The Chief Election Commissioner has officially unveiled the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, delineating a comprehensive plan spanning seven phases, commencing on April 19.
In this electoral endeavor, a total of 22 states and union territories are slated to cast their votes on a single day, whereas three states will engage in voting across all seven phases. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal emerge as pivotal states with the most extensive polling schedules.
Almost all union territories are set to exercise their electoral rights in a solitary phase, except for Jammu and Kashmir, which will undergo voting on five distinct dates.
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States and Union Territories with one polling date (22):
Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
States and Union Territories with two polling dates (4):
Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tripura, Manipur
States and Union Territories with three polling dates (2):
Chhattisgarh, Assam
States and Union Territories with four polling dates (3):
Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand
States and Union Territories with five polling dates (2):
Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir
States and Union Territories with seven polling dates (3):
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
Phase 1 of the voting process is scheduled for April 19, phase 2 for April 26, phase 3 for May 7, phase 4 for May 13, phase 5 for May 13, phase 6 for May 25, and phase 7 for June 1.
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