91 constituencies across 18 states, 2 union territories to vote today

New Delhi: The bugle for 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be sounded on Thursday, April 11, when 91 constituencies across 18 states and two union territories will cast their vote in the first phase of the seven phased polls.

While all the 25 seats of Andhra Pradesh and entire 17 seats of Telangana will go for polling in the first phase, eight crucial seats of western Uttar Pradesh too will be covered on Thursday. These are Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida).

Apart from this, all the five parliamentary constituencies of Uttarakhand will also witness polling on April 11.

The voting for seven phased Lok Sabha polls will culminate on May 19, while the counting will be held on May 23.

The eight seats of western Uttar Pradesh which will go to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, sees the BJP facing a tough contest in all the seats due to the alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal against it.

the schedule for the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections was announced.

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