NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha elections will be held in five phases between April 16 and May 13. The counting will be done on May 16.
New Lok Sabha will be constituted by June 2. The elections will be held in 5 phases in J&K and Uttar Pradesh, in four phases in Bihar, three in Maharashtra, two in AP, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, MP, Orissa and Punjab, remaining states and UTs, the election will be held on one day, the Election Commission informed the media on Monday.
Polls will be conducted in 124 constituencies on April 16, in 141 constituencies on April 23, in 107 constituencies on April 30, 85 on May 7 and 86 on May 13.
Treating Manipur as an exception, polls will be conducted in the state on April 22, considering April 23 is a local holiday there.
Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Orissa will go to polls with the other states.
Earlier in the day, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) led by Ajit Singh announced its entry into the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The RLD will have a poll pact with the main NDA constituent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).