Lok Sabha 2019: 90 crore register to vote\, 1.5 crore in 18-19 age group

Lok Sabha 2019: 90 crore register to vote, 1.5 crore in 18-19 age group

The overall electorate of around 900 million is 84.3 million more than the number of people recognised as voters during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

New Delhi
March 10, 2019
UPDATED: March 10, 2019 18:42 IST
There would be approximately 10 lakh polling stations this year, up from 9 lakh in the last general election in 2014. (File photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Election for the 17th Lok Sabha will be held in 7 phases from April 11 to May 19
  • The results of the polls will be announced on May 23
  • The term of the 16th Lok Sabha will end on June 3

90 crore -- or 900 million -- Indians have registered to elect the 17th Lok Sabha, elections for which will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. The results of the polls will be announced on May 23.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora at a press conference at New Delhi's Vigyan Bhavan announced the election schedule today.

Of the 90 crore, 1.5 crore - or 15 million -- are new voters in the age group of 18 to 19.

The overall electorate of around 900 million is 84.3 million more than the number of people recognised as voters during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

The term of the 16th Lok Sabha will end on June 3.

Also read | Lok Sabha election dates 2019: Full schedule

result on May 23

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Posted byKriti Mehta