All you need to know about 2nd phase of Lok Sabha polls for 95 constituencies across 12 states, UT

38 Parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu will go to polls in this phase. The other States and Union Territories where voting will take place in this phase are Karnataka 14 seats, Maharashtra 10 seats, Uttar Pradesh 8, Assam, Bihar and Odisha 5 seats each, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal 3 each, Jammu and Kashmir 2, and Manipur and Puducherry 1 seat each.

As the silence period will start, the election rallies and street corner meetings will end in the 97 constituencies today. / Representational Picture (AFP)

High-decibel campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will end today.

After the polling across all the 7 phases ending on May 19, 2019, the votes will be counted on May 23.

The first of the seven-phase polls were held on April 11.

NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the 2nd phase for the ongoing Lok Sabha election. For the election which is scheduled on April 18, as many as 95 constituencies will go for polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. Election was scheduled to be held in one seat in Tripura but the Election Commission in a late night order postponed polling till April 23 citing law and order situation. Also, the EC in an order Tuesday evening cancelled the poll in Vellore Lok Sabha constituency over allegations of excess use of money power. The process of nomination had begun with the issuance of notification by Election Commission on March 19 and continued till March 26. Scrutiny of the nomination papers was held on March 27 and the last day of withdrawing nomination was on March 29. Polling will be held in 38 seats in Tamil Nadu, 14 seats in Karnataka, 10 in Maharashtra, eight in Uttar Pradesh, five each in Assam, Bihar and Odisha, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, two in Jammu and Kashmir and one seat each in Manipur and Puducherry. After the polling across all the 7 phases ending on May 19, 2019, the votes will be counted on May 23. The first of the seven-phase polls were held on April 11. In the second phase, election will be covered in these states:

• Karnataka (14)
• Tamil Nadu (38)
• Maharashtra (10)
• Uttar Pradesh (8)
• Assam (5)
• Bihar (5)
• Odisha (5)
• Chhattisgarh (3)
• West Bengal (3)
• Jammu and Kashmir (2)
• Manipur (1)
• Puducherry (1)

(number in bracket denote constituencies) Constituencies going for election in second phase of election: Karnataka - Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamrajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkaballapur, Kolar Tamil Nadu - Tirvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukoodi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari Maharashtra- Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur Uttar Pradesh - Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri Assam - Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous district, Mangaldoi, Nawgong Bihar- Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka Odisha - Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska Chhattisgarh - Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker West Bengal - Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj Jammu and Kashmir- Srinagar, Udhampur Manipur- Inner Manipur Puducherry- Puducherry

Published at : 16 Apr 2019 12:09 PM (IST)

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