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The election schedule

Following is the list of constituencies and polling dates.

States with a single-day poll:

                     Date   No of seats

Arunachal Pradesh    Oct 1      2
Assam                Oct 1     14
Goa                  Sep 4      2
Gujarat              Sep 4     26
Haryana              Sep 4     10
Himachal Pradesh     Sep 24     4
Kerala               Sep 11    20
Meghalaya            0ct 1      2
Mizoram              Sep 24     1
Nagaland             Sep 24     1
Punjab               Sep 4     13
Sikkim               Oct 1      1
Tripura              Oct 1      2
West Bengal          Oct 1     42
Andaman and Nicobar  Sep 4      1
Chandigarh           Sep 4      1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Sep 4      1
Daman & Diu          Sep 4      1
Delhi                Sep 4      7
Lakshadweep          Sep 4      1
Pondicherry          Sep 11     1

States with two-day poll:

Karnataka
---------
          Sep 4                          Sep 11
Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur,     Mandya, Chamarajanagar,
Koppal, Bellary, Davangere,   Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi,
Chitradurga, Tumkur,          Hassan, Chikmagalur, Shimoga,
Chikballapur, Kolar,          Kanara, Dharwad South, 
Kanakapura, Bangalore North,  Dharwad North, Belgaum and 
Bangalore South, Bagalkot     Chikkodi
and Bijapur

Maharashtra
-----------
          Sep 4                          Sep 11
Dhule, Nandurbar, Erandol,    Rajapur, Ratnagiri, Kulaba,
Jalgaon, Buldhana, Akola,     Bombay South, Bombay South-
Washim, Amravati, Ramtek,     Central, Bombay North-East, 
Nagpur, Bhandara, Chimur,     Bombay North-West, Bombay
Chandrapur, Wardha,           North-Central, Bombay North, 
Yavatmal, Hingoli, Nanded,    Thane, Dahanu, Nasik, Malegaon
Parbhani, Beed, Latur,        Jalna, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar,
Osmanabad, Solapur,           Kopargaon, Khed, Pune,
Pandharpur and Sangli         Baramati, Satara, Karad, 
                              Ichalkaranji and Kolhapur
Orissa
------
          Sep 4                          Oct 1  
Koraput, Nowrangpur,          Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak,
Kalahandi, Phulbani,          Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack,
Sambalpur, Bolangir,          Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Aska, 
Deogarh, Dhenkanal,           Bhubaneswar and Berhampur
Sundargarh and Keonjhar 

Rajasthan
---------
          Sep 4                          Sep 11
Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu,   Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar, Bharatpur
Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Pali,       Bayana, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer,
Jalore, Barmer, Jodhpur       Tonk, Kota, Jhalawar, Banswara,
and Nagaur.                   Salumber, Udaipur, Chittorgarh 
                              and Bhilwara.

Tamil Nadu
----------
          Sep 4                          Sep 11
Tindivanam, Cuddalore,        Madras North, Madras Central, 
Chidambaram, Rasipuram,       Madras South,
Madurai, Karur,               Sriperumbudur, Chengalpattu,
Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur,  Arakkonam, Vellore,
Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruppattur, Vandavasi,
Thanjavur, Pudukkottai,       Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, 
Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram,    Salem, Tiruchengode, Nilgiris,
Sivakasi, Tirunelveli,        Gobichettipalayam, Coimbatore,
Tenkasi, Tiruchendur and      Pollachi, Palani, Dindigul
Nagercoil                     and Periyakulam.

States with three-day poll:

Andhra Pradesh
--------------
   Sep 4          Sep 11         Sep 17 

Narasaraopet   Srikakulam      Bhadrachalam
Ongole         Parvathipuram   Vijayawada
Nellore        Bobbili         Guntur
Tirupathi      Visakhapatnam   Siddipet
Chittoor       Anakapalli      Medak
Rajampet       Kakinada        Nizamabad
Cuddapah       Rajahmundry     Adilabad
Hindupur       Amalapuram      Peddapalli
Anantapur      Narasapur       Karimnagar
Kurnool        Eluru           Hanamkonda
Nandyal        Machilipatnam   Warangal
Nagarkurnool   Tenali          Khammam
Mahabubnagar   Bapatla         Nalgonda
               Hyderabad       Miryalguda
               Secunderabad

Bihar
-----
   Sep 17         Sep 24         Oct 1 

Dumka          Bagaha          Sitamarhi
Godda          Bettiah         Sheohar
Sasaram        Motihari        Madhubani
Bikramganj     Gopalganj       Jhanjharpur 
Aurangabad     Siwan           Rosera
Jahanabad      Maharajganj     Samastipur
Nawada         Chapra          Saharsa
Gaya           Hajipur         Madhepura
Chatra         Vaishali        Araria
Kodarma        Muzaffarpur     Kishenganj
Giridih        Darbhanga       Purnea
Dhanbad        Barh            Katihar
Hazaribagh     Balia           Rajmahal
Ranchi         Monghyr         Banka
Jamshedpur     Begusarai       Bhagalpur
Singhbhum      Nalanda         Khagaria
Khunti         Patna
Lohardaga      Arrah
Palamau        Buxar

Jammu & Kashmir
---------------
   Sep 4          Sep 17         Sep 24

Srinagar       Udhampur        Baramulla
Ladakh         Jammu           Anantnag

Madhya Pradesh
--------------
   Sep 11         Sep 17         Sep 24

Morena         Sagar           Bilaspur
Bhind          Khajuraho       Sarangarh
Gwalior        Damoh           Raipur
Guna           Satna           Mahasamund
Betul          Rewa            Kanker
Rajgarh        Sidhi           Bastar
Shajapur       Shahdol         Durg
Khandwa        Surguja         Rajnandgaon
Khargone       Raigarh         Balaghat
Dhar           Janjgir         Mandla
Indore         Jabalpur        Seoni
Ujjain         Hoshangabad     Chhindwara
Jhabua         Bhopal
Mandsaur       Vidisha

Uttar Pradesh
-------------

Sep 17: Unnao, Pratapgarh, Chandauli, Varanasi, Robertsganj, 
Mirzapur, Phulpur, Allahabad, Chail, Fatehpur, Banda, 
Hamirpur, Jhansi, Jalaun, Ghatampur, Bilhaur, Kanpur, 
Etawah, Kannauj, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Jalesar, Etah, 
Firozabad, Agra, Mathura, Hathras, Aligarh, Khurja and 
Bulandshahr.

Sep 24: Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital, Bijnor, 
Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly, 
Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Shahabad, Hardoi, Hapur, 
Meerut, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, Saharanpur 
and Hardwar.

Oct 1: Sitapur, Misrikh, Lucknow, Mohanlalganj, Rae Bareli, 
Amethi, Sultanpur, Akbarpur, Faizabad, Barabanki, Kaiserganj, 
Bahraich, Balrampur, Gonda, Basti, Domariaganj, Khalilabad, 
Bansgaon, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Padrauna, Deoria, Salempur, 
Ballia, Ghosi, Azamgarh, Lalganj, Machhilshahr, Jaunpur, 
Saidpur and Ghazipur.

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