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<section begin="lead section" />This article outlines the key events leading up to the [[2019 Indian general election]] which was scheduled to take place from 11 April to 19 May 2019, starting with the [[2014 Indian general election|prior election in 2014]].<section end=lead section />

== Pre poll ==
=== 2014 ===

* '''7 April – 12 May 2014: [[2014 Indian general election|The 2014 Indian general election]] was held along with the Legislative Assembly elections of [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh]], [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]], [[2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]], and [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|Sikkim]].'''
* 16 May 2014: The [[Results of the 2014 Indian general election|Election results]] of the [[2014 Indian general election]] were declared and the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]], led by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], won a majority with 336 seats out of 543.
**Results of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election were declared; the TDP received a majority in Andhra Pradesh and the TRS in Telangana.
**Results of the [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election were declared; the INC winning a majority.
**Results of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] election were declared; the BJD winning a majority.
**Results of the [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] election were declared; the SDF winning a majority.
*'''18 May 2014: [[Nabam Tuki]] (INC) took oath as the 7th [[Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh]].'''
*'''21 May 2014: [[Naveen Patnaik]] (BJD) took oath as the 14th [[Chief Ministers of Odisha]].'''
* '''26 May 2014: [[Narendra Modi]] (BJP) became the 14th [[Prime Minister of India]] and [[First swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi|was sworn in]] at the forecourts of the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], Delhi.'''
* 2 June 2014: The state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] was split in two new states [[Telangana]] and Andhra Pradesh as per the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014]].
**'''[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] (TRS) took the oath as the 1st [[Chief Minister of Telangana]].'''
* 3 June 2014: The sitting [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]], [[Gopinath Munde]] died in a car crash.
*'''8 June 2014: [[Nara Chandrababu Naidu]] (TDP) took oath as the 13th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]].'''
* 10 July 2014: The [[2014 Union budget of India]] was presented.
* 15 October 2014: The [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
** The [[2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
* 19 October 2014: The results of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election were declared with the BJP winning a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]].
**Results of Haryana Legislative Assembly election were declared with the BJP winning a [[majority]].
*'''26 October 2014: [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] (BJP) took oath as the 10th [[Chief Minister of Haryana]].'''
* '''31 October 2014: [[Devendra Fadnavis]] (BJP) took oath as the 18th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]].'''
* 25 November – 20 December 2014: The [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
**The [[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
* 23 December 2014: The results of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election were declared; [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]] winning a plurality.
**The results of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election were declared with the BJP winning a majority.
* '''28 December 2014: [[Raghubar Das]] (BJP) took oath as the 6th [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]].'''

=== 2015 ===
* 7 February 2015: The [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
* 10 February 2015: The results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election were declared with the AAP winning a majority.
* '''14 February 2015: [[Arvind Kejriwal]] (AAP) took oath as the 7th [[Chief Minister of Delhi]].'''
* '''1 March 2015: [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] (PDP) took oath as the 8th [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]].'''
* 12 October – 5 November 2015: The [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
* 8 November 2015: The results of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election were declared with the RJD winning a plurality.
* '''20 November 2015: [[Nitish Kumar]] (JDU) took oath as the22nd [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] for the 4th time.'''
* 21 November 2015: A [[2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election|Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election]] was held.
* 24 November 2015: The result of the Jhabua-Ratlam by-election was declared with the INC winning.

=== 2016 ===
* 7 January 2016: The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] passed away. [[Governor's Rule]] was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.
* '''4 April 2016: [[Mehbooba Mufti]] (PDP) took oath as the 9th [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]].'''
* 4–11 April 2016: The [[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election]] was held.
* 4 April – 5 May 2016: [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 16 May 2016: [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
**[[2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
**[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 19 May 2016: Results of Assam Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting plurality.
**Results of West Bengal Legislative Assembly election were declared; AITC getting majority.
**Results of Kerala Legislative Assembly election were declared; CPI(M) getting majority.
**Results of Puducherry Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting majority.
**Results of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election were declared; AIADMK getting majority.
* '''24 May 2016: [[Jayalalithaa]] (AIADMK) took oath as 6th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]].'''
**'''[[Sarbananda Sonowal]] (BJP) took oath as 14th [[Chief Minister of Assam]].'''
* '''25 May 2016: [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] (CPIM) took oath as 12th [[Chief minister of Kerala]].'''
* '''26 May 2016: [[Mamata Banerjee]] (AITC) took oath as 8th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]].'''
* '''6 June 2016: [[V. Narayanasamy]] (INC) took oath as 10th [[Chief Minister of Puducherry]].'''
* 5 December 2016: Sitting Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu [[Jayalalithaa]] died.
* '''6 December 2016: [[O. Panneerselvam]] (AIADMK) took oath as 7th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]].'''

