LS polls 2014: India to vote April-May, results on May 16

By- saurav kishor

Introduction •  India, world's largest democracy, is once again ready to witness the power of votes. 

• The Election Commission on 5th march announced the schedule for Lok Sabha polls 2014. 

• Polling will be held in nine phases from April 07 to May 12 and the counting of votes will be held on May 16.  

• The schedule was announced by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath along with Election Commissioners H S Brahma and Dr Nasim Zaidi at a press conference held at Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital. 

• The elections would see more than 81.4 crore voters exercise their ballot; the number of voters is 10 crore more than the last general election held in 2009. 

• The term of the current Lok Sabha expires on June 1 and the new House has to be constituted by May 31.  

• Sampath said that the EC had taken into consideration factors like examination schedules and weather conditions. 

• The EC said that electoral roll have already been updated till January 1, 2014 and final rolls have been published in all states. 

• However, the EC has offered one more opportunity to enroll in the electoral rolls. 

• Camps would be set up on March 9 ,2014 at all polling booths – around 9,30,000 - across the country to allow people to enroll themselves.

General Elections 2014: state-wise schedule - Map 

General Elections phase-wise schedule

• Phase 1: April 7 in two states 

Phase 2: April 9 – five states 

Phase 3: April 10 – 14 states 

Phase 4: April 12 – three states 

Phase 5: April 17 – 13 states 

Phase 6: April 24 – 12 states 

Phase 7: April 30 – nine states 

Phase 8: May 7 – seven states 

Phase 9: May 12 – 3 states. 

 

Counting of votes will be held on May 16

State-wise schedule: 

• Andhra Pradesh (40 constituencies):

April 30 (17 seats), May 7 (25)

• Arunachal Pradesh (2): April 9

• Assam (14): April 7 (5), April 12 (3),

April 24 (6)

• Bihar (40): April 10 (6), 17 (7), 24 (7),

30 (7), May 7 (7), 12 (6)

• Chhattisgarh (11): April 10 (1), 17 (3),

24 (7)

• Goa (2): April 17 (2)

• Gujarat (26): April 30 (26)

• Haryana (10): April 10 (10)

• Karnataka (28) – April17 (28) J

• ammu and Kashmir (6): April 10 (1), 17

(1), 24 (1), 30 (1), May 7 (2)

• Jharkhand (14): April 10 (5), 17 (5), 24 (4)

• Kerala (20): April 10 (20)

• Madhya Pradesh (29): April 10 (9), 17

(10), 24 (10)

• Maharashtra (48): April 10 (10), 17 (19),

24 (19)

• Manipur (2): April 9 (1), 17 (1)

• Meghalaya (2): April 9 (2)

 

State-wise schedule:

• Mizoram (1): April 9 (1)

• Nagaland (1): April 9 (1)

• Odisha (21): April 10 (10), 17

(11)

• Himachal Pradesh (4): May 7 (4)

• Punjab (13): April 30 (13)

• Rajasthan (25): April 17 (20), 24

(5)

• Sikkim (1): April 12 (1)

• Tamil Nadu (39): April 24 (39)

• Tripura (2): April 7 (1), 12 (1)

• Uttar Pradesh (80): April 10

(10), 17 (11), 24 (12), 30 (14),

May 7 (15), 12 (18)

• Uttarakhand (5): May 7 (5)

• West Bengal (42): April 17 (4),

24 (6), 30 (9), May 7 (6), 12

(17)

Union Territories• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1): April 10 (1) 

Chandigarh (1): April 10 (1) 

Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1): April 30 (1) 

Daman and Diu (1): April 30 (1) 

Lakshadweep (1): April 10 (1) 

Delhi (7): April 10 (7) 

Puducherry (1): April 24 (1)

Assembly elections: • Andhra Pradesh including Telangana region: April 30, May 7 • Odisha: April 10, 17 • Sikkim: April 12 

Counting of votes will be held on May 16

           

                Thank you!! 

                          By – saurav kishor