The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases, starting April 19 and end on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
Elections to the four state Assemblies - in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha - will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections.
The 2014 Lok Sabha polls were held in nine phases, and in seven phases in 2019.
The counting of votes for the 543 parliamentary constituencies and the four Assemblies will happen together on June 4.
The five-year term of the current Lok Sabha ends on June 16. The term of the state assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha is set to expire in June 24.
With the announcement of dates, the model code of conduct comes into force immediately.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal will vote in seven phases starting from April 19, while Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir will vote in five phases. Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand will vote in four phases and in three phases in Chhattisgarh and Assam. Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tripura and Manipur will go to vote in two phases.
Single day polling will be held in 22 states and Union territories. These are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar, Daman and Haveli and Diu.
By-election to 26 Assembly seats in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu will also be held. The commission will hold these bypolls simultaneously with the general elections in those constituencies.
- Arun Goel was very distinguished team member, we must respect if he had personal reasons to quit: CEC Rajiv Kumar
- Seven phase polling will be held on - Phase 1: April 19, Phase 2: April 26, Phase 3: May 7, Phase 4: May 13, Phase 5: May 20, Phase 6: May 25, Phase 7: June 1
- Lok Sabha elections to begin from April 19, will be held in 7 phases; Date of counting June 4
- Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim will have simultaneous Assembly polls this year: CEC
- 26 pending by-elections will be held across states
- 2,100 observers deployed to ensure level-playing field and conduct of polls free of inducement, coercion, intimidation: EC
- EC to introduce live tracking of fake news, will monitor social media for fake news: CEC Rajiv Kumar
- Ready to facilitate vote from home for electors above 85 years of age and for persons with disabilities across country: EC
- Masquarading advertisements as news not allowed, refrain from personal attacks: EC to political parties
- Plummeting level of political discourse matter of concern, we'll go beyond moral censure to act against Model Code violators: CEC Rajiv Kumar
- During campaign political parties must be respectful towards people with disabilities, using children prohibited: EC
- Determined to tackle 4 Ms: muscle, money, misinformation and Model Code violation: CEC Rajiv Kumar on upcoming elections
- Drone-based checking at borders during polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar on preparation for elections
- Total electors include 49.7 crore males, 47.1 crore females, 48,000 transgenders; 1.8 crore first-time voters added to list: EC
- Our electoral roll includes 82 lakh voters of over 85 years of age, 2.18 lakh centenarians: CEC Rajiv Kumar
- We have 97 crore registered voters, over 10.5 lakh polling stations manned by 1.5 crore personnel, 55 lakh EVMs: Election Commission
- Nationwide gender ratio among voters at 948, 12 states and UTs have more female than male voters: EC
- All the Candidate affidavit is available in 'Know Your Candidate' app: CEC
- Mandatory for political parties to publish information publicly across designated channels
- Money seizures rose by 835% to Rs 3,400 crore in last 11 state polls during 2022-23; we won't allow misuse of money power: EC
- Last 11 state polls were peaceful, violence-free with near-zero repolls; we will further improve it going forward: CEC Rajiv Kumar
- For sustainable polls, directions given to election machinery, parties on waste management, minimum paper use, reducing carbon footprint: EC
- It's our promise to deliver national election in a manner that can add to India's shine on world stage: Election Commission
- Our team is now complete, we are fully prepared for biggest festival of Indian democracy: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar
- Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar says 2024 is a year of elections around the world
- The Election Commission’s briefing to announce the schedule and phases of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls has begun
The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls at 3pm on Saturday.
The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that.
The term of the assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha is coming to an end on various dates in June.
Friday's announcement came on a day the reduced prices of petrol and diesel became effective ahead of the enforcement of the model code of conduct.
The two newly appointed election commissioners — Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu — joined the poll panel on Friday.
The term of the current Lok Sabha ends on June 16. In 2019, the Lok Sabha polls were announced on March 10 and held in seven phases beginning April 11. Votes were counted on May 23.
Nearly 97 crore people are eligible to cast vote in the upcoming polls at over 12 lakh polling stations.
In the last parliamentary polls, the BJP had won 303 seats while the Congress got 52 seats. It could not muster enough numbers to claim the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The 2024 parliamentary polls are being seen as a do or die battle for the Opposition INDIA bloc.
