Ninety-five Lok Sabha seats across 11 states will go to polls in the second phase of the 2019 general elections on Thursday. To be sure, the original schedule was for 97 seats, but the Election Commission of India has cancelled polling in Vellore (Tamil Nadu) and Tripura East constituencies.
All of Tamil Nadu except Vellore will go to polls in the second phase. Eight seats in Uttar Pradesh and five seats in Bihar are also going to polls in the second phase. Karnataka is an another southern state going to polls in this phase. Eight seats in Uttar Pradesh and five seats in Bihar are also going to polls in the second phase. Ten parliamentary constituencies in Maharashtra will go to polls in this phase.
All major states except Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana will go to polls in more than one phase in the 2019 elections. This excludes hill states such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, North-Eastern states and union territories.
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Source: HindustanTimes