Lok Sabha Election 2024: Full Dates, Schedule, and Constituency-wise Details
Beginning on April 19, there will be seven stages of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The poll timetable for the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha, and Arunachal Pradesh has also been released. On June 4, the results will be made public
Ankush Pandey
Will the opposition INDIA alliance pull a surprise and upset the NDA's applecart, or will the BJP score a hat-trick of victory in the Lok Sabha elections, giving Narendra Modi a record-breaking third term as Prime Minister? When the results of the Lok Sabha election of 2024 are declared on June 4, all of your inquiries will be addressed.
The complete timetable for the 2024 Lok Sabha election was released on Saturday by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Starting on April 19, there will be 7 rounds of polling. Additionally, the dates for the elections to the assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha, and Arunachal Pradesh have been declared.
The BJP easily returned to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, taking 303 seats, surpassing its 2014 total of 282 seats. Roughly 38% of the votes were cast for the BJP. The NDA, led by the BJP, received 353 votes. The number of seats in the Congress was whittled down to just 52. PM Modi has targeted around 400 seats for the NDA and 370 seats for the BJP this time.
The Congress gained the most seats in a Lok Sabha election to date in 1984 after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated. Along with almost 50% of the vote, the Congress secured 403 seats in the Lok Sabha.
LOK SABHA 2024: DATES
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 1
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 2
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 3
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 4
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 5
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 6
- Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 7
IN MY STATE AND CONSTITUENCY, WHEN IS POLLING?
| PHASES | POLLING DATES |
| Phase 1 | April 19 |
| Phase 2 | April 26 |
| Phase 3 | May 7 |
| Phase 4 | May 13 |
| Phase 5 | May 20 |
| Phase 6 | May 25 |
| Phase 7 | June 1 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 1
On April 19, the Lok Sabha elections' first phase of voting will take place. In all, 21 states will host 102 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies for the phase 1 elections.
Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Arunachal Pradesh (2 constituencies), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (5), Manipur (2), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Rajasthan (12), Sikkim (1), Tamil Nadu (39), Tripura (1), Uttar Pradesh (8), Uttarakhand (5), West Bengal (3), Andaman and Nicobar (1), J&K (1), Lakshadweep (1), Puducherry (1).
| Date of notification | March 20 | March 20 (only Bihar) |
| Last date of filing nomination | March 27 | March 28 (only Bihar) |
| Scrutiny of nominations | March 28 | March 30 (only Bihar) |
| Polling date | April 19 | April 19 |
| Result | June 4 | June 4 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 2
On April 26, phase 2 polls for the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to take place. Phase 2 elections are scheduled to take place in 89 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies across 13 states.
Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Assam (5 constituencies), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), Karnataka (14), Kerala (20), Madhya Pradesh (7), Maharashtra (8), Manipur (1), Rajasthan (13), Tripura (1), Uttar Pradesh (8), West Bengal (3), and J&K (1).
| Date of notification | March 28 | March 28 (only J&K) |
| Last date of filing nomination | April 4 | April 4 (only J&K) |
| Scrutiny of nominations | April 5 | April 6 (only J&K) |
| Polling date | April 26 | April 26 |
| Result | June 4 | June 4 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 3
On May 7, the Lok Sabha elections' phase III polls will take place. In a total of 12 states, 94 Lok Sabha, or parliamentary constituencies, will hold phase III elections.
Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Assam (4 constituencies), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Goa (2), Gujarat (26), Karnataka (14), Madhya Pradesh (8), Maharashtra (11), Uttar Pradesh (10), West Bengal (4), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), J&K (1).
| Date of notification | April 12 |
| Last date of filing nomination | April 19 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | April 20 |
| Polling date | May 7 |
| Result | June 4 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 4
May 13 is the date of the Lok Sabha elections' phase 4 polls. In all, ten states will host 96 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies for the phase 4 elections.
Phase 4 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Andhra Pradesh (25 constituencies), Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4), Madhya Pradesh (8), Maharashtra (11), Odisha (4), Telangana (17), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (8), and J&K (1).
| Date of notification | April 18 |
| Last date of filing nomination | April 25 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | April 26 |
| Polling date | May 13 |
| Result | June 4 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 5
May 20 is the date of the Lok Sabha elections' phase 5 polls. In a total of 8 states, phase 5 elections will be conducted in 49 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies.
Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Bihar (5 constituencies), Jharkhand (3), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (7), J&K (1), and Ladakh (1).
| Date of notification | April 26 |
| Last date of filing nomination | May 3 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | May 4 |
| Polling date | May 20 |
| Result | June 4 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 6
May 25 is the date of the Lok Sabha elections' phase 6 polls. In all, 7 states will host 57 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies for the phase 6 elections.
Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Bihar (8 constituencies), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), Odisha (6), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (8), and Delhi (7).
| Date of notification | April 29 |
| Last date of filing nomination | May 6 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | May 7 |
| Polling date | May 25 |
| Result | June 4 |
Lok Sabha election 2024 timetable: Phase 7
On June 1, the Lok Sabha elections' phase VII polling will take place. In all, 8 states will host 57 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies for the phase VII elections.
Phase 7 of the Lok Sabha election will see polls in the following states:
Bihar (8 constituencies), Himachal Pradesh (4), Jharkhand (3), Odisha (6), Punjab (13), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (9), and Chandigarh (1).
| Date of notification | May 7 |
| Last date of filing nomination | May 14 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | May 15 |
| Polling date | June 1 |
| Result | June 4 |
