Ninety-one Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states and two UTs, and all assembly seats in three states - Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh - and 28 seats in Odisha will go to polls on Thursday.

In Andhra Pradesh, polling for all 25 Lok Sabha and 175 assembly seats will be held simultaneously. There are 2,118 candidates for the state polls and 319 for the Lok Sabha elections.

Sixty lakh voters in Odisha will exercise their franchise in the first phase of polls for four Lok Sabha and 28 assembly seats on Thursday.

Elections in two Lok Sabha seats and 57 assembly constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh are being held today.

An electorate of over 4 lakh would exercise their franchise on Thursday to elect a new 32-member Sikkim Legislative Assembly as well as its only Lok Sabha member.

Siddha Bhaskar Reddy killed in violence by YSR Congress leaders in Tadipatri, Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh.

The party alleged that YSR Congress leaders attempted attack on TDP Candidate and Assembly Speaker Shri Kodela Sivaprasad in Sattenapalli, Guntur district.