The Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will be among the most stretched out as it will be held in seven phases as announced by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Sunday.
The Election Commission of India announced that the general elections will began on April 11, with the last phase taking place on May 19, the results is slated to be announced on May 23.
Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 seats and is the state which sends most number of MPs to the Lok Sabha.
Here we list the phase wise constituency along with the election dates
| Phase | Election date | No. of constituencies |
constituency name
|
| I | April 11 | 8 |
Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Bhagpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar
|
| II | April 18 | 8 |
Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikhri
|
| III | April 23 | 10 |
Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Manipuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, Pilibhit
|
| IV | April 29 | 13 |
Shahjhanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur
|
| V | May 6 | 14 |
Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaisarganj, Gonda
|
| VI | May 12 | 14 |
Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Macchalishahr, Badhohi
|
| VII | May 19 | 13 |
Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj
|
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had sealed a remarkable 71 seats out of 80 with then ruling party in the state Samajwadi Party getting just 5 seats. After the coming together of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, a tough contest expected in India’s most populous state.
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