Lok Sabha Polls Phase-1 Details: States, Seats, And Key Candidates. All You Need To Know

Lok Sabha Polls Phase-1 Details: Check out the states and constituencies that are going to polls on April 19 and the key candidates in the fray.

Lok Sabha Polls Phase-1: Polling officials get training on operating EVMs ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. ( Image Source :Getty Images )

Lok Sabha Election Phase-1: The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will kick off on April 19 with the first phase of voting to be held in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories on April 19, 2024. The deadline to file nominations for Phase-1 of voting for 20 states and UTs was March 27. Bihar's nomination filing deadline ended a day due to a state festival.

State/UT	Constituency
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Arunachal Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh East and Arunachal Pradesh West
Assam	Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur
Bihar	Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Nawada
Chhattisgarh	Bastar
Jammu and Kashmir	Udhampur
Lakshadweep	Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh	Chhindwara, Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandla, Sidhi, Shahdol
Maharashtra	Chandrapur, Bhandara - Gondiya, Gadchiroli - Chimur, Ramtek, Nagpur,
Manipur	Inner Manipur, Outer Manipur
Meghalaya	Shillong, Tura
Mizoram	Mizoram
Nagaland	Nagaland
Puducherry	Puducherry
Rajasthan	Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
Sikkim	Sikkim
Tamil Nadu	Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari
Tripura	Tripura West
Uttarakhand	Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital- Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar
Uttar Pradesh	Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, Pilibhit
West Bengal	Coochbehar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri

Lok Sabha Polls Phase-1: Key Constituencies

Among the key constituencies in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections are Dibrugarh and Sonitpur in Assam, Jamui in Bihar, Bastar in Chhattisgarh, Udhampur in Jammu & Kashmir, Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur, Puducherry, Bikaner in Rajasthan, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Muzzafarnagar and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, and Coochbehar and Alipurduars in West Bengal.

Lok Sabha Polls Phase-1: Key Candidates

The key candidates in the fray for phase-1 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 are Jitendra Singh (Udhampur), Chirag Paswan (Jamui), Nakul Nath (Chhindwara), K Annamalai (Coimbatore),  L Murugan (Nilgiris), Tamilisai Soundararajan (Chennai South), Pon Radhakrishnan (Kanniyakumari), Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (Thoothukkudi), V Vaithilingam (Puducherry), Harendra Singh Malik (Muzaffarnagar), Sanjeev Balyan (Muzaffarnagar), Jitin Prasada (Pilibhit), Manoj Tigga (Alipurduars), and Nisith Pramanik (Coochbehar).

Lok Sabha Polls Phase-2

The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held on April 26. The nomination filing for the second phase ended on April 4. The elections will be held across 88 seats in 12 states and Union Territories — Tripura, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh.