Lok Sabha Election 2019 Date: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora addressed the media in New Delhi today. (Express photo/Amit Mehra) Lok Sabha Election 2019 Date: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora addressed the media in New Delhi today. (Express photo/Amit Mehra)

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule, Dates LIVE News Updates: Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and will be held in seven phases, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced on Sunday. While addressing the media at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, the CEC announced the date for various phases and said counting of votes will take place on May 23. The Model Code of Conduct will also come into effect from today, he added.

The poll panel head also said that assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. However, elections for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, which was dissolved after the ruling coalition between the BJP and the PDP fell apart, will not be held during this period, he said.