Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Among States To Go To Polls In Phase 4. Read Here

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: The Election Commission (EC) has officially declared the dates for the impending Lok Sabha polls.

File Photo of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar ( Image Source :PTI )

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: The Election Commission (EC) has officially declared the dates for the impending Lok Sabha polls, with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar addressing the media on Saturday to reveal the details.

According to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, the polling for Lok Sabha seats is scheduled to be conducted from April 19 to June 1 across a series of phases. The counting of votes is set to take place on June 4.

Voting will take place across seven phases in Bihar, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh, while Maharashtra will vote over five phases. Madhya Pradesh is scheduled for voting in four phases. Karnataka and Rajasthan will have elections conducted in two phases each, while Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh will vote in a single phase.

Lok Sabha Election 2024: States In Phase-4 Polling

In the fourth phase, voting will be conducted across 10 states and Union Territories on May 13, 2024. Polling across constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will take place entirely in this phase. The states slated for voting in Phase 4 are as follows:

Andhra Pradesh

• Vizianagaram
• Visakhapatnam
• Anakapalle
• Kakinada
• Amalapuram
• Rajahmundry
• Narsapuram
• Machilipatnam
• Vijayawada
• Guntur
• Narasaraopet
• Bapatla
• Ongole
• Nandyal
• Kurnool
• Anantapur
• Hindupur
• Kadapa
• Nellore
• Tirupati
• Rajampet
• Chittoor

Telangana

• Adilabad
• Peddapalle
• Karimnagar
• Nizamabad
• Zahirabad
• Medak
• Malkajgiri
• Secunderabad
• Hyderabad
• Chevella
• Mahbubnagar
• Nagarkurnool
• Nalgonda
• Bhongir
• Warangal
• Mahabubabad
• Khammam

Uttar Pradesh

• Darbhanga
• Ujiarpur
• Samastipur
• Begusarai
• Munger 

Jammu and Kashmir

•  Srinagar

Jharkhand

• Singhbhum
• Khunti ST
• Lohardaga ST
• Palamu

Madhya Pradesh

• Dewas
• Ujjain
• Mandsour
• Ratlam
• Dhar
• Indore
• Khargone
• Khandwa

Maharashtra

• Nandurbar
• Jalgaon
• Raver
• Jalna
• Aurangabad
• Maval
• Pune
• Shirur
• Ahmednagar
• Shirdi
• Beed

Odisha

• Kalahandi
• Nabarangpur
• Berhampur
• Koraput

Uttar Pradesh

• Shahjahanpur
• Kheri
• Dhaurahra
• Sitapur
• Hardoi
• Misrikh
• Unnao
• Farrukhabad
• Etawah
• Kannauj
• Kanpur
• Akbarpur
• Bahraich

West Bengal

• Baharampur
• Krishnanagar
• Ranaghat
• Bardhaman Purba
• Bardhaman - Durgapur
• Asansol
• Bolpur
• Birbhum

Lok Sabha Election Phases In 2019 And 2014

An overview of the phased Lok Sabha elections reflects variations across different years. In the 2019 general elections, Bihar, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh underwent polling in seven phases each. In 2014, Bihar witnessed six phases, West Bengal five, and Uttar Pradesh six phases. Similarly, in the 2009 elections, Bihar had four phases, West Bengal three, and Uttar Pradesh five phases. In the 2004 elections, Bihar experienced three phases, West Bengal one, and Uttar Pradesh three.

As the stage is set for the upcoming elections, the 2024 parliamentary polls are perceived as a crucial battle, particularly for the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc. According to recent opinion polls conducted by ABP-CVoter, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is anticipated to secure a significant victory. The projections suggest a considerable swing in votes since the 2019 Lok Sabha results, with the BJP witnessing a positive swing of 3.08 per cent, and the I.N.D.I.A. bloc (previously UPA) observing a rise of 2.5 per cent.