Nearly all UTs will vote in a single section, besides Jammu & Kashmir (Representational)
The Chief Election Commissioner right now introduced dates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The elections throughout all states and union territories shall be held in seven phases, ranging from April 19.
Whereas a complete of twenty-two states and UTs will endure voting in only one ballot day, three states will conduct voting in all seven phases. The states with most ballot dates embrace Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
Nearly all UTs will vote in a single section, besides Jammu and Kashmir, which is able to vote on 5 ballot dates.
Here is a breakdown of which state, UT will vote in what number of phases:
States and UTs with one ballot date (22):
Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar island, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
States and UTs with two ballot dates (4):
Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tripura, Manipur
States and UTs with three ballot dates (2):
Chhattisgarh, Assam
States and UTs with 4 ballot dates (3):
Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand
States and UTs with 5 ballot dates (2):
Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir
States and UTs with seven ballot dates (3):
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
The section 1 voting will happen on April 19, section 2 voting on April 26, section 3 voting on Could 7, section 4 voting on Could 13, section 5 voting on Could 20, section 6 voting on Could 25 and section 7 voting on June 1.