With the Lok Sabha election dates announced, India is preparing for the "biggest festival of democracy". The first phase of the polls will be held on April 19 and the final phase on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
Find the phase-wise details below:
Single-phase states: Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar island, 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.
Two phases: Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tripura, Manipur
Three phases: Chhattisgarh, Assam
Four phases: Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand
Five phases: Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir
Seven phases: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
Here is the full state and constituency-wise schedule:
Andhra Pradesh
- Single phase
- Date: May 13 (25)
- Phase 4: Amalapuram, Anakapalli, Anantapur, Aruku, Bapatla, Chittoor Eluru, Guntur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Machilipatnam, Nandyal, Narasaraopet, Narsapuram, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Rajampet, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
- Simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls; For assembly poll details, click HERE.
Arunachal Pradesh
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (2 Lok Sabha seats)
- Phase 1: Arunachal West, Arunachal East
- Simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls
Assam
- Three phases
- Dates: April 19 (5 seats), April 26 (5) and May 7 (4)
- Phase 1: Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat
- Phase 2: Darrang-Udalguri, Diphu, Karimganj, Silchar, Nagaon
- Phase 3: Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta, Guwahati
Bihar
- Seven phases
- Dates: April 19 (4 seats), April 26 (5), May 7 (5), May 13 (5), May 20 (5), May 25 (8) and June 1 (8).
- Phase 1: Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui
- Phase 2: Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka
- Phase 3: Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria
- Phase 4: Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger
- Phase 5: Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur
- Phase 6: Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj
- Phase 7: Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad
Chhattisgarh
- Three phases
- Dates: April 19 (1 seat), 26 (3) and May 7 (7).
- Phase 1: Bastar
- Phase 2: Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
- Phase 3: Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur
Goa
- Single phase
- Date: May 7 (2 seats)
- Phase 3: North Goa, South Goa
Gujarat
- Single phase
- Date: May 7 (26 seats)
- Phase 6: Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, Valsad
Haryana
- Single phase
- Date: May 25 (10 seats)
- Phase 6: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad
Himachal Pradesh
- Single phase
- Date: June 1 (4 seats)
- Phase 7: Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Shimla
Jharkhand
- Four phases
- Date: May 13 (4), May 20 (3), May 25 (4) and June 1 (3)
- Phase 4: Singhbhum, Khunti, Lohardaga, Palamau
- Phase 5: Chatra, Kodarma, Hazaribagh
- Phase 6: Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur
- Phase 7: Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda
Karnataka
- Two phases
- Dates: April 26 (14 seats) and May 7 (14)
- Phase 2: Udupi Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru South, Chikkballapura, Kolar
- Phase 3: Chikkodi, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Ballari, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, Shivamoga
Kerala
- Single phase
- Dates: April 26 (20 seats)
- Phase 2: Kasaragod, Kannur, Vadakara, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alathur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh
- Four phases: April 19 (6 seats), April 26 (7), May 7 (8) and May 13 (8)
- Phase 1: Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara
- Phase 2: Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul
- Phase 3: Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh
- Phase 4: Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsour, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa
Maharashtra
- Five phases
- Dates: April 19 (5 seats), April 26 (8), May 7 (11), May 13 (11) and May 20 (13)
- Phase 1: Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur
- Phase 2: Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Yavatmal-Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani
- Phase 3: Raigad, Baramati, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle
- Phase 4: Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi, Beed
- Phase 5: Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, and Mumbai South
Manipur
- Two phases
- Dates: April 19 (2 seats) and April 26 (1)
- Phase 1: Inner Manipur
- Phase 2: Outer Manipur
Meghalaya
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (2 seats)
- Phase 1: Shillong, Tura
Mizoram
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (1 seat)
- Phase 1: Mizoram
Nagaland
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (1 seat)
- Phase 1: Nagaland
Odisha
- Four phases
- Dates: May 13 (4), May 20 (5), May 25 (6) and June 1 (6 seats)
- Phase 4: Kalahandi, Nabarangapur, Berhampur, Koraput
- Phase 5: Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska
- Phase 6: Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar
- Phase 7: Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur
- Simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls
Punjab
- Single phase
- Date: June 1 (13 seats)
- Phase 7: Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala
Rajasthan
- Two phases
- Dates: April 19 (12 seats) and April 26 (13)
- Phase 1: Ganganagar (Sc), Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
- Phase 2: Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran
Sikkim
- Single phase
- Dates: April 19 (1 seat)
- Phase 1: Sikkim
- Simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls
Tamil Nadu
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (39 seats)
- Phase 1: Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhnagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari
Telangana
- Single phase
- Date: May 13 (17)
- Phase 4: Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secundrabad, Hyderabad, Chelvella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam
Tripura
- Two phases
- Date: April 19 (1 seat) and April 26 (1)
- Phase 1: Tripura West
- Phase 2: Tripura East
Uttarakhand
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (5 seats)
- Phase 1: Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar
Uttar Pradesh
- Seven phases
- Dates: April 19 (8 seats), April 26 (8), May 7 (10), May 13 (13), May 20 (14), May 25 (14) and June 1 (13)
- Phase 1: Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit
- Phase 2: Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Mathura
- Phase 3: Sambhal, Hathras, Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla, Bareilly
- Phase 4: Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Dhaurahara, Sitapur, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Bahraich
- Phase 5: Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Raebareilly, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, Gonda
- Phase 6: Sultanpur, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domriyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi
- Phase 7: Pratapgarh, Mahrajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj
West Bengal
- Seven phases
- Dates: April 19 (3 seats), April 26 (3), May 7 (4), May 13 (8), May 20 (7), May 25 (8) and June 1 (9)
- Phase 1: Cooch Behar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri
- Phase 2: Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat
- Phase 3: Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad
- Phase 4: Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Burdwan-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum
- Phase 5: Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Srerampur, Hooghly, Arambagh
- Phase 6: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur
- Phase 7: Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar
Here is the full Union Territory-wise schedule:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (1 seat)
- Phase 1: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh
- Single phase
- Date: June 1 (1 seat)
- Phase 7: Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Single phase
- Date: May 7 (1 seat)
- Phase 3: Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
- Single phase
- Date: May 7 (1 seat)
- Phase 3: Daman and Diu
Delhi
- Single phase
- Date: May 25 (7 seats)
- Phase 6: Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir
- Five phases
- Dates: April 19 (1 seat), April 26 (1), May 7 (1), May 13 (1) and 20 (1)
- Phase 1: Udhampur
- Phase 2: Jammu
- Phase 3: Anantnag-Rajouri
- Phase 4: Srinagar
- Phase 5: Baramulla
Ladakh
- Single phase
- Date: May 20 (1 seat)
- Phase 5: Ladakh
Lakshadweep
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (1 seat)
- Phase 1: Lakshadweep
Puducherry
- Single phase
- Date: April 19 (1 seat)
- Phase 1: Puducherry
