Lok Sabha election 2019: Phase 1 of voting starts Today; watch live TV coverage on polling Updates

The much awaited 2019 Lok Sabha election is all set to start in a few hours.  The seven-phased Lok Sabha election will begin from April 11 and will continue till May 19. In the Phase -1 Lok Sabha election, polling will be held in 91 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 20 states and Union Territories.

The voting process will commence at 7 am in the morning and will end at 6 pm in the evening on Thursday. However, among the northeastern states, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura West can exercise their franchise between 7am-5pm, while Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya will go to polls between 7am-4pm.

Among the key leaders standing for Phase -1 Lok Sabha election are - Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur), Kiren Rijiju (Arunachal West), General VK Singh (Ghaziabad), Satyapal Singh (Baghpat) and Mahesh Sharma (Gautam Buddha Nagar).

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To get all the LIVE coverage on Phase 1 Lok Sabha election 2019, tune into Aajtak.in and India Today TV. You can also read all the latest updates about Phase-1 voting on Business Today website.

States and Union Territories that will be casting vote on Thursday are:

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir,  Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.

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Breif details about phase 1 election state:wise:

Andhra Pradesh

Candidates contesting: 12

Lok Sabha constituencies: 2

Arunachal Pradesh

Candidates contesting: 319

Lok Sabha constituencies: 25

Assam

Candidates contesting: 41

Lok Sabha constituencies: 5

Bihar

Candidates contesting: 44

Lok Sabha constituencies: 4

Chhattisgarh

Candidates contesting: 7

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Jammu and Kashmir

Candidates contesting: 33

Lok Sabha constituencies: 2

Maharashtra

Candidates contesting: 122

Lok Sabha constituencies: 7

Manipur

Candidates contesting: 8

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Meghalaya

Candidates contesting: 9

Lok Sabha constituencies: 2

Mizoram

Candidates contesting: 6

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Nagaland

Candidates contesting: 4

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Odisha

Candidates contesting:26

Lok Sabha constituencies:4

Sikkim

Candidates contesting: 11

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Telangana

Candidates contesting: 443

Lok Sabha constituencies: 17

Tripura

Candidates contesting: 13

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Uttar Pradesh

Candidates contesting: 96

Lok Sabha constituencies: 8

Uttarakhand

Candidates contesting: 52

Lok Sabha constituencies: 5

West Bengal

Candidates contesting: 18

Lok Sabha constituencies: 2

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Candidates contesting: 15

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1

Lakshadweep

Candidates contesting: 6

Lok Sabha constituencies: 1