Election 09
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SUMMARY OF LOK SABHA ELECTION SCHEDULE
Poll Event Schedule Numbers & Election Dates
1 2A* 2B* 3A 3B 3C* 4 5A 5B*
Announcement & Issue of Press Note 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) 02-Mar-2009 (Monday)
Issue of Notification 23-Mar-2009 (Monday) 28-Mar-2009 (Saturday) 28-Mar-2009 (Saturday) 02-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 02-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 02-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 11-Apr-2009 (Saturday) 17-Apr-2009 (Friday) 17-Apr-2009 (Friday)
Last Date for filing Nominations 30-Mar-2009 (Monday) 04-Apr-2009 (Saturday) 04-Apr-2009 (Saturday) 09-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 09-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 09-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 18-Apr-2009 (Saturday) 24-Apr-2009 (Friday) 24-Apr-2009 (Friday)
Scrutiny of Nominations 31-Mar-2009 (Tuesday) 06-Apr-2009 (Monday) 06-Apr-2009 (Monday) 11-Apr-2009 (Saturday) 10-Apr-2009 (Friday) 10-Apr-2009 (Friday) 20-Apr-2009 (Monday) 25-Apr-2009 (Saturday) 25-Apr-2009 (Saturday)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 2-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 08-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) 08-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) 13-Apr-2009 (Monday) 15 -Apr-2009 (Wednesday) 13-Apr-2009 (Monday) 22-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) 27-Apr-2009 (Monday) 28-Apr-2009 (Tuesday)
Date of Poll 16-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 22-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) 23-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 30-Apr-2009 (Thursday) 30-April-2009 (Thursday) 30-April-2009 (Thursday) 07-May-2009 (Thursday) 13-May-2009 (Wednesday) 13-May-2009 (Wednesday)
Counting of Votes on 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday) 16-May-2009 (Saturday)
Date before which the election shall be Completed 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday) 28-May-2009 (Thursday)
Number of States/UTs 17 1 12 6 1 4 8 8 1
Number of Parliamentary Constituencies 124 1 140 77 1 29 85 72 42
Highlights of the Lok Sabha Election 2009 Schedule
Election Dates No. of Seats States
Apr 16 124 AP, Arunachal, Assam. Bihar, J&K, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, UP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman, Lakshadweep
Apr 23 141 AP, Assam, Bihar, Goa, J&K, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand
Apr 30 107 Bihar, Gujarat, J&K, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, UP, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
May 07 85 Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi
May 13 86 Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry
Counting of Votes : May 16, 09
Next Lok Sabha to convene before: Jun 02, 09

List of Constituencies in States with One Poll Day
State Code States and Union Territories Schedule No. Date of Poll No. of Constituencies
S02 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 16-Apr-09 2
S05 GOA 2B 23-Apr-09 2
S06 GUJARAT 3C 30-Apr-09 26
S07 HARYANA 4 07-May-09 10
S08 HIMACHAL PRADESH 5A 13-May-09 4
S11 KERALA 1 16-Apr-09 20
S15 MEGHALAYA 1 16-Apr-09 2
S16 MIZORAM 1 16-Apr-09 1
S17 NAGALAND 1 16-Apr-09 1
S20 RAJASTHAN 4 07-May-09 25
S21 SIKKIM 3C 30-Apr-09 1
S22 TAMIL NADU 5A 13-May-09 39
S23 TRIPURA 2B 23-Apr-09 2
S26 CHHATTISGARH 1 16-Apr-09 11
S28 UTTARAKHAND 5A 13-May-09 5
U01 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 1 16-Apr-09 1
U02 CHANDIGARH 5A 13-May-09 1
U03 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 3C 30-Apr-09 1
U04 DAMAN & DIU 3C 30-Apr-09 1
U05 NCT of DELHI 4 07-May-09 7
U06 LAKSHADWEEP 1 16-Apr-09 1
U07 PUDUCHERRY 5A 13-May-09 1
Total Constituencies : 164

List of Constituencies in States with Two Poll Days

List of Constituencies in States with Two Poll Days
 
S03 ASSAM
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 Poll Day 23-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
1 Karimganj 4 Dhubri
2 Silchar 5 Kokrajhar
3 Autonomous District 6 Barpeta
7 Gauhati
8 Mangaldoi
9 Tezpur
10 Nowgong
11 Kaliabor
12 Jorhat
13 Dibrugarh
14 Lakhimpur


