The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notification for the second phase of the seven-phased 2019 Lok Sabha elections, kicking off the process of filing of nominations for another 97 constituencies across 13 States and Union Territories.
Voting in the second phase will take place on April 18, said the notification, which comes a day after the poll panel notified the first phase covering 91 constituencies.
By the evening of March 29, a clear picture on the number of candidates in each of the 97 constituencies will emerge. All parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu (39 seats) and Puducherry (one seat) will go for polling in the second phase.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will see polling in all the seven phases. In the second phase, eight UP constituencies including Agra, Aligarh and Mathura, three in West Bengal, including Darjeeling and five in Bihar will go for polls.
UP has 80 seats, while West Bengal and Bihar have 42 and 40 Lok Sabha seats respectively. The Srinagar and Udhampur seats in Jammu & Kashmir will also go for polling in the second phase.