Punjab, Chandigarh to vote on June 1, Haryana on May 25
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NEW DELHI, MARCH 16
The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, set to be conducted in seven phases. The polling will commence on April 19 and conclude on June 1, with counting of votes for all 543 Lok Sabha seats scheduled for June 4. With an estimated 96.8 crore eligible voters, including 47.1 crore women, this election is anticipated to be the world’s largest democratic exercise.
Voting for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and four in Himachal Pradesh, along with the Union Territory of Chandigarh, is slated for June 1 in the seventh phase. Meanwhile, Haryana will witness voting for its 10 Lok Sabha seats in the sixth phase on May 25. In Jammu and Kashmir, the polling will occur in five phases: Udhampur on April 19, Jammu on April 26, Anantnag and Rajouri on May 7, Srinagar on May 13, and Baramulla on May 20.
Additionally, simultaneous byelections for six assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh and one in Haryana are scheduled alongside the Lok Sabha elections. Notably, the byelection for Haryana’s Karnal assembly seat, left vacant after former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s resignation as MLA earlier this week, will also take place on May 25.
All 13 constituencies of Punjab involved in this phase include Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, and Patiala.
Punjab is gearing up for a multi-cornered contest in the upcoming elections, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vying for seats. Both the ruling AAP and Congress, part of the opposition bloc INDIA, are contesting separately in Punjab, confident in their chances across all 13 seats.
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