Lok Sabha elections 2019: Here's how Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will vote in 7 phases

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, which together account for 162 Lok Sabha seats, will see the crucial Lok Sabha elections 2019 spread over all seven phases starting from April 11 to May 19.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora addresses a press conference to announce the poll schedule for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Photo: PTI

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal together account for 162 Lok Sabha seats.

These three states will see Lok Sabha elections 2019 spread over all seven phases starting from April 11 to May 19.

Four states -- Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha -- will have elections in four phases.

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, which together account for 162 Lok Sabha seats, will see the crucial Lok Sabha elections 2019 spread over all seven phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Four states -- Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha -- will have elections in four phases. Jammu and Kashmir will have five-phase voting. In UP, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats and where the BJP did exceedingly well in 2014 elections by winning 71 seats on its own (two were won by its ally Apna Dal), the party faces combined challenge of the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal. These three parties have forged an alliance to take on the BJP. The Congress, which is fighting the polls on its own in the state, has also injected new energy in its efforts by appointing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as general secretary incharge of eastern UP. In Bihar that elects 40 MPs, the ruling alliance of the BJP, the Janata Dal-United and the Lok Janshakti Party faces a tough contest with a combined opposition that includes the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, the Hindustani Awami Morcha and some other parties. The BJP has been paying a lot of focus to West Bengal to emerge as the main opponent of the ruling Trinamool Congress. The party is hoping to improve its performance beyond the two Lok Sabha seats it won in the state in 2014. Here's how Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will vote Uttar Pradesh: April 11: Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar April 18: Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri April 23: Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit April 29: Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur May 6: Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Gonda May 12: Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi May 19: Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushi Nagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj Bihar: April 11: Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui April 18: Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka April 23: Jhanjarpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepur, Khagaria April 29: Dharbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger May 6: Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur May 12: Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvu Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj May 19: Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad West Bengal: April 11: Coochbehar, Alipurduars April 18: Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj April 23: Balurghat, Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad April 29: Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman - Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum May 6: Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambag May 12: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur May 19: Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar

Published at : 10 Mar 2019 10:47 PM (IST)

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