The notification for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections has been issued. The elections will be held in 88 Lok Sabha seats in 12 States including one Union Territory in this phase. Twenty seats of Kerala, 14 seats of Karnataka, 13 seats of Rajasthan, eight seats each of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven seats of Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls in this first phase. Nominations can be filed till the 4th of April. Voting for this phase will be held on the 26th of April. The scrutiny of nominations across all States and Union Territories will be done on the 5th of April except in Jammu and Kashmir. In J&K, the scrutiny will be held on the 6th of April.