The much-awaited schedule for the Lok Sabha elections was announced on Monday afternoon.
The country will go to polls from April 16 to May 13. Counting will be done on May 16. Polls will be conducted in as 124 constituencies on April 16, in 141 constituencies on April 23, in 107 constituencies on April 30, 85 on May 7 and 86 on May 13.
Treating Manipur as an exception, polls will be conducted in the state on April 22, considering April 23 is a local holiday there.
Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Orissa will go to polls with the other states.
A day after the President rejected the controversial recommendation by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami for the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, the Election Commission began discussions today to finalise the schedule for the coming Lok Sabha polls.
The President’s decision will now pave the way for Chawla’s elevation as CEC after Gopalaswami demits office on April 20.
The Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami is deciding the dates of the general elections after completing consultation process with political leaders, home secretary and secretaries of key ministries.
Along with the Lok Sabha schedule, the EC is also likely to announce the schedule for assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim, PTI adds.
Earlier in the day, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) led by Ajit Singh announced its entry into the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The RLD will have a poll pact with the main NDA constituent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In a late development on Sunday, the Trinamool Congress formed an alliance with Congress in West Bengal to fight the Lok Sabha elections against the Left Front.
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