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