In 9 poll days, 543 parliamentary constituencies will be covered in the Lok sabha polls.
The first date of Lok sabha elections will be 7th April 2014 and will be held in Parlimetary will cover six parliamentary constituencies.
The second day is 9th April and covers five states and seven parliamentary constituencies.
The third poll day is 10th April and will cover 14 states and 92 parliamentary constituencies.
The fourth is 12th April covering 3 states and5 parliamentary constituencies.
The Fifth date is 17th April and covers 13 states and union territories and 122 parliamentary constituencies.
The sixth dte is 24th April and will cover 12 states and 117 parliamentary constituencies.
The 7th Poll day is 30th April and covers 9 states and 89parliamentary constituencies.
The 8th poll day is 7th may and seven states and 64 parliamentary constituencies.
The Ninth poll day is 12th May covering 3 states and 41 parliamentary constituencies.
As per CEC, VS Sampath, bi elections will be held in different states and happen go on the same day. Counting will take on 16th May. The dates was declared by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath along with Election Commissioners H S Brahma and Dr Nasim Zaidi at a press co Vigyan Bhavan. The venue was changed from Nirvachan Sadan owing to space constraints at the EC headquarters.
The elections will see more than 81 crore voters exercise their ballot.The Model Code of Conduct for governments and political parties will come into force with immediate effect. Reports add that counting of votes would be held around May 15. The term of the current Lok Sabha expires on June 1 and the new House has to be constituted by May 31.
The EC will also announce poll dates to elect new assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, including the regions comprising Telangana, Odisha and Sikkim.
An important feature of the polls is introduction of paper trail system for electronic voting in some constituencies on a trial basis.Also, the EC issued guidelines to political parties asking them to explain the rationale of financing the promises they make in their election manifestos. The guidelines that followed Supreme Court directions in this regard have now been made part of the Model Code.
Another first in the Lok Sabha elections will be the introduction of "None of the Above" (NOTA) option in voting, which came into vogue in the assembly elections a few months ago.
From the coming elections, candidates in a parliamentary constituency in bigger states can spend up to Rs 70 lakh on their campaign, up from Rs 40 lakh in 2011. In the 2009 elections, it was Rs 25 lakh
India has 9.3 lakh polling stations in the country as compared to 8.5 lakh polling stations in 2009.
81 crore voters will participate in the polling process this year. This means, 10 crore more voters will be participating as compared to 2009. Of these, at least 4 crore are between 18-22 years and will vote in a general elections for the first time.
Also Election Commissioner HS Brahma said that polling across all the naxal hit areas will be covered on the same day. He also appealed to all the political parties to stop personal scathing attacks against anyone with relation to Congress calling BJP Prime ministerial candidate, "Impotent".
Below is break-down of election dates for states and union territories:
Andhra Pradesh: 30th April and 7th May
Arunachal Pradesh: 9th April
Assam: 7th April, 12th April and 24th April
Bihar: 10 April, 17 April, 24, 30 April, 7 May and 12 May
Chhattisgarh: 10 April, 17 April and 24 April
Goa: 17th April
Gujarat: 30th April
Haryana: 10th April
Himachal Pradesh: 7th May
Jammu and Kashmir: 10th April, 17th April, 24th April, 30th April, 7 May
Jharkhand: 10th April, 17th April, 24th April
Karnataka: 17th april
Kerala: 10th April
Madhya Pradesh: 10 April, 17 April, 24 April
Maharashtra: 10th April, 17 April and 24 April
Manipur: 9 April and 17 April
Meghalaya: 9th April
Mizoram: 9th April
Nagaland: 9th April
Odisha: 10 and 17 April
Punjab: 30th April
Rajasthan: 17 and 24 April
Sikkim: 12th April
Tamil Nadu: 24th april
Tripura: 7th April and 12 April
Uttar Pradesh: 10th April, 17th April, 24th April 30th April, 7 May and 12 May
Uttarakhand: 7 May
West Bengal: 17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May 12 May
Andaman and Nicobar islands, 10 April
Chandigarh: 10th April
Dadra and Nagar haveli: 30 April
Diu and daman: 30 April
Lakshwadeep: 10 April
NCR Delhi: 10 April
Puducherry: 24th April
The first date of Lok sabha elections will be 7th April 2014 and will be held in Parlimetary will cover six parliamentary constituencies.
