Lok Sabha Election voting LIVE: First phase of polling for 91 seats in 20 states to begin shortly

Constituencies in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal will also go to the polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha election.

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New Delhi: The stage is set for the first phase of polling Thursday in seven Lok Sabha seats in 91 Lok Sabha constituencies across 20 states and Union Territories. In the first phase, People will vote for all parliamentary constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana.Elections for all 25 Lok Sabha and 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held simultaneously on April 11.In Telangana, elections will be held on all 17 seats in the first phase.The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti is hoping to sweep the polls in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM, who is aiming for a fourth consecutive win from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat.In eight western Uttar Pradesh constituencies the ruling BJP will clash with the newly-formed SP-BSP-RLD alliance.Polling in Uttarkhand's five Lok Sabha seats will be completed on April 11.In Odisha four Lok Sabha and 28 assembly seats, including several naxal-hit areas, are going to polls.In Assam, Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur constituencies will vote in the first phase.Seven seats in Maharashtra, four in Bihar and two each in West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and  Arunachal Pradesh will see polling in the first phase.Lone Lok Sabha seats going to polls on April 11 include Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Chhattisgarh Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar, and Lakshadweep.