Lok
Sabha elections in 9 phases from April 7 to May 12, results on May 16
Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath announces initiation
of Lok Sabha polls.
Most
awaited and world’s largest democratic nation India goes to poll to elect their
16 th Lok Sabha has begun. The polling will
be held between April 7 and May 12 in 9 phases, said the Chief Elections Commissioner
VS Sampath
on Wednesday March 5th. The counting of votes
will be held on May 16 and expected the results out by evening of 16th
May. The voting will take place in nine phases in the country for first time.
The first phase of polling will starts on April 7, covering 2
states and 6 constituencies, second phase on April 9, covering 5 states and 7
constituencies, third phase on April 10, covering 14 states and 92 constituencies,
fourth phase on April 12, covering 3 states and 5 constituencies, fifth on
April 17, covering 13 states and UTs and 122 constituencies, sixth phase on
April 24, covering 12 states and 117 constituencies, seventh phase on April 30,
covering 9 states and 89 constituencies, eighth phase on May 7, covering 7
states and 64 constituencies and ninth phase on May 12, covering 3 states and
41 constituencies.
The
term of the current Lok Sabha will ends on June 1 and the new House has to be
constituted by May 31. Along with the Lok Sabha election, Andhra Pradesh,
including the state comprising Telangana, Odisha and Sikkim will go to polls to
elect their new Assemblies. AP, Odisha and Sikkim assemblies come to end on
June 2, June 7 and May 7 respectively.
An estimated 81.4 crore voters will be qualified to vote in the
coming elections. 9.71 crore new voters
have been added to the rolls since the last elections i. e. 2009.
Expenditure Limits
From
the coming elections, candidates in a Parliamentary constituency in bigger
states can spend up to Rs 70 lakh on their campaign, up from Rs 40 lakh in
2011. In the 2009 elections, it was Rs 25 lakh.
The 2014 Lok Sabha elections will see the introduction of
"None of the Above" (NOTA) option in voting, which came into vogue in
the assembly elections a few months ago.
The 2009 polls were held in five phases from April 16 to May 13.
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