Image Source : PTI Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Sunday announced the dates for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The number of voters in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be around 900 million, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced on Sunday, calling the upcoming polls the "largest festival of democracy".

The election will see about 900 million voters, up from 814.5 million in 2014, when Narendra Modi led the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to power ending a decade of Congress-headed UPA rule.

There would be approximately 10 lakh polling stations this year, up from 9 lakh in the last general election in 2014.

Of the total electorate, 15 million will be in the age group of 18 to 19 years.

"The Election Commission has attempted a very comprehensive preparation for the conduct of the election," he said.

The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and the votes will be counted on May 23.

The Chief Election Commissioner said that 91 constituencies (spread across 20 states) will see polling on April 11, 97 constituencies (13 states) on April 18, 115 (14) on April 23, 71 (9) on April 29, 51 (7) on May 6, 59 (also 7) on May 12 and 59 constituencies (8 states) on May 19.

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