM: 1).
