Lok Sabha Election 2024: CEC has met twice in the past and till now has declared the names of candidates for 291 Lok Sabha seats. In these meetings, decisions were taken on the seats of other states including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Telangana. BJP has not yet announced candidates for many seats in some of these states.
At least three of the declared candidates, including Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh, withdrew their names after some controversy arose over their names. The names of prominent party faces including Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari have already been announced for the elections and all of them are contesting from their existing constituencies. BJP had announced the names of 195 candidates in its first list. It was also announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi seat.
Lok Sabha elections will be held in 7 phases
The Election Commission had announced the dates of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on March 16 this month. In which the Chief Election Commissioner had told that this time the elections will be conducted in 7 phases. The first phase of voting will take place on April 19. Whereas voting for the second phase will be held on 26 April, for the third phase on 7 May, for the fourth on 13 May, for the fifth on 20 May, for the sixth on 25 May and for the 7th and last phase on 1 June. The results of the 18th Lok Sabha will come on June 4.
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