The notification for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections will be issued today. Elections will be held in 102 Lok Sabha seats in 17 States and Four Union Territories in this phase. Thirty-Nine seats of Tamil Nadu, 12 seats of Rajasthan, eight seats of Uttar Pradesh, six seats of Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Uttarakhand, Assam and Maharashtra, four seats of Bihar, three seats of West Bengal, two
seats each in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and one seat each in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Anadaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry will go to polls in this first phase.
Nominations can be filed till 27th of this month. Voting will be held on 19th April.