=== 2017 ===
* 4 February 2017: [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
**[[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 11 February – 9 March 2017: [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 15 February 2017: [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
**[[O. Panneerselvam]] resigned as [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]].
* '''16 February 2017: [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]] (AIADMK) took oath as 8th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]].'''
* 4–8 March 2017: [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 11 March 2017: Results of Punjab Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting majority.
**Results of Goa Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting plurality.
**Results of Manipur Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting plurality.
**Results of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting majority.
**Results of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting majority.
* '''14 March 2017: [[Manohar Parrikar]] (BJP) took oath as 10th [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister of Goa]].'''
* '''15 March 2017: [[N. Biren Singh]] (BJP) took oath as 12th [[List of Chief Ministers of Manipur|Chief Minister of Manipur]] and [[Yumnam Joykumar Singh]] (NPP) as Deputy CM.'''
* '''16 March 2017: [[Amarinder Singh]] (INC) took oath as 26th [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].'''
* '''18 March 2017: [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]] (BJP) took oath as 8th [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]].'''
* '''19 March 2017: [[Yogi Adityanath]] (BJP) took oath as 22nd [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]] (BJP), [[Dinesh Sharma (politician)|Dr. Dinesh Sharma]] (BJP) as Deputy CM.'''
* 17 July 2017: [[2017 Indian presidential election]] were held.
* 20 July 2017: BJP candidate [[Ram Nath Kovind]] won with a two-thirds majority by defeating INC candidate [[Meira Kumar]] in the presidential elections.
* '''25 July 2017: [[Ram Nath Kovind]] (NDA) took oath as 17th [[President of India]].'''
* 26 July 2017: [[Nitish Kumar]] resigned as [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] due to differences with the coalition partner, [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD), following the naming of [[Tejashwi Yadav]], the Deputy Chief Minister and RJD member, in a corruption-based [[First Information Report]] by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]].
* '''27 July 2017: [[Nitish Kumar]] (JDU) took oath as 22nd [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] with the support of BJP. [[Sushil Kumar Modi]] (BJP) sworn in as Deputy CM.'''
* 5 August 2017: [[2017 Indian vice-presidential election]] were held. NDA candidate [[Venkaiah Naidu]] won 516 votes out of 771 by defeating UPA candidate [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]].
* '''11 August 2017: [[Venkaiah Naidu]] (NDA) sworn in as 13th [[Vice President of India]].'''
*'''21 August 2017: [[O. Panneerselvam]] (AIADMK) sworn is as 2nd Deputy CM of Tamil Nadu.'''
* 9 November 2017: [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 9–14 December 2017: [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 18 December 2017: Results of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting majority.
**Results of Gujarat Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting majority.
* '''22 December 2017: [[Vijay Rupani]] (BJP) took oath as 16th [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] and [[Nitinbhai Patel]] (BJP) as Deputy CM.'''
* '''27 December 2017: [[Jai Ram Thakur]] (BJP) took oath as 6th [[Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh]].'''

=== 2018 ===

* 18 February 2018: [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 27 February 2018: [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
** [[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
* 3 March 2018: Results of Tripura Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting majority.
** Results of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting plurality.
** Results of Nagaland Legislative Assembly election were declared; NPF getting plurality.
* '''6 March 2018: [[Conrad Sangma]] (NPP) sworn in as 12th [[List of Chief Ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister of Meghalaya]] and Prestone Tynsong (NPP) as Deputy CM.'''
*'''8 March 2018: [[Neiphiu Rio]] (NDPP) sworn in as 17th [[Chief Minister of Nagaland]] and [[Yanthungo Patton]] (BJP) as Deputy CM.'''
*'''9 March 2018: [[Biplab Kumar Deb]] (BJP) sworn in as 10th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tripura|Chief Minister of Tripura]] and [[Jishnu Dev Varma|Jishnu Deb Barman]] (BJP) as Deputy CM.'''