Lok Sabha Polls: The results will be announced on May 23. (Representational)
The Election Commission today announced the poll dates for the national elections. The seven-phased polls, to be held across 543 parliamentary constituencies, begin on April 11.
Voting will be held across the country on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The votes will be counted on May 23.
Along with the parliamentary polls, assembly polls will be held in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha .
The model code of conduct has already been put in place. About 900 million voters would be eligible to exercise their voting rights, and among them about 15 million are between the ages of 18 and 19 years.
Here's when your state or union territory will vote:
- Andaman and Nocobar: April 11
- Andhra Pradesh: April 11
- Arunachal Pradesh: April 11
- Assam: April 11, April 18, April 23
- Bihar: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12, May 19
- Chandigarh: May 19
- Chhatisgarh: April 11, April 18, April 23
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli: April 23
- Daman and Diu: April 23
- Delhi: May 12
- Goa: April 23
- Gujarat: April 23
- Haryana: May 12
- Himachal Pradesh: May 19
- Jammu and Kashmir: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6
- Jharkhand: April 29, May 6, May 12, May 19 May
- Karnataka: April 18, April 23
- Kerala: April 23
- Lakshadweep: April 11
- Madhya Pradesh: April 29, May 6, May 12, May 19
- Maharashtra: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29 -
- Manipur: April 11, April 18
- Meghalaya: April 11
- Mizoram: April 11
- Nagaland: April 11
- Odisha: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29
- Puducherry: April 18
- Punjab: May 19
- Rajasthan: April 29, May 6
- Sikkim: April 11
- Tamil Nadu: April 18
- Telangana: April 11
- Tripura: April 11, April 18
- Uttar Pradesh: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12, May 19
- Uttarakhand: April 11
- West Bengal: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12, May 19