Lok Sabha elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to witness seven-phase polls | Check full schedule

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced that the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be conducted in seven phases with different states going to polls at different times. CEC Rajiv Kumar mentioned the expansive geography of India and logistical challenges while defending the seven-phase elections.

While different states are named in separate phases and some states are having elections in more than one phase, three states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal will go to polls during all seven phases of Lok Sabha elections 2024. As the largest state of India by population, Uttar Pradesh sends the highest number of MPs to Lok Sabha.

The contest is all set to begin on the 80 seats of UP from the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 from April 19 when constituencies like Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzzafarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Muradabad, Rampur, Pilibhit are set for elections. The voters in Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr (SC), Aligarh, Mathura will vote in the second phase of elections on April 26 while on May 7, third phase of elections will witness voting in Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Amla, Bareilly.

Lok Sabha constituencies of Shahjahanpur (SC), Lakhimpur Kheri, Dhaurahara, Sitapur, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Bahraich will go to polls in the fourth phase on May 13 while in the fifth phase on May 20, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, Gonda will vote. Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkarnagar, Shravasti, Dumariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj