Lok Sabha Election 2019: Uttar Pradesh’s 80 seats to vote in all seven phases

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced that the Lok Sabha election would be held in seven phases, with results on May 23. Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha, will vote in all seven phases, on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19.

The national schedule

• First phase, April 11: 91 seats in 20 states
• Second phase, April 18: 97 seats in 13 states
• Third phase, April 23: 115 seats in 14 states
• Fourth phase, April 29: 71 seats in 9 states
• Fifth phase, May 6: 51 seats in 7 states
• Sixth phase, May 12: 59 seats in 7 states
• Seventh phase, May 19: 59 seats in 8 states

Arora said 10 lakh polling stations had been set up for the Lok Sabha election and VVPAT machines would be used at every booth. The CRPF will be deployed in sensitive areas, the control room will run a 24-hour toll-free line, polling officials’ vehicles must carry GPS, and the voter helpline number is 1950. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will vote in a single phase.

Uttar Pradesh phase by phase

Seats voting in the state in each phase:

• April 11: 8 seats, including Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad
• April 18: 8 seats, including Aligarh, Mathura and Agra
• April 23: 10 seats, including Moradabad, Rampur, Mainpuri and Bareilly
• April 29: 13 seats, including Kannauj, Kanpur and Jhansi
• May 6: 14 seats, including Lucknow, Rae Bareli and Amethi
• May 12: 14 seats, including Sultanpur, Phulpur, Azamgarh and Jaunpur
• May 19: 13 seats, including Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Ghazipur and Varanasi

In the state, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party are taking on the BJP together, with the SP contesting 37 seats, the BSP 38 and ally RLD 3. The alliance has left two seats uncontested.

What happened next

Votes were counted on 23 May 2019. Nationally, the BJP won 303 of 543 seats and the Congress 52, and Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term on 30 May 2019.

See also: constituencies

Originally published on 11 March 2019. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.

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