Assembly elections 2017: Election Commission announces poll dates for five states

New Delhi : Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur will be held between February 4 and March 8, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Wednesday.

The results from all five states will be known on March 11, Zaidi told a press conference in New Delhi.

While polling in Goa and Punjab will take place on February 4, Uttarakhand will vote on February 15 and Manipur in two phases on March 4 and 8.

Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state, will go to the polls in seven phases: February 11, 15, 19, 23 and 27 and March 4 and 8.

This will be the single biggest electoral exercise since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and will involve a total of 690 constituencies, 403 of them in Uttar Pradesh alone.

Goa has 40 seats, Punjab 117, Manipur 60 and Uttarakhand has 70 seats.

Key points:

# Goa to vote on February 2
# Punjab assembly election on February 4
# Uttarakhand assembly election on February 15
# Manipur to vote on March 4, 8
# Uttar Pradesh to have seven-phase polls
# UP to vote on Feb 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, March 4, 8
# Election results from five states on March 11

(With inputs from IANS)