Election Commission Issues Notification for 3rd Phase Lok Sabha Polls

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued the notification for the third phase of voting in the 18th Lok Sabha election.

The filing of nominations for this phase of polling started following the notification issued by the ECI.

In the third phase, polling will be held in 94 Lok Sabha constituencies in 12 states and Union territories (UTs).

The states/UTs included in the third phase are Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

The 94 Lok Sabha seats include 26 seats from Gujarat, 14 from Karnataka, 11 from Maharashtra, 10 from UP, 8 from Madhya Pradesh, seven from Chhattisgarh, five from Bihar, four each from Assam and West Bengal, two from Goa, two from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and one from Jammu and Kashmir.

According to the notification, April 19 is the last date of filing of nominations and the scrutiny of nominations will take place on April 20.

The last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 22.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) has also issued a notification for the adjourned poll in Betul constituency of Madhya Pradesh following the death of the contesting BSP candidate.

The polling in the Betul LS seat will take place on May 7.

The general election will be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.