The election schedule

Following is the list of constituencies and polling dates.

States with a single-day poll:

                     Date       No of seats

Arunachal Pradesh    October 1        2
Assam                October 1       14
Goa                  September 5      2
Gujarat              September 5     26
Haryana              September 5     10
Himachal Pradesh     September 25     4
Kerala               September 11    20
Meghalaya            September 25     2
Mizoram              September 25     1
Nagaland             September 25     1
Punjab               September 5     13
Sikkim               October 3        1
Tripura              October 3        2
West Bengal          October 3       42
Andaman and Nicobar  September 5      1
Chandigarh           September 5      1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli September 5      1
Daman & Diu          September 5      1
Delhi                September 5      7
Lakshadweep          September 3      1
Pondicherry          September 5      1

States with two-day poll:

Karnataka

September 5
Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur, Koppal, Bellary, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Chikballapur, Kolar, Kanakapura, Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bagalkot and Bijapur

September 11
Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Dharwad North, Belgaum, Dharwad South, Chikkodi and Kanara

Maharashtra

September 5
Dhule, Nandurbar, Erandol, Jalgaon, Buldhana, Akola, Washim, Amravati, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara, Chimur, Chandrapur, Wardha, Yavatmal, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Solapur, Pandharpur and Sangli

September 11
Rajapur, Ratnagiri, Kulaba, Bombay South, Bombay South-Central, Bombay North-East, Bombay North-West, Bombay North-Central, Bombay North, Thane, Dahanu, Nasik, Malegaon, Jalna, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Kopargaon, Khed, Pune, Baramati, Satara, Karad, Ichalkaranji and Kolhapur

Orissa

September 5
Koraput, Nowrangpur, Kalahandi, Phulbani, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Sundargarh and Keonjhar

October 3
Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Aska, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur

Rajasthan

September 5
Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Pali, Jalore, Barmer, Jodhpur and Nagaur.

September 11
Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bayana, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Tonk, Kota, Jhalawar, Banswara, Salumber, Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Bhilwara.

Tamil Nadu

September 5
Tindivanam, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Madurai, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Sivakasi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Tiruchendur and Nagercoil

September 11
Madras North, Madras Central, Madras South, Sriperumbudur, Chengalpattu, Arakkonam, Vellore, Tiruppattur, Vandavasi, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Tiruchengode, Nilgiris, Gobichettipalayam, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Palani, Dindigul and Periyakulam.

States with three-day poll:

Andhra Pradesh

September 5
Narasaraopet, Ongole, Nellore, Tirupathi, Chittoor, Rajampet, Cuddapah, Hindupur, Anantapur, Kurnool, Nandyal, Nagarkurnool and Mahabubnagar

September 11
Srikakulam, Parvathipuram, Bobbili, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Rajahmundry, Amalapuram, Narasapur, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Tenali, Bapatla, Hyderabad and Secunderabad

September 18
Bhadrachalam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Siddipet, Medak, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Hanamkonda, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda and Miryalguda

Bihar

September 18
Dumka, Godda, Sasaram, Bikramganj, Aurangabad, Jahanabad, Nawada, Gaya, Chatra, Kodarma, Giridih, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Singhbhum, Khunti, Lohardaga and Palamau

September 25
Bagaha, Bettiah, Motihari, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj, Chapra, Hajipur, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Barh, Balia, Monghyr, Begusarai, Nalanda, Patna, Arrah and Buxar

October 3
Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Madhubani, Jhanjharpur, Rosera, Samastipur, Saharsa, Madhepura, Araria, Kishenganj, Purnea, Katihar, Rajmahal, Banka, Bhagalpur, Khagaria

Jammu & Kashmir

September 5
Srinagar and Ladakh

September 11
Udhampur and Jammu

September 18
Baramulla

October 4
Anantnag

Madhya Pradesh

September 11
Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Betul, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Indore, Ujjain, Jhabua and Mandsaur

September 18
Sagar, Khajuraho, Damoh, Satna, Rewa, Sidhi, Shahdol, Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir, Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Bhopal and Vidisha

September 25
Bilaspur, Sarangarh, Raipur, Mahasamund, Kanker, Bastar, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Balaghat, Mandla, Seoni and Chhindwara

Uttar Pradesh

September 18:
Unnao, Pratapgarh, Chandauli, Varanasi, Robertsganj, Mirzapur, Phulpur, Allahabad, Chail, Fatehpur, Banda, Hamirpur, Jhansi, Jalaun, Ghatampur, Bilhaur, Kanpur, Etawah, Kannauj, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Jalesar, Etah, Firozabad, Agra, Mathura, Hathras, Aligarh, Khurja and Bulandshahr.

September 25:
Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital, Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Shahabad, Hardoi, Hapur, Meerut, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, Saharanpur and Hardwar.

October 3:
Sitapur, Misrikh, Lucknow, Mohanlalganj, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Sultanpur, Akbarpur, Faizabad, Barabanki, Kaiserganj, Bahraich, Balrampur, Gonda, Basti, Domariaganj, Khalilabad, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Padrauna, Deoria, Salempur, Ballia, Ghosi, Azamgarh, Lalganj, Machhilshahr, Jaunpur, Saidpur and Ghazipur.

The commission announced that simultaneous assembly elections will be held in Karnataka, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh as per the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections. Counting of votes in all constituencies will be taken up on October 6, while the poll process will be completed by October 10. Byelections to fill casual vacancies in a few assemblies will be held along with the general elections.