EC announces election schedule for five states: Here are the key dates

A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora

West Bengal will go to polls in eight phases, where the first phase of polling in the state will be held on March 27, said Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday, while announcing the dates for the upcoming assembly elections in various states.

Polling for 30 assembly seats in the second phase will start on April 1. In the third phase, 31 assembly constituencies will vote on April 6. The date of polling for 44 constituencies in Phase 4 is April 10. The fifth phase of polling will begin on April 17. While the polling for Phase 6, 7,