India's 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

India, the world's largest democracy, is abuzz with excitement as it embarks on the journey of general elections from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Spread across seven phases, these elections aim to elect 543 members to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The nation eagerly awaits the results, which will be announced on June 4th, 2024.

The current prime minister, Narendra Modi, who completed a second term, is running for a third consecutive term, with the expectation of securing victory once again in the upcoming elections.

Below mentioned is the schedule of all the phase-wise elections:

Phase 1 Schedule for Lok Sabha 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

Phase 2 Schedule for Lok Sabha Elections

In phase 2, polling 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

Phase 3 Schedule for Lok Sabha Elections

In phase 3, polling 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

Phase 4 Schedule for Lok Sabha Elections

In phase 4, polling 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

Phase 5 Schedule for Lok Sabha Elections

The Phase 5 elections are scheduled to be held on May 20, 2024, across 8 states, encompassing 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 Schedule for Lok Sabha Elections

The 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

Phase 7 Schedule for Lok Sabha Elections

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 lays out India's democratic journey, stirring excitement for the results that will shape the nation's path ahead.