Thread: Lok Sabha polls from April 16 to May 13

Lok Sabha polls from April 16 to May 13

The much-awaited schedule for the Lok Sabha elections was announced on Monday afternoon, by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami.

The country will go to polls from April 16 to May 13. Counting of votes will be done on May 16 and the 15th Lok Sabha will be constituted by June two.

Polls will be conducted in 124 constituencies on April 16, 141 constituencies on April 23, 107 constituencies on April 30, 85 seats on May 7 and 86 seats on May 13.

Five-phased polls will be held in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, Bihar will have four-phased elections, Maharashtra and West Bengal will witness three-phased polls, while Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Punjab will have elections in two phases, N Gopalaswami announced at a press conference.

Remaining 15 states and seven union territories will have one-day polling.

Treating Manipur as an exception, polls will be conducted in the state on April 22, considering April 23 is a local holiday there.

Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Orissa will simultaneously hold assembly polls.

On Sunday, the President rejected the controversial recommendation by the Chief Election Commissioner for the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. The President’s decision will now pave the way for Chawla’s elevation as CEC after Gopalaswami demits office on April 20.

The Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami decided the dates of the general elections after completing consultation process with political leaders, home secretary and secretaries of key ministries.

Phese I

April 16--Andhra Pradesh,Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Bihar,J&K,Kerala,Maharastra,Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram,
Nagaland,Orrisa,Uttar Pradesh,Chattisgarh,Jharkhand,Andaman & Nicobar,Lakshadweep,

Phase II

April 22--Manipur
April 23--Andhra,Assam,Bihar,Goa,J&K,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Maharastra,Orrisa,Tripura,Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand,

Phase III

April 30

Bihar,Gujarat,J&K,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Maharastra,Sikkim,Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal,Dadra and Nagar Haveli,Diu

Phase IV

May 7

Bihar,Haryana,J&K,Punjab,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Delhi

Phase V

May 13

Himachal,J&K,Punjab,Uttarakhand,Tamil Nadu,Chandigarh,Puducherry,Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal.

Originally Posted by rupu1983

Phese I

April 16--Andhra Pradesh,Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Bihar,J&K,Kerala,Maharastra,Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram,
Nagaland,Orrisa,Uttar Pradesh,Chattisgarh,Jharkhand,Andaman & Nicobar,Lakshadweep,

Phase II

April 22--Manipur
April 23--Andhra,Assam,Bihar,Goa,J&K,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Maharastra,Orrisa,Tripura,Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand,

Phase III

April 30

Bihar,Gujarat,J&K,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Maharastra,Sikkim,Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal,Dadra and Nagar Haveli,Diu

Phase IV

May 7

Bihar,Haryana,J&K,Punjab,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Delhi

Phase V

May 13

Himachal,J&K,Punjab,Uttarakhand,Tamil Nadu,Chandigarh,Puducherry,Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal.

With the elections on I am worried that we have no proper leaders for us to elect. i hope we have an Obama here to guide us, so that we can vote .
Padma

yes thats correct no party is so good that with out hesitation we could vote them ... by seeing all the details of every corrupted party i feel like this time i am going to vote "BLANK"

I think not giving vote also not the solution whatever the situation of Indian politics we have to choice among them.

Originally Posted by rupu1983

I think not giving vote also not the solution whatever the situation of Indian politics we have to choice among them.

it is like choosing between the devil and the deep sea . we have two major Parties the DMK and the AIDMK
However i am positive and i think that politics will change for the better
One MLA SV Shekhar is doing fine in Tamil Nadu. Last time i voted for an IAT guy . He had formed a party with like minded people but than we got defeated.
padma