India, the world's largest democracy, is buzzing with anticipation as it embarks on the journey of general elections from April 19 to June 1, 2024. Spread across seven phases, these elections seek to elect 543 members to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The nation eagerly awaits the announcement of results on June 4th, 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a third consecutive term, holds high expectations for victory in the upcoming elections.
Below is the detailed schedule of phase-wise elections:
The Phase 1 elections are scheduled to be held on April 19, 2024, across 21 states, encompassing a total of 102 seats. The schedule is as follows:
Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal West, Arunachal East
Assam: Sonitpur, Kaziranga, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur
Bihar: Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui
Jammu & Kashmir: Udhampur
Madhya Pradesh: Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara
Maharashtra: Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur
Manipur: Inner Manipur, Outer Manipur
Meghalaya: Shillong, Tura
Mizoram: Mizoram
Nagaland: Nagaland
Rajasthan: Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
Sikkim: Sikkim
Tamil Nadu: Thiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari
Tripura: Tripura West
Uttar Pradesh: Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, Pilibhit
West Bengal: Cooch Behar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri
Chhattisgarh: Bastar
Uttarakhand: Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, Hardwar
Andaman & Nicobar: Andaman Nicobar Islands
Lakshadweep: Lakshadweep
Puducherry: Puducherry
In phase 2, voting will take place across 89 constituencies in 13 states on April 26, 2024. The schedule is as follows:
Assam: Karimganj, Silchar, Diphu, Darrang-Udalguri, Nagaon
Bihar: Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka
Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu
Karnataka: Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar
Kerala: Kasaragod, Kannur, Vadakara, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alathur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh: Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul
Maharashtra: Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Yavatmal-Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani
Manipur: Outer Manipur
Rajasthan: Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran
Tripura: Tripura East
Uttar Pradesh: Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura
West Bengal: Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat
Chhattisgarh: Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
In phase 3, voting will take place across 94 constituencies in 12 states on May 7, 2024. The schedule is as follows:
Assam: Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Guwahati
Bihar: Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria
Goa: North Goa, South Goa
Gujarat: Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, Valsad
Jammu & Kashmir: Anantnag-Rajouri
Karnataka: Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, Shimoga
Madhya Pradesh: Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh
Maharashtra: Raigad, Baramati, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle
Uttar Pradesh: Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly
West Bengal: Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad
Chhattisgarh: Sarguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur
Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
In phase 4, voting will take place across 96 constituencies in 10 states on May 13, 2024. The schedule is as follows:
Andhra Pradesh: Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalle, Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narsapuram, Elluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet, Chittoor
Bihar: Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger
Jammu & Kashmir: Srinagar
Madhya Pradesh: Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsour, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa
Maharashtra: Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi, Beed
Odisha: Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput
Uttar Pradesh: Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Bahraich
West Bengal: Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum
Jharkhand: Singhbhum, Khunti, Lohardaga, Palamau
Telangana: Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam
The Phase 5 elections are scheduled to be held on May 20, 2024, across 8 states, covering a total of 49 seats. The schedule is as follows:
Bihar: Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur
Jammu & Kashmir: Baramulla
Ladakh: Ladakh
Maharashtra: Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South
Odisha: Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska
Uttar Pradesh: Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, Gonda
West Bengal: Bangaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Uluberia, Srerampur, Hooghly, Arambagh
Jharkhand: Chatra, Kodarma, Hazaribagh
Phase 6 elections are scheduled to be held on May 25, 2024, across 7 states, encompassing a total of 57 seats. The schedule is as follows:
Bihar: Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad
Odisha: Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar
Uttar Pradesh: Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi
West Bengal: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur
Jharkhand: Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur
Delhi: Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi
The Phase 7 elections are scheduled to be held on June 1, 2024, across 8 states, encompassing a total of 57 seats. The schedule is as follows:
Bihar: Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad
Himachal Pradesh: Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Shimla
Odisha: Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur
Punjab: Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Ferozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala
Uttar Pradesh: Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushi Nagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj
West Bengal: Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Joynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar
Jharkhand: Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda
Chandigarh: Chandigarh
The 2024 Lok Sabha election schedule maps out India's democratic journey, igniting excitement for the results that will steer the nation's future direction.
