General Election schedule and details of India - 2009

Detailed Schedule for 2009 General Elections

Poll Event	Phases
	Phase 1	Phase 2		Phase 3			Phase 4	Phase 5
		Phase 2A	Phase 2B	Phase 3A	Phase 3B	Phase 3C		Phase 5A	Phase 5B
Announcement & Issues of Press Notes	Mon, 02 Mar
Issue of Notification	Mon, 23 Mar	Sat, 28 Mar		Thu, 02 Apr			Sat, 11 Apr	Fri, 17 Apr
Last Date for filing Nominations	Mon, 30 Mar	Sat, 04 Apr		Thu, 09 Apr			Sat, 18 Apr	Fri, 24 Apr
Scrutiny of Nominations	Tue, 31 Mar	Mon, 06 Apr		Sat, 11 Apr	Fri, 10 Apr		Mon, 20 Apr	Sat, 25 Apr
Last Date for Withdrawal of Candidature	Thu, 02 Apr	Wed, 08 Apr		Mon, 13 Apr	Wed, 15 Apr	Mon, 13 Apr	Wed, 22 Apr	Mon, 27 Apr	Tue, 28 Apr
Date of Poll	Thu, 16 Apr	Wed, 22 Apr	Thu, 23 Apr	Thu, 30 Apr			Thu, 07 May	Wed, 13 May
Counting of Votes	Sat, 16 May
Date before which election shall be Completed	Thu, 28 May
Number of States & UTs	17	1	12	6	1	4	8	8	1
Number of Parliamentary Constituencies	124	1	140	77	1	29	85	72	14

Polling schedule for each state/UT

Polling schedule for each State/UT in 2009 General Elections

States/UTs	Consti-tuencies	Phases	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5	Avg Turnout
			16 Apr	22,23 Apr	30 Apr	07 May	13 May	Phases 1 & 2
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1	1	1					64.15%
Andhra Pradesh	42	2	22	20				72.40%
Arunachal Pradesh	2	1	2					65.00%
Assam	14	2	3	11				69.68%
Bihar	40	4	13	13	11	3		44.49%
Chandigarh	1	1					1
Chhattisgarh	11	1	11					58.19%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	1	1			1
Daman & Diu	1	1			1
Delhi	7	1				7
Goa	2	1		2				55.42%
Gujarat	26	1			26
Haryana	10	1				10
Himachal Pradesh	4	1					4
Jammu & Kashmir	6	5	1	1	1	1	2	47.49%
Jharkhand	14	2	6	8				49.77%
Karnataka	28	2		17	11			60.00%
Kerala	20	1	20					73.33%
Lakshadweep	1	1	1					86.10%
Madhya Pradesh	29	2		13	16			51.39%
Maharashtra	48	3	13	25	10			51.39%
Manipur	2	2	1	1				79.80%
Meghalaya	2	1	2					64.40%
Mizoram	1	1	1					50.93%
Nagaland	1	1	1					90.21%
Orissa	21	2	10	11				63.35%%
Puducherry	1	1					1
Punjab	13	2				4	9
Rajasthan	25	1				25
Sikkim	1	1			1
Tamil Nadu	39	1					39
Tripura	2	1		2				83.91%
Uttar Pradesh	80	5	16	17	15	18	14	45.42%
Uttarakhand	5	1					5
West Bengal	42	3			14	17	11
Total Constituencies	543		124	141	107	85	86	57.75%
Total States/UTs polling on this day			17	13	11	8	9
Number of States & UTs polling in single phase
Number of States & UTs polling in two phases
Number of States & UTs polling in three phases
Number of States & UTs polling in four phases
Number of States & UTs polling in five phases
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