India's largest democratic festival, the 18th Lok Sabha Elections, commences on April 19 and will be spread across 44 days, spanning seven phases. Political enthusiasm has reached its zenith as political factions participate in lively debates, campaigns, rallies, and public events, exchanging a barrage of promises and accusations.
With less than 24 hours left to the high-voltage electoral battle, Moneycontrol has compiled a list of the constituencies that go into polls in the first phase.
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In the first phase, 102 Lok Sabha constituencies across 21 states and four Union Territories will go into polls.
Here's a list of these Lok Sabha seats:
- Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal West and Arunachal East.
- Assam: Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, and Jorhat.
- Bihar: Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada and Jamui.
- Chhattisgarh: Bastar.
- Madhya Pradesh: Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara.
- Maharashtra: Nagpur, Ramktek, Bhandara - Gondiya, Gadchiroli - Chimur, and Chandrapur.
- Manipur: Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur.
- Meghalaya: Shillong and Tura.
- Mizoram: Mizoram
- Nagaland: Nagaland.
- Rajasthan: Jaipur, Jaipur Rural, Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, and Nagaur.
- Sikkim: The state's single Lok Sabha constituency.
- Tamil Nadu: Tiruvallur SC, 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 SC, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi SC, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari.
- Tripura: Tripura West
- Uttar Pradesh: Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit.
- Uttarakhand: Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, and Haridwar.
- West Bengal: Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, and Jalpaiguri.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: The UT's single Lok Sabha seat.
- Jammu and Kashmir: Udhampur.
- Lakshadweep: The UT's single Lok Sabha seat.
- Puducherry: The UT's single Lok Sabha seat.The first phase of the General election will also be the largest, encompassing nearly one-fifth of all electoral districts. Polling will commence at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm. The general election will be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 and the results will be declared on June 4.
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