The Notification for the Fourth and Fifth phases of Lok Sabha elections, spread over 128 Parliamentary constituencies in 16 states, will be issued today.
The states are, Assam, Sikkim, Tripura, Goa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Notification will also be issued today for 119 Assembly constituencies of Sikkim and Odisha.
The last date of filing of nominations is the 26th of this month. Scrutiny will be held on the 27th and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is the 29th.
Assam, Sikkim, Tripura and Goa will go to the polls on the 12th of next month, while polling in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal will be held on the 17th of next month.
The counting of votes will take place on the 16th of May.