The General Elections 2019 commenced on April 11, 2019 as the first phase of voting began for 91 Parliamentary constituencies, out of the total 543 constituencies, spread over 18 States and 2 Union Territories.
The voting for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase I was held in all parliamentary constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, and Uttarakhand.
The Polling was held for some parliamentary constituencies of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
In Uttar Pradesh, voting for General Elections 2019 was held in 8 of the 80 seats. The key constituencies include the western UP seats of Saharanpur, Kairana, Ghaziabad, Baghpat and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
| First phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Key takeaways |
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Assembly Elections
At the same time, the voting for single phase Assembly Elections took place in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and for 28 of 147 seats in Odisha.
| Facts & Figures for first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 | |||||||
| State/UT | Parliamentary Constituencies in First phase | Total Number of voters
| No. of Male Voters | No. of Female Voters
| No. of Voters of Third Gender | Number of Contesting Candidates | Number of Polling Booths |
| Andhra Pradesh | 25 | 39345717 | 19462339 | 19879421 | 3957 | 319 | 45920 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 798248 | 394456 | 403792 | 0 | 12 | 2202 |
| Assam | 5 | 7603458 | 3865334 | 3737970 | 154 | 41 | 9574 |
| Bihar | 4 | 7440324 | 3894024 | 3546001 | 299 | 44 | 7486 |
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1377946 | 662355 | 715550 | 41 | 07 | 1878 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | 3317882 | 1716933 | 1600897 | 52 | 33 | 4489 |
| Maharashtra | 7 | 13035501 | 6671196 | 6364124 | 181 | 116 | 14731 |
| Manipur | 1 | 1010618 | 495583 | 515022 | 13 | 08 | 1562 |
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1892716 | 936579 | 956137 | 0 | 9 | 3167 |
| Mizoram | 1 | 784405 | 381991 | 402408 | 6 | 06 | 1175 |
| Nagaland | 1 | 1206287 | 607859 | 598428 | 0 | 04 | 2227 |
| Odisha | 4 | 6003707 | 2972925 | 3030222 | 560 | 26 | 7233 |
| Sikkim | 1 | 423325 | 216222 | 207103 | 0 | 11 | 567 |
| Telangana | 17 | 29518964 | 14842619 | 14674977 | 1368 | 443 | 34603 |
| Tripura | 1 | 1347381 | 682044 | 665327 | 10 | 13 | 1679 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 15268056 | 8327469 | 6939761 | 826 | 96 | 16635 |
| Uttarakhand | 5 | 7854023 | 4053944 | 3711220 | 259 | 52 | 11235 |
| West Bengal | 2 | 3454276 | 1773196 | 1681051 | 29 | 18 | 3844 |
| A & N Islands | 1 | 317878 | 168701 | 149168 | 9 | 15 | 406 |
| Lakshadweep | 1 | 54266 | 27475 | 26791 | 00 | 06 | 51 |
| Total | 91 | 142054978 | 72153244
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| 7764
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| Total No. of States/UTs in Phase 1 |
20 | ||||||
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