Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2019 Dates, Schedule: Polls to be held in seven phases, results on May 23

Here are the dates and number of seats that will go on polls

Phase I– The election will be held on April 11 on 8 seats. (Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Bhagpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar)

Phase II– The election will be held on April 18 on 8 seats. (Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikhri)

Phase III– The election will be held on April 23 on 10 seats. (Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Manipuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit)

Phase IV– The election will be held on April 29 on 13 seats. (Shahjhanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur)

Phase V-The election will be held on May 06 on 14 seats. (Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaisarganj, Gonda)  

Phase VI-The election will be held on May 12 on 14 seats. (Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Macchalishahr, Badhohi)

Phase VII-The election will be held on May 19 on 13 seats. (Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj) 

In a landslide victory for the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the party had won 71 seats out of 80 while then ruling party in the state Samajwadi Party was reduced to just 5 seats. Mayawati’s BSP failed to open its account.

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