Filing of nominations begins today for 117 constituencies for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls spread over 11 States and the Union Territory of Puduchery. The constituencies are all 39 in Tamil Nadu, 19 in Maharashtra, 12 Uttar Pradesh, 10 Madhya Pradesh, 7 each in Chhattisgarh and Bihar, 6 each in Assam and West Bengal, 5 in Rajasthan, 4 in Jharkhand, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir and the lone seat in the Union Territory of Puducherry. 5th of next month will be last date for filing of nominations for this phase while scrutiny of papers will take place on 7th April.

Today is also the last date for withdrawal of candidatures in 128 Lok Sabha seats, 32 Assembly Constituencies of Sikkim and 77 Assembly seats in Odisha where elections will be held in Phase four and Phase five.

In Phase four elections are scheduled on the 12th April for seven Lok Sabha seats of which three are in Assam, two in Goa and one each in Sikkim and Tripura and 32 Assembly Constituencies of Sikkim.

Elections in 121 Lok Sabha seats spread over 12 states and 77 Assembly Constituencies of Odisha are set to be conducted in Phase five on the 17th of next month. The states are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.