The second day is 9th April and covers five states and seven parliamentary constituencies.
The third poll day is 10th April and will cover 14 states and 92 parliamentary constituencies.
The fourth is 12th April covering 3 states and5 parliamentary constituencies.
The Fifth date is 17th April and covers 13 states and union territories and 122 parliamentary constituencies.
The sixth dte is 24th April and will cover 12 states and 117 parliamentary constituencies.
The 7th Poll day is 30th April and covers 9 states and 89parliamentary constituencies.
The 8th poll day is 7th may and seven states and 64 parliamentary constituencies.
The Ninth poll day is 12th May covering 3 states and 41 parliamentary constituencies.
As per CEC, VS Sampath, bi elections will be held in different states and happen go on the same day. Counting will take on 16th May. The dates was declared by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath along with Election Commissioners H S Brahma and Dr Nasim Zaidi at a press co Vigyan Bhavan. The venue was changed from Nirvachan Sadan owing to space constraints at the EC headquarters.
The elections will see more than 81 crore voters exercise their ballot.The Model Code of Conduct for governments and political parties will come into force with immediate effect. Reports add that counting of votes would be held around May 15. The term of the current Lok Sabha expires on June 1 and the new House has to be constituted by May 31.
The EC will also announce poll dates to elect new assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, including the regions comprising Telangana, Odisha and Sikkim.
An important feature of the polls is introduction of paper trail system for electronic voting in some constituencies on a trial basis.Also, the EC issued guidelines to political parties asking them to explain the rationale of financing the promises they make in their election manifestos. The guidelines that followed Supreme Court directions in this regard have now been made part of the Model Code.
Another first in the Lok Sabha elections will be the introduction of "None of the Above" (NOTA) option in voting, which came into vogue in the assembly elections a few months ago.
From the coming elections, candidates in a parliamentary constituency in bigger states can spend up to Rs 70 lakh on their campaign, up from Rs 40 lakh in 2011. In the 2009 elections, it was Rs 25 lakh
India has 9.3 lakh polling stations in the country as compared to 8.5 lakh polling stations in 2009.
81 crore voters will participate in the polling process this year. This means, 10 crore more voters will be participating as compared to 2009. Of these, at least 4 crore are between 18-22 years and will vote in a general elections for the first time.
Also Election Commissioner HS Brahma said that polling across all the naxal hit areas will be covered on the same day. He also appealed to all the political parties to stop personal scathing attacks against anyone with relation to Congress calling BJP Prime ministerial candidate, "Impotent".
Below is break-down of election dates for states and union territories:
Andhra Pradesh: 30th April and 7th May
Arunachal Pradesh: 9th April
Assam: 7th April, 12th April and 24th April
Bihar: 10 April, 17 April, 24, 30 April, 7 May and 12 May
Chhattisgarh: 10 April, 17 April and 24 April
Goa: 17th April
Gujarat: 30th April
Haryana: 10th April
Himachal Pradesh: 7th May
Jammu and Kashmir: 10th April, 17th April, 24th April, 30th April, 7 May
Jharkhand: 10th April, 17th April, 24th April
Karnataka: 17th april
Kerala: 10th April
Madhya Pradesh: 10 April, 17 April, 24 April
Maharashtra: 10th April, 17 April and 24 April
Manipur: 9 April and 17 April
Meghalaya: 9th April
Mizoram: 9th April
Nagaland: 9th April
Odisha: 10 and 17 April
Punjab: 30th April
Rajasthan: 17 and 24 April
Sikkim: 12th April
Tamil Nadu: 24th april
Tripura: 7th April and 12 April
Uttar Pradesh: 10th April, 17th April, 24th April 30th April, 7 May and 12 May
Uttarakhand: 7 May
West Bengal: 17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May 12 May
Andaman and Nicobar islands, 10 April
Chandigarh: 10th April
Dadra and Nagar haveli: 30 April
Diu and daman: 30 April
Lakshwadeep: 10 April
NCR Delhi: 10 April
Puducherry: 24th April
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