102 LS Seats Across 21 States, UTs To Go Polls On April 19 In Phase 1, Check High-profile Constituencies, Candidates

The first phase of Lok Sabha polls covering 21 states and Union Territories will kick off on April 19.

The Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in seven phases, with first on April 19, second on April 26, third on May 7, fourth on May 13, fifth on May 20, sixth on May 25 and seventh on June 1. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.

WHICH STATES ARE GOING TO POLLS IN FIRST PHASE OF LOK SABHA ELECTION 2024?

The first phase of voting will be held in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories on April 19, 2024.

The following states and constituencies will go to polls on April 19 –

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Arunachal Pradesh – Arunachal Pradesh East, Arunachal Pradesh West
• Assam – Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur
• Bihar – Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Nawada
• Jammu and Kashmir – Udhampur
• Chhattisgarh – Bastar
• Lakshadweep – Lakshadweep
• Madhya Pradesh – Chhindwara, Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandla, Sidhi, Shahdol
• Maharashtra – Chandrapur, Bhandara – Gondiya, Gadchiroli – Chimur, Ramtek, Nagpur
• Manipur – Inner Manipur, Outer Manipur
• Rajasthan – Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
• Meghalaya – Shillong, Tura
• Mizoram – Mizoram
• Nagaland – Nagaland
• Puducherry – Puducherry
• Sikkim – Sikkim
• Tamil Nadu – 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
• Tripura – Tripura West
• Uttarakhand – Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital- Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar
• West Bengal – Coochbehar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri
• Uttar Pradesh – Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, Pilibhit

KEY LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCIES IN LOK SABHA POLLS PHASE-1

The key constituencies in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections include –

• Uttar Pradesh – Saharanpur, Rampur, Pilibhit, Muzzafarnagar
• Assam – Dibrugarh, Sonitpur
• Chhattisgarh – Bastar
• Bihar – Jamui, Gaya
• Jammu and Kashmir – Udhampur
• Madhya Pradesh – Chhindwara
• Tamil Nadu – Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Coimbatore, Thoothukkudi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari
• Manipur- Inner Manipur, Outer Manipur
• Rajasthan – Bikaner
• West Bengal – Coochbehar, Alipurduars

KEY CANDIDATES IN LOK SABHA POLLS PHASE-1

All eyes will be on the following key candidates in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections –

• Chirag Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party chief) – Jamui
• Nakul Nath (son of Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath) – Chhindwara
• K Annamalai (Tamil Nadu BJP chief) – Coimbatore
• Tamilisai Soundararajan (former Governor of Telangana) – Chennai South
• Kanimozhi Karunanidhi – Thoothukkudi
•  Jitin Prasada (He has been fielded by the BJP in place of Varun Gandhi) – Pilibhit
• Nisith Pramanik – Coochbehar