Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1 today: Voting date, timing, states, union territories, seats, key candidates and constituencies | LS Polls begin

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024 ended on Wednesday and voting will be held across 102 Lok Sabha constituencies in 21 states and union territories on Friday, April 19.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: In Uttar Pradesh, 8 Lok Sabha seats going to polls on Friday

In Uttar Pradesh, poll campaign ended for eight Lok Sabha seats that are going to polls in first phase of the General Elections on Friday — Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit in the western region of the state. In all, U.P. has 80 Lok Sabha seats that will go to polls spread across all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha election.

Here are all the details regarding the voting date, timings, states, seats, key candidates and constituencies that go to polls in phase 1 of Lok Sabha elections 2024 — 

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Date and Time

As per the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India, the first phase of the seven phase Lok Sabha 2024 elections will be held on April 19 (Friday). 

Voting for first phase of 2024 Lok Sabha elections will begin at 8.00 PM and end at 5.00 PM on Friday, April 19, with an extra hour provided as a buffer period for voters present in the voting line at 5.00 PM.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Result date

Lok Sabha polls 2024 results will be announced on June 4.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Total number of constituencies going to polls in first phase

In total, 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories will go to polls in phase 1 of Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: States where polls will be held in first phase

Voting will be held across constituencies in the states and union territories of — Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya,   Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Lakshadweep 

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Constituencies going to polls in first phase of polls

These are the states, union territories and Lok Sabha constituencies going to polls in phase 1 of 2024 General Elections —

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Arunachal Pradesh — Arunachal Pradesh East, Arunachal Pradesh West
3. Assam — Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur
4. Bihar — Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Nawada
5. Chhattisgarh — Bastar
6. Jammu and Kashmir — Udhampur
7. Madhya Pradesh — Chhindwara, Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandla, Sidhi, Shahdol
8. Maharashtra — Nagpur, Chandrapur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Ramtek
9. Manipur — Inner Manipur, Outer Manipur
10. Meghalaya — Shillong, Tura
11. Mizoram — Mizoram
12. Nagaland — Nagaland
13. Puducherry — Puducherry
14. Rajasthan — Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
15. Sikkim — Sikkim
16. 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, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari
17. Tripura — Tripura West
18. Uttarakhand — Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar
19. Uttar Pradesh — Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur
20. West Bengal — Coochbehar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri
21. Lakshadweep — Lakshadweep

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Key constituencies and key candidates

Udhampur – Jammu and Kashmir: Jitendra Singh (BJP)

Nagpur – Maharashtra: Nitin Gadkari (BJP)

Pilibhit – Uttar Pradesh: Jatin Prasada (BJP)

Nilgiris – Tamil Nadu: A Raja (DMK)

Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu: K Annamalai (BJP)

Arunachal West – Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju (BJP)

Jorhat – Assam: Gaurav Gogoi (Congress) vs Topon Kumar Gogoi (BJP) 

Chhindwara – Madhya Pradesh: Nakul Nath (Congress) 

Bikaner – Rajasthan: Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP) vs Govind Ram Meghwal (Congress) 

Chennai South – Tamil Nadu: Tamilisai Soundararajan (BJP)