The Election Commission has announced the dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Monday. The polls will start on April 16. It will be held in five phases. The counting begins on May 15.
A meeting of the three-member commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami finalised the dates for the polls. About 40 lakh civilians and 20 lakh police personnel have been deployed for the smooth conduct of the nation-wide elections.
The poll code comes into effect once the election dates are announced. The new Lok Sabha will be constituted by June 2
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced five-phase polls for the general elections scheduled betweeen 16 April and 13 May.
124 constituencies will go to the polls in the first phase on April 16.
141 constituencies will vote in the second phase on April 23.
107 constituencies will vote in the third phase on April 30.
85 constituencies will vote in the fourth phase on May 7.
86 constituencies will vote in the fifth phase on May 13.
The counting of votes will be on May 16.
There will be 5 phases of polls in Jammu and Kashmir [Images] and Uttar Pradesh [Images], 4 phases of polls in Bihar, 3 phases of polls in Maharashtra and West Bengal, 2 phases of polls in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Manipur and Punjab.
All remaining states and union territories will have single phase polls. 84 constituencies have been reserved for scheduled caste candidates
The commision also said that 40 lakh civil staff and 21 lakh paramilitary forces will be requisitioned to conduct the polls.
The model code of conduct has been imposed with immediate effect. The assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Orissa will be held along with the general elections. This is the first elections to be held after the delimitation of constituencies has been done. 499 of the existing 543 constituencies have been newly delimited.
Photo electoral rolls have been made compulsary in these polls. The forthcoming polls will have 8,28,408 polling stations which will require 11 lakh electoronic voting machines.
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