S10 KARNATAKA
Schedule No. 2B Schedule No. 3A
Poll Day 23-Apr-09 Poll Day 30-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
1 Chikkodi 3 Bagalkot
2 Belgaum 10 Haveri
4 Bijapur 11 Dharwad
5 Gulbarga 13 Davanagere
6 Raichur 14 Shimoga
7 Bidar 15 Udupi Chikmagalur
8 Koppal 16 Hassan
9 Bellary 17 Dakshina Kannada
12 Uttara Kannada 20 Mandya
18 Chitradurga 21 Mysore
19 Tumkur 22 Chamarajanagar
23 Bangalore Rural
24 Bangalore North
25 Bangalore Central
26 Bangalore South
27 Chikkballapur
28 Kolar


S12 MADHYA PRADESH
Schedule No. 2B Schedule No. 3A
Poll Day 23-Apr-09 Poll Day 30-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
8 Khajuraho 1 Morena
9 Satna 2 Bhind
10 Rewa 3 Gwalior
11 Sidhi 4 Guna
12 Shahdol 5 Sagar
13 Jabalpur 6 Tikamgarh
14 Mandla 7 Damoh
15 Balaghat 20 Rajgarh
16 Chhindwara 21 Dewas
17 Hoshangabad 22 Ujjain
18 Vidisha 23 Mandsour
19 Bhopal 24 Ratlam
29 Betul 25 Dhar
26 Indore
27 Khargone
28 Khandwa


S14 MANIPUR
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2A
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 Poll Day 22-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
2 Outer Manipur 1 Inner Manipur


S18 ORISSA
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 Poll Day 23-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
1 Bargarh 4 Keonjhar
2 Sundargarh 5 Mayurbhanj
3 Sambalpur 6 Balasore
10 Bolangir 7 Bhadrak
11 Kalahandi 8 Jajpur
12 Nabarangpur 9 Dhenkanal
13 Kandhamal 14 Cuttack
19 Aska 15 Kendrapara
20 Berhampur 16 Jagatsinghpur
21 Koraput 17 Puri
18 Bhubaneswar


S19 PUNJAB
Schedule No. 4 Schedule No. 5A
Poll Day 07-May-09 Poll Day 13-May-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
10 Firozpur 1 Gurdaspur
11 Bathinda 2 Amritsar
12 Sangrur 3 Khadoor Sahib
13 Patiala 4 Jalandhar
5 Hoshiarpur
6 Anandpur Sahib
7 Ludhiana
8 Fatehgarh Sahib
9 Faridkot


S27 JHARKHAND
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 Poll Day 23-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCIES
NO. NAME NO. NAME
4 Chatra 1 Rajmahal
5 Kodarma 2 Dumka
11 Khunti 3 Godda
12 Lohardaga 6 Giridih
13 Palamau 7 Dhanbad
14 Hazaribagh 8 Ranchi
9 Jamshedpur
10 Singhbhum

List of Constituencies in States with Three Poll Days

List of Constituencies in States with Three Poll Days
MAHARASHTRA S13
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B Schedule No. 3A
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 Poll Day 23-Apr-09 Poll Day 30-Apr-09
NO. CONSTITUENCIES
NAME 		NO. CONSTITUENCIES NAME NO. CONSTITUENCIES NAME
5 Buldhana 1 Nandurbar 22 Palghar
6 Akola 2 Dhule 23 Bhiwandi
7 Amravati 3 Jalgaon 24 Kalyan
8 Wardha 4 Raver 25 Thane
9 Ramtek 18 Jalna 26 Mumbai North
10 Nagpur 19 Aurangabad 27 Mumbai North West
11 Bhandara - Gondiya 20 Dindori 28 Mumbai North East
12 Gadchiroli-Chimur 21 Nashik 29 Mumbai North Central
13 Chandrapur 32 Raigad 30 Mumbai South Central
14 Yavatmal-Washim 33 Maval 31 Mumbai South
15 Hingoli 34 Pune
16 Nanded 35 Baramati
17 Parbhani 36 Shirur
37 Ahmednagar
38 Shirdi
39 Beed
40 Osmanabad
41 Latur
42 Solapur
43 Madha
44 Sangli
45 Satara
46 Ratnagiri - Sindhudurg
47 Kolhapur
48 Hatkanangle

