Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase-1 Voting: Polling for 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and Union Territories is set to be held in the first phase on Friday, April 19. This time, the Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases, with the last one on June 1. In the first phase, voting will be held in all seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1).
Besides, voting will also be held in 12 seats in Rajasthan, 8 in Uttar Pradesh, 6 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats each in Assam and Maharashtra, 4 in Bihar, 3 in West Bengal, 2 in Manipur, and one seat each in Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Full list of constituencies going to polls in Phase-1
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal West Arunachal East
Assam
Kaziranga Sonitpur Lakhimpur Dibrugarh Jorhat
Bihar
Aurangabad Gaya Nawada Jamui
Madhya Pradesh
Sidhi Shahdol Jabalpur Mandla Balaghat Chhindwara
Maharashtra
Ramtek Nagpur Bhandara - Gondiya Gadchiroli - Chimur Chandrapur
Rajasthan
Ganganagar Bikaner Churu Jhunjhunu Sikar Jaipur Rural Jaipur Alwar Bharatpur Karauli-Dholpur Dausa Nagaur
Tamil Nadu
1 Tiruvallur SC 2 Chennai North GEN 3 Chennai South GEN 4 Chennai Central GEN 5 Sriperumbudur GEN 6 Kancheepuram SC 7 Arakkonam GEN 8 Vellore GEN 9 Krishnagiri GEN 10 Dharmapuri GEN 11 Tiruvannamalai GEN 12 Arani GEN 13 Viluppuram SC 14 Kallakurichi GEN 15 Salem GEN 16 Namakkal GEN 17 Erode GEN 18 Tiruppur GEN 19 Nilgiris SC 20 Coimbatore GEN 21 Pollachi GEN 22 Dindigul GEN 23 Karur GEN 24 Tiruchirappalli GEN 25 Perambalur GEN 26 Cuddalore GEN 27 Chidambaram SC 28 Mayiladuthurai GEN 29 Nagapattinam 30 Thanjavur GEN 31 Sivaganga GEN 32 Madurai GEN 33 Theni GEN 34 Virudhunagar GEN 35 Ramanathapuram GEN 36 Thoothukkudi GEN 37 Tenkasi SC 38 Tirunelveli GEN 39 Kanniyakumari
Uttarakhand
Tehri Garhwal GEN Garhwal GEN Almora SC Nainital- GEN Udhamsingh Nagar Haridwar
Uttar Pradesh
Saharanpur Kairana Muzaffarnagar Bijnor Nagina Moradabad Rampur Pilibhit
West Bengal
Coochbehar Alipurduars Jalpaiguri
Manipur
Inner Manipur Outer Manipur
Meghalaya
Shillong Tura
Tripura
Tripura West
Chhattisgarh
Bastar
Jammu and Kashmir Udhampur
Ladakh
Ladakh
Among the key candidates in the first phase are BJP's Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai, former telecom minister and DMK leader A Raja, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju, Sarbanada Sonowal, Sanjeev Baliyan, Jitendra Singh, Bhupendra Yadav, Arjun Ram Meghwal, and L Murugan.
Two former chief ministers - Biplab Kumar Deb (Tripura) and Nabam Tuki (Arunachal Pradesh) are also in the fray. Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is also contesting from Chennai South in Tamil Nadu.
In 2019, the UPA won 45 of these 102 seats and the NDA 41.