544, Not 543 Seats Voting In Lok Sabha Polls? What Election Chief Said
NDTV
When the Election Commission announced the schedule for Lok Sabha polls this evening, the constituencies added up to 544 instead of the 543 Lok Sabha seats.
The elections for 543 seats in Lok Sabha will begin on April 19 and run through June 1, staggered over seven phases. The results will be announced on June 4. However, when the Election Commission announced the schedule this evening, the constituencies added up to 544 instead of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. This, however, doesn't mean that a new constituency has been added.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar explained that one of the two constituencies in Manipur will vote in two phases, which took the overall Lok Sabha seats tally to 544.
The elections for two Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held in two phases on April 19 and 26. Inner Manipur and some segments of Outer Manipur will vote in Phase 1 on April 19 and in Phase 2 on April 26, the remaining segments of Outer Manipur will vote again. Voting on one seat will be held twice due to displacement in the state that remained gripped by recurring bouts of violence since ethnic clashes between the two communities first erupted on May 3 last year.
