The upcoming polls for the
Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament) will be held in seven phases starting April 19.
Maharashtra is one of the two states that would have polling on five days i.e. April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20. Jammu and Kashmir is the other one that will election being conducted in five phases.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal are three states where the polling will take place in all seven phases.
These are the dates on which different constituencies would go to vote in Maharashtra:
| Date | Constituencies |
| April 19 | Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara Gondia, Gadhchiroli Chimur, Chandrapur |
| April 26 | Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Yavatmal Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Panbhani |
| May 7 | Raigad, Baramati, Dharashiv, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangale |
| May 13 | Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Sambhajinagar, Maval, Une, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi, Beed |
| May 20 | Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai South, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai North Central, Palghar |
In its second list of candidates released on March 13, the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had included the likes of Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur voting day April 19), Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North, voting day Mumbai 20), and Pankaja Munde (Beed voting day May 13).
While the biggest national opposition party,
the Indian National Congress, has released two candidate lists so far, neither of them had names from Maharashtra.
In the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the Congress is fighting the election in alliance with
Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
(Edited by : Sriram Iyer)
First Published: Mar 16, 2024 5:20 PM IST
