Lok Sabha Elections 2019: All You Need To Know!

Megha Laroia — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 05:57:10 +0000

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Held every 5 years, the Lok Sabha election or the national election is the largest democratic exercise in the nation. Voters elect representatives to 543 seats in Parliament, and the party with 272 or more seats selects the prime minister. If no one party wins 272 seats, parties can come together to form a coalition government. This general election will choose the 17th Lok Sabha.

No matter which party comes to power this year, it is essential that each one of you go out and vote, even if you go ahead and press NOTA! (none of the above). Through NOTA, you can choose not to vote for any candidates who are contesting the elections. But, let us target to take our polling percentage from 66% in 2014 to 100% in 2019. This time, make your vote count!

In this blog, we have tried to collate all information that you might need or questions you might have about Lok Sabha elections 2019, before you go out and cast your vote in Phase 4 of the elections.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: When Did They Start?

The national elections will take place in seven phases, from April 11 till May 19. Polling has already been done in 3 phases.

The counting day will be on May 23.

Key Dates:

Phase 1: April 11	Phase 4: April 29
Phase 2: April 18	Phase 5: May 6
Phase 3: April 23	Phase 6: May 12
	Phase 7: May 19

Note: Voting, generally, takes place between 7 am and 5 pm (closing time can be extended if there are long queues at polling booths)

Where To Register To Vote?

All Indian citizens who are 18 years of age on the qualifying date are eligible to vote.

Visit https://electoralsearch.in/ to check if you are registered to vote. If your name appears in the list, you are eligible to vote, otherwise you need to register to vote.

Visit https://www.nvsp.in/ for voter registration. Also, you can download Voter Helpline App to verify your name in Electoral Roll or register online.

If you have missed the registration deadline, you can still register to vote and a cast a ballot at the same time during early voting or on Election Day. Simply go to your regular polling place or early voting site to register and vote. You will need to show proof of residence and a photo ID.

How To Locate Your Constituency?

Here is the direct link of finding the polling location: http://psleci.nic.in/default.aspx

Enter the state, zone and constituency. Hence, the location will appear on the map.

When Is Polling In My State And Constituency?

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	I	April 11

Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narasapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet, Chittoor	I	April 11

Arunachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Arunachal Pradesh West	I	April 11
Arunachal Pradesh East	I	April 11

Assam Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Tezpur, Kalibor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur	I	April 11
Karimganj, Silchar, autonomous district, Mangaldoi, Nawgong	II	April 18
Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Guhati	III	April 23

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui	I	April 11
Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka	II	April 18
Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria	III	April 23
Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger	IV	April 29
Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur	V	May 6
Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj	VI	May 12
Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Kurakat, Jahanabad	VII	May 19

Chandigarh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Chandigarh	VII	May 19

Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Bastar	I	April 11
Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker	II	April 18
Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur	III	April 23

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	III	April 23

Daman and Diu Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Daman and Diu	III	April 23

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi	VI	May 12

Goa Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
North Goa, South Goa	III	April 23

Gujarat Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, Valsad	III	April 23

Haryana Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hissar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, BhiwaniMahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad	VI	May 12

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Shimla	VII	May 19

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir which will go for polling in three phases due to security reasons, CEC Sunil Arora announced.

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Baramulla, Jammu	I	April 11
Srinagar, Udhampur	II	April 18
Anantnag	III	April 23
Anantnag (Kulgam district)	IV	April 29
Anantnag (Shopian and Pulwama district), Ladakh	V	May 6

Jharkhand Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Chatra, Lohardaga, Palamu	IV	April 29
Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh	V	May 6
Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Singhbhum	VI	May 12
Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda	VIII	May 19

Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar	II	April 18
Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, Shimoga	III	April 23

Kerala Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Kasaragod, Kannur, Vadakara, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani, Palakkad, Alathur, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram	III	April 23

Lakshadweep Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Lakshadweep	I	April 11

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara	IV	April 29
Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul	V	May 6
Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh	VI	May 12
Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsour, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa	VII	May 19

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal-Washim	I	April 11
Buldhana, Akola, Amravat, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur	II	April 18
Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Raigad, Pune, Baramat, Ahmednagar, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle, Shirdi	III	April 23
Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central	IV	April 29

Manipur Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Outer Manipur	I	April 11
Inner Manipur	II	April 18

Meghalaya Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Shillong, Tura	I	April 11

Mizoram Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Mizoram	I	April 11

Nagaland Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Nagaland	I	April 11

Odisha Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput	I	April 11
Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska	II	April 18
Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar	III	April 23
Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur	IV	April 29

Puducherry Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Puducherry	II	April 18

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala	VII	May 19

Rajasthan Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran	IV	April 29
Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur	V	May 6

Sikkim Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Sikkim	I	April 11

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari	II	April 18

Telangana Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam	I	April 11

Tripura Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Tripura West	I	April 11
Tripura East	II	April 18

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar	I	April 11
Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri	II	April 18
Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit	III	April 23
Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur	IV	April 29
Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Raebareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Gonda	V	May 6
Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi	VI	May 12
Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushi Nagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj	VII	May 19

Uttarakhand Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, Hardwar	I	April 11

West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Schedule

Constituencies	Phase	Polling Date
Coochbehar, Alipurduars	I	April 11
Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj	II	April 18
Balurghat, Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad	III	April 23
Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum	IV	April 29
Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambag	V	May 6
Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur	VI	May 12
Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar	VII	May 19

With 3 phases already being covered, the data suggests that more and more people are coming out to vote. It will be interesting to see the results of this Lok Sabha elections 2019, as people, especially youth or millennial, become more aware of the issues and have an opinion of their own!

We as an organization are doing our bit to contribute as much as we can during these elections by raising awareness amongst our employees and giving them offs on election days, encouraging them to go and vote! Make sure your vote counts too!

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