Loksabha Elections Schedule
5-phase Lok Sabha polls to begin from April 16
General Elections in India for the fifteenth Lok Sabha will be held in five phases, starting from April 16 and concluding on May 13.
Date of counting of votes will be May 16. With the announcement, the model code of conduct has come into force.
Elections will be held over five phases.
- Phase I polls on April 16
- Phase II on April 23
- Phase III on April 30
- Phase IV polls on May 7
- Phase V polls on May 13
N Gopalaswami, Chief Election Commissioner (EC), said that the term of 14th Lok Sabha is ending on June 1, 2009 and the 15th Lok Sabha will be constituted before June 2, 2009.
Announcing the dates Chief Election Commissioner said that though the voting will take place on six days, it will be counted as a five-phase election as voting in Manipur will take place on April 22 due to a local holiday on April 23. Gopalaswami said that 124 constituencies would vote on April 16, followed by 141 on April 23, 107 on April 30, 85 on May 7 and 86 on May 13.
Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh will vote in five phases, Bihar will have four-phase elections while Maharashtra and West Bengal will vote in three phases. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Punjab will hold the elections in two phases. Fifteen states and seven Union Territories will go in for one-phase voting.
All election related procedures will be completed before May 28.
