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Lok Sabha elections will kick off on 11 April and polling will be held over seven phases till 19 May, followed by counting on 23 May, the Election Commission announced on Sunday, 10 March.
Here’s the phase-wise polling schedule of 29 states and 7 union territories, beginning 11 April.
These are the states and Union Territories that will go to vote in a single phase in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan and Tripura will vote in two phases in the polls.
Assam and Chhattisgarh will be voting in three phases in the polls.
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha will witness polling in four phases.
Jammu and Kashmir will witness polling in five phases in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will go to polls in seven phases.
Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim will also be held simultaneously, the Election Commission (EC) said.
However, elections for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, which was dissolved after the ruling coalition between the BJP and the PDP fell apart, will not be held along with Lok Sabha polls.
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