The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls to be held in seven phases that will begin from April 19 and continue till June 1.
The results of the election will be announced on June 4.
Meghalaya with Shillong and Tura seats, will go to polls in phase 1.
With the announcement of poll schedule, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) will come into force.
The term of the current Lok Sabha is going to end on June 16.
The CEC said there are 97.8 crore eligible voters of which 49.72 crore were male voters and 47.1 crore were female voters.
He said there are 1.82 crore first-time voters
The last 11 state elections were peaceful and violence-free with near-zero re-polls, he said, adding that this will further be improved going forward.
In the last Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had registered a resounding victory bagging 303 seats out of 543 Parliamentary constituencies in the country.
This time, the BJP is eying on 370 Lok Sabha seats. So far, the ruling party has announced 267 candidates while the main opposition Congress has declared the name of 82 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Left, TMC, Aam Aadmi Party and some other parties have also announced the name of their candidates for several Lok Sabha seats.
