The first phase of elections for the 18th Lok Sabha elections starts on Friday. The Phase 1 polling will cover 102 constituencies spread across 21 states and Union Territories (UTs). The counting of votes will be held on June 4.
Assembly Elections in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will also be held along with the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 19.
In Phase 1, states and UTs including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry will be voting on Friday.
According to the data released by the Election Commission of India, a total of 1.87 lakh polling stations have been set up, while 18 lakh personnel have been deployed across the 102 constituencies going to the polls on Friday.
The first phase, with the highest number of parliamentary constituencies among all seven phases, will witness polling in 21 States and Union Territories.
An estimated 8.4 crore male voters, 8.23 crore female voters and 11,371 third-gender electors are eligible to vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls, according to the ECI data.
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