| SUMMARY OF LOK SABHA ELECTION SCHEDULE | ||||||||||
| Poll Event | Schedule Numbers & Election Dates | |||||||||
| 1 | 2A* | 2B* | 3A | 3B | 3C* | 4 | 5A | 5B* | ||
| Announcement & Issue of Press Note | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | |
| Issue of Notification | 23-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 28-Mar-2009 (Saturday) | 28-Mar-2009 (Saturday) | 02-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 02-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 02-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 11-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | 17-Apr-2009 (Friday) | 17-Apr-2009 (Friday) | |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 30-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 04-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | 04-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | 09-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 09-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 09-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 18-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | 24-Apr-2009 (Friday) | 24-Apr-2009 (Friday) | |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | 31-Mar-2009 (Tuesday) | 06-Apr-2009 (Monday) | 06-Apr-2009 (Monday) | 11-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | 10-Apr-2009 (Friday) | 10-Apr-2009 (Friday) | 20-Apr-2009 (Monday) | 25-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | 25-Apr-2009 (Saturday) | |
| Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | 2-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 08-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) | 08-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) | 13-Apr-2009 (Monday) | 15 -Apr-2009 (Wednesday) | 13-Apr-2009 (Monday) | 22-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) | 27-Apr-2009 (Monday) | 28-Apr-2009 (Tuesday) | |
| Date of Poll | 16-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 22-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) | 23-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 30-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 30-April-2009 (Thursday) | 30-April-2009 (Thursday) | 07-May-2009 (Thursday) | 13-May-2009 (Wednesday) | 13-May-2009 (Wednesday) | |
| Counting of Votes on | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | |
| Date before which the election shall be Completed | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | |
| Number of States/UTs | 17 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
| Number of Parliamentary Constituencies | 124 | 1 | 140 | 77 | 1 | 29 | 85 | 72 | 42 | |