India Election Schedule 2009

Summary of Lok Sabha Election Schedule 2009

Poll Event	Phase I	Phase II A	Phase II B	Phase III A	Phase III B	Phase III C	Phase IV	Phase V A	Phase V B
Announcement & Issue of Press Note	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009	02-Mar-2009
Issue of Notification	23-Mar-2009	28-Mar-2009	28-Mar-2009	2. Apr. 2009	2. Apr. 2009	2. Apr. 2009	11. Apr. 2009	17. Apr. 2009	17. Apr. 2009
Last Date for filing Nominations	30. Mar. 2009	04-Apr-2009	4. Apr. 2009	9. Apr. 2009	9. Apr. 2009	9. Apr. 2009	18. Apr. 2009	24. Apr. 2009	24. Apr. 2009
Scrutiny of Nominations	31. Mar. 2009	6. Apr. 2009	6. Apr. 2009	11. Apr. 2009	10. Apr. 2009	10. Apr. 2009	20. Apr. 2009	25. Apr. 2009	25. Apr. 2009
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	2. Apr. 2009	8. Apr. 2009	8. Apr. 2009	13. Apr. 2009	15. Apr. 2009	13. Apr. 2009	22. Apr. 2009	27. Apr. 2009	28. Apr. 2009
Date of Poll	16-Apr-2009	22. Apr. 2009	23. Apr. 2009	30. Apr. 2009	30. Apr. 2009	30-Apr-2009	7. May. 2009	13. May. 2009	13. May. 2009
Counting of Votes on	16-May-2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009	16. May. 2009
Date before which the election shall be Completed	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009	28. May. 2009
Number of States/ U T s	17	1	12	6	1	4	8	8	1
Number of Parliamentary Constituencies	124	1	140	77	1	29	85	72	14
States	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep	Manipur	Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand	Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal	Jammu and Kashmir	Gujarat, Sikkim, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu	Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi	Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Puducherry	Uttar Pradesh

Note:

a) Schedule 2A in only for Manipur (separate schedule was required due to holiday on 23-Apr-2009)
b) Schedule 3B is only for Jammu & Kashmir (separate schedule was required due to holidays on 13 and 14-Apr, 2009)
c) Schedule 3C is only for Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Sikkim (separate schedule was required since 10-Apr, 2009 is not a holiday in these States but is a holiday in other States in this phase)
d) Schedule 5B is only for Uttar Pradesh (separate schedule was required due to holiday on 27-Apr, 2009)