By IANS,
New Delhi : The following are the details of the five-phase Lok Sabha elections beginning April 16.
Total eligible voters: 714 million
Poll dates: April 16, 23 and 30; May 7 and 13
Counting: May 16
Polling stations: 828,804
General seats: 412
Scheduled Caste seats: 84
Scheduled Tribe seats: 47
Total electronic voting machines to be used: 1.36 million
Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh: Five phases
Bihar: Four phases
Maharashtra and West Bengal: Three phases
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa and Punjab: Two phases
Fifteen other states and seven Union territories: single-phase
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