Andhra Pradesh Election Dates: All 25 Lok Sabha Seats to Go to Polls on April 11

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India, on Sunday, announced a seven phase poll schedule for the Lok Sabha elections, 2019. The Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held in a single phase on April 11 in all 25 seats.

In 2014, the EC had announced the election schedule on March 5 and the nine-phase electoral exercise was spread across April and May. While the first phase polling was on April 7, the last phase was on May 12.

Opposition parties had been questioning the delay in announcing the poll dates, with senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel asking the EC whether it was waiting for the Prime Minister's "official" travel programme "to conclude".

PM Narendra Modi has been making a quick dash to states, conducting election rallies as well as government functions ahead of the announcement. He inaugurated projects worth Rs. 59,000 crore this week across three states — Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Several other key ministers of the BJP were also busy with a string of inaugurations.

With the model code of conduct — a set of guidelines issued by the EC for the conduct of political parties and candidates when the electoral process is underway — coming into force, parties in power at the Centre and in states are barred from making any announcements that can impact poll outcome or disturb the level playing field.

As per new rules introduced by the Election Commission, candidates will have to give details of their properties abroad, besides those in the country in their poll affidavits.

"The I-T department will look into it and, if any, discrepancies are found then it will be uploaded on the Election Commission (EC) website and strict action will be initiated," CEC Sunil Arora said.

When asked about the EC's stand on inflammatory speeches, Arora said in his review meetings, he tried to find out the status of such cases lodged during previous elections. In all the 1,63,331 polling centres, VVPAT machines will be used this time, he said.

List of Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh:

1) Araku

2) Srikakulam

3) Vizianagaram

4) Visakhapatnam

5) Anakapalle

6) Kakinada

7) Amalapuram

8) Rajahmundry

9) Narsapuram

10) Elluru

11) Machilipatnam

12) Vijayawada

13) Guntur

14) Narasaraopet

15) Bapatla

16) Ongole

17) Nandyal

18) Kurnool

19) Anantapur

20) Hindupur

21) Kadapa

22) Nellore

23) Tirupati

24) Rajampet

25) Chittoor