EC to announce dates for Lok Sabha elections soon
The Election commission will soon be announcing dates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019. The elections are to be carried out in 7-8 phases and as per the officials, all the logistics arrangements required for it are almost done and very soon the final dates will be out.
This is 17th Lok Sabha election and the term of the 16th Lok Sabha ends on June 3rd, while the terms of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim assemblies expires on June 18th, June 1st, June 11th and May 27th, respectively. Moreover, the Centre is prepared to hold simultaneous polls for Jammu & Kashmir polls as well.
Also According to the EC, 22.3 lakh ballot units, 16.3 lakh control units and nearly 17.3 lakh VVPATs or paper-trail machines will be used for the 2019 LS polls.
All parties are with full force getting ready for the Lok Sabha elections and have started campaigning for the same.
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