New Delhi: The Chief Election Commissioner on Saturday announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The electoral process will span seven phases, starting on April 19 and covering all states and union territories.

While 22 states and UTs will hold voting on a single day, three states will conduct voting across all seven phases, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal having the most polling dates.

The majority of UTs will cast their votes in a single phase, with the exception of Jammu & Kashmir, which will hold voting on five separate dates.

Here's the detailed schedule of which state, UT will vote in how many phases and the poll dates:

States and UTs with one poll date (22):

Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar island, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

States and UTs with two poll dates (4):

Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tripura, Manipur

States and UTs with three poll dates (2):

Chhattisgarh, Assam

States and UTs with four poll dates (3):

Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand

States and UTs with five poll dates (2):

Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir

States and UTs with seven poll dates (3):

West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Here is the detail of dates for each phase

Phase 1 of voting is scheduled for April 19

Phase 2 for April 26

Phase 3 on May 7

Phase 4 on May 13

Phase 5 on May 13

Phase 6 on May 25

Phase 7 on June 1