Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC of India issues notification for first phase of polls

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | The Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued the notification for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 to be conducted on April 19.

In the notification, the ECI informed that March 28 will be the last date for filing nominations for Bihar and March 27 for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

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The notification further said that March 30 will be the date for scrutiny of nominations for Bihar and March 28 for others. 

According to the ECI's notification, April 2 will be the last date for withdrawal of candidatures for Bihar and March 30 for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

 
Elections are scheduled to take place in 102 Lok Sabha constituencies across 17 states and four union territories during this phase. In the first phase, polling will be held for 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, 12 in Rajasthan, 8 in Uttar Pradesh, and 6 in Madhya Pradesh. 

Five seats each in Uttarakhand, Assam, and Maharashtra, four seats in Bihar, three in West Bengal, two in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Meghalaya, and one seat each in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry will also go to polls on April 19th.

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The Election Commission on March 16, announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The polling will be conducted in seven phases across the nation from April 19 to June 1. The counting of votes will be on June 4. 

(With inputs from agencies)

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