Schedule Of General Elections– 2014

The Commission, after taking into account all relevant factors, has finalized the Schedule Of General Elections– 2014 to be held on 9 Poll days to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha. Details of Poll Days and corresponding Schedules are given at Statement-A. An abstract of number of Parliamentary Constituencies voting on different Polling Dates in States and Union Territories is given at Statement-B. State/ UT-wise Schedule indicating the number and names of the Parliamentary Constituencies are given in alphabetical order of States and UTs in Statement-C. The Schedule Of General Elections– 2014 for Legislative Assembly Elections for the 3 States, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim is given at Statement-D. The Schedule for Assembly Constituencies in each of these three States, Poll Day wise, is given at Statements E, F and G respectively.

• Poll Days signify the number assigned to a particular day on which Polling is to take place, in the National Schedule for Lok Sabha elections. The first Poll Day of the nation is 7th April, 2014 (Monday) and the ninth (last) Poll Day is 12th May, 2014 (Monday).
• Every reference to a Poll Day in the Press Note invariably refers to the Poll Day of the National Schedule.
• Each Poll Day has a corresponding single Schedule except Poll Day 3, which has two Schedules 3A and 3B, necessitated due to local holiday on 22nd March, 2014(Saturday) in Bihar State.

• State/UT-wise abstract of number of Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) voting on different Poll Days and the corresponding Date and Day of the week for all the 543 PCs.
• Abstract of State/UTs voting from a Single Poll Date to a maximum of Six Poll Dates.

Statement-C:

• Complete Schedule (with Poll Event-wise dates) for each PC with its Number, Name and Type and corresponding Schedule Number (1 to 9) for all 35 States/UTs in their alphabetical order.

• Abstract of Poll Days and Corresponding Schedules for 3 State Legislative Assemblies viz. Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.

• Complete Schedule (with Poll Event-wise dates) for each Assembly Constituency (AC) with its Number, Name and Type and applicable Schedule(s) Number for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim respectively.

• Details of Bye-elections to fill up 23 casual vacancies in Legislative Assemblies of 8 States with AC Number, Name and corresponding Date of Poll of the PC of which these ACs are a segment.

POLL DAYS – GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2014
POLL DAY	DATE OF POLL	NUMBER OF STATES & UNION TERRITORIES	NUMBER OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIE
1	07.04.2014	2	8
2	09.04.2014	5	7
3	10.04.2014	14	92
4	12.04.2014	3	5
5	17.04.2014	13	122
6	24.04.2014	12	117
7	30.04.2014	9	89
8	07.05.2014	7	64
9	12.05.2014	3	41
TOTAL PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES			543

• Counting will take place on 16.05.2014 (Friday) and is expected to be completed on the same day.
• The Commission has taken into account the fact that the tenure of the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim will expire on 02.06.2014, 07.06.2014 and 21.05.2014 respectively. It is also conscious of the fact that a new Assembly in Sikkim has to be constituted before 22nd May, 2014.