The Election Commission will announce the rules regarding the Lok Sabha elections today. The code of conduct will come into effect with the election dates. According to sources, elections can be conducted in seven to eight phases. Along with the Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission can also announce the schedule of assembly elections in some states. The tenure of the assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Odisha is ending on different dates in June. In such a situation, election dates can also be announced in these states.
Among them, 49.7cr are male voters. The number of female voters is 47.1cr. 1.8cr people are going to be part of the election for the first time in this Lok Sabha election. The number of youngstar voters is 19.74cr and 82 lakhs voters are above 85 age group. Around almost 97 crore people are eligible to vote in the upcoming polls.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has said that voters older than 85 years of age will be allowed to vote from home this time. In the last election polls, the BJP, seeking a third consecutive term, had won 303 seats. Meanwhile, the Congress got only 52 seats. This year’s upcoming polls are going to be extremely crucial for the Opposition bloc INDIA, fighting to stop the BJP’s run.
The polls are going to be held in 7 phases, which is beginning on April 19 and ending on June 1. Although the results will be declared on June 4, but all of these are tentative dates. No simultaneous polls will be held, this has been said. The assembly polls for Andhra Pradesh will be on May 13, Sikkim on April 19, Arunachal Pradesh on April 19, and Odisha will be held on May 13. In a press conference today, the Election Commission said that it is working towards combating the 4Ms. The 4Ms are muscle, money, misinformation, and MCC violations. This is going to hinder the path to free and fair elections, as per the official.
Phase 1: The polls are going to be held on the 19th of April for 21 states and union territories. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Union territories A&N island, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, DDN & H, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, HP, Haryana, Ladakh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Punjab, Uttarakhand to go to polls on Phase 1. Number of constituencies -102
Phase 2: 13 states to go to polls in Phase 2. Number of constituencies – 89
Phase 3: 12 states to go to polls in Phase 3. Number of constituencies -94
Phase 4: 10 states to go polls in phase 4. Number of constituencies – 96
Phase 5: Eight states to go to polls in Phase 5. Number of constituencies – 49
Phase 6: Seven states to go to polls in this phase. Number of constituencies – 57
Phase 7: Eight states to go to polls in this phase. Number of constituencies – 57
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