S25 WEST BENGAL
Schedule No. 3A Schedule No. 4 Schedule No. 5A
Poll Day 30-Apr-09   07-May-09   13-May-09
  CONSTITUENCIESNAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME
NO.   NO.   NO.
1 Coochbehar 9 Jangipur 14 Bangaon
2 Alipurduars 10 Baharampur 15 Barrackpur
3 Jalpaiguri 11 Murshidabad 16 Dum Dum
4 Darjeeling 12 Krishnanagar 17 Barasat
5 Raiganj 13 Ranaghat 18 Basirhat
6 Balurghat 25 Howrah 19 Jaynagar
7 Maldaha Uttar 26 Uluberia 20 Mathurapur
8 Maldaha Dakshin 27 Sreerampur 21 Diamond Harbour
32 Ghatal 28 Hooghly 22 Jadavpur
33 Jhargram 29 Arambag 23 Kolkata Dakshin
34 Medinipur 30 Tamluk 24 Kolkata Uttar
35 Purulia 31 Kanthi
36 Bankura 38 Bardhaman Purba
37 Bishnupur 39 Budhaman - Durgapur
40 Asansol
41 Bolpur
42 Birbhum
 
List of Constituencies in States with Four Poll Days
S04 BIHAR
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B Schedule No. 3A Schedule No. 4
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 23-Apr-09 30-Apr-09 07-May-09
  CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME
NO.   NO.   NO.   NO.  
17 Gopalganj 1 Valmiki Nagar 8 Supaul 29 Nalanda
18 Siwan 2 Paschim Champaran 9 Araria 30 Patna Sahib
19 Maharajganj 3 Purvi Champaran 10 Kishanganj 31 Pataliputra
20 Saran 4 Sheohar 11 Katihar
32 Arrah 5 Sitamarhi 12 Purnia
33 Buxar 6 Madhubani 13 Madhepura
34 Sasaram 7 Jhanjharpur 24 Begusarai
35 Karakat 14 Darbhanga 25 Khagaria
36 Jahanabad 15 Muzaffarpur 26 Bhagalpur
37 Aurangabad 16 Vaishali 27 Banka
38 Gaya 21 Hajipur 28 Munger
39 Nawada 22 Ujiarpur
40 Jamui 23 Samastipur
 
List of Constituencies in States with Five Poll Days
JAMMU & KASHMIR S09
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B Schedule No. 3B
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 Poll Day 23-Apr-09 Poll Day 30-Apr-09
CONSTITUENCIES NAME CONSTITUENCIES NAME CONSTITUENCIES NAME
NO. NO. NO.
6 Jammu 5 Udhampur 3 Anantnag


JAMMU & KASHMIR S09
Schedule No. 4 Schedule No. 5A
Poll Day 07-May-09 Poll Day 13-May-09
NO. CONSTITUENCIES NAME NO. CONSTITUENCIES NAME
2 Srinagar 1 Baramulla
4 Ladakh


S24 - UTTAR PRADESH
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2B Schedule No. 3A
Poll Day 16-Apr-09 23-Apr-09 30-Apr-09
  CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME
NO. NO. NO.
63 Maharajganj 37 Amethi 30 Sitapur
64 Gorakhpur 38 Sultanpur 31 Hardoi
65 Kushi Nagar 39 Pratapgarh 32 Misrikh
66 Deoria 48 Banda 33 Unnao
67 Bansgaon 50 Kaushambi 34 Mohanlalganj
68 Lalganj 51 Phulpur 35 Lucknow
69 Azamgarh 52 Allahabad 36 Rae bareli
70 Ghosi 54 Faizabad 43 Kanpur
71 Salempur 55 Ambedkar Nagar 44 Akbarpur
72 Ballia 57 Kaiserganj 45 Jalaun
74 Machhlishahr 58 Shrawasti 46 Jhansi
75 Ghazipur 59 Gonda 47 Hamirpur
76 Chandauli 60 Domariyaganj 49 Fatehpur
77 Varanasi 61 Basti 53 Barabanki
79 Mirzapur 62 Sant Kabir Nagar 56 Bahraich
80 Robertsganj 73 Jaunpur
78 Bhadohi


S24 - UTTAR PRADESH
Schedule No. 4 Schedule No. 5B
07-May-09 13-May-09
  CONSTITUENCIES NAME   CONSTITUENCIES NAME
NO. NO.
2 Kairana 1 Saharanpur
3 Muzaffarnagar 4 Bijnor
10 Meerut 5 Nagina
11 Baghpat 6 Moradabad
12 Ghaziabad 7 Rampur
13 Gautam Budhha Nagar 8 Sambhal
14 Bulandshahr 9 Amroha
15 Aligarh 23 Badaun
16 Hathras 24 Aonla
17 Mathura 25 Bareilly
18 Agra 26 Pilibhit
19 Fatehpur Sikri 27 Shahjahanpur
20 Firozabad 28 Kheri
21 Mainpuri 29 Dhaurahra
22 Etah
40 Farrukhabad
41 Etawah
42 Kannauj