The fate of several bigwigs from top political parties will be sealed in Phase 2 of Lok Sabha elections 2024 taking place on Friday, April 26 in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Important Dates
The schedule for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 was announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 16. The voting for Lok Sabha elections 2024 is taking place in seven phases and started on April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
While voting for Phase 1 took place on April 19, and the second phase is happening today, polling for Phase 3 to Phase 7 will take place on: May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1.
- Phase 1/April 19 – 21 states/UTs – 102 constituencies
- Phase 2/April 26 – 13 states/UTs – 88 constituencies
- Phase 3/May 7 – 12 states/UTs – 12 constituencies
- Phase 4/May 13 – 10 states/UTs – 96 constituencies
- Phase 5/May 20 – 8 states/UTs – 49 constituencies
- Phase 6/May 25 – 7 states/UTs – 57 constituencies
- Phase 7/June 1 – Â 8 states/UTs – 57 constituencies
- Polling will begin at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm.
- In the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, polling is scheduled in all 20 seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.
- Earlier 89 constituencies were slated to go to polls in the second phase, however, the Election Commission later announced that the voting in the Betul constituency of Madhya Pradesh would not take place on April 26 in the second phase due to the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.
