16TH LOK SABHA ELECTION 2014

The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections 2014.

The elections will begin on 7 April and end on 12 May. 16 May has been set as the counting date and the EC will complete counting on this day. With the final dates being announced, the model code of conduct has also come into being in the country from 05/03/2014 itself.

 The elections will be held in 9 phases. Below are the dates and the number of constituencies in each state that will go to poll on a particular day:

7 April: 2 states will have polls in 6 constituencies. The states are Assam, Tripura.

9 April: 5 states will have polls in 7 Parliamentary constituencies. The states are Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.

10 April: Elections will take place across 12 states and 3 union territories in 92 Parliamentary constituencies. The states are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi. The union territories are Chandigarh , Lakshwadeep Islands and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

12 April: Polls will be held in 3 states in 5 constituencies. States on the list are Assam, Tripura and Sikkim.

17 April: The polls will take place across 13 states in 122 constituencies. States on the list are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mahararashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

24 April: Elections in 12 states across 117 constituencies. States where polls will take place are Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Mahararashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnatak, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. The only union territory on the list is Puducherry.

30 April: Elections take place in 9 states across 89 constituencies in the country. The states are Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Two union territories where elections will take place are Dadra and Nagar Havelli and Daman and Diu.

7 May: Polls take place in seven states and will cover 64 constituencies. States on the list are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

12 May: This is the last date for polls where elections will take place across 41 constituencies in three states. States on the list are Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The list according to the states and union territories in alphabetical order: -

STATES

1. Andhra Pradesh - 30 April and 7 May

2. Arunachal Pradesh - 9 April

3. Assam - 7 April, 12 April and 24 April

4. Bihar - 10 April, 17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May and 12 May

5. Chhattisgarh - 10 April, 17 April and 24 April

6. Goa - 17 April

7. Gujarat - 30 April

8. Haryana - 10 April

9. Himachal Pradesh - 7 May

10. Jammu Kashmir - 10 April, 17 April, 24 April 30 April and 7 May

11. Jharkhand - 10 April, 17 April and 24 April

12. Karnataka - 17 April

13. Kerala: 10 April

14. Madhya Pradesh: 10 April, 17 April and 24 April

15. Maharashtra: 10 April,  17 April and 24 April

16. Manipur : 9 April and 17 April

17. Meghalaya : 9 April

18. Mizoram: 9 April

19. Nagaland:  9 April

20. Odisha: 10 April and 17 April

21. Punjab: 30 April

22. Rajasthan: 17 April 24 April

23. Sikkim: 12 April

24. Tamil Nadu: 24 April

25. Tripura: 7 April and 12 April

26. Uttar Pradesh: 10 April, 17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May, 12 May

27. Uttarakhand: 7 May

28. West Bengal: 17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May and 12 May

UNION TERRITORIES

1. Andaman Nicobar Islands: 10 April

2. Chandigarh: 10 April

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli: 30 April

4. Daman and Diu: 30 April

5. Lakshadweep: 10 April

6. NCT Delhi: 10 April

7. Puducherry: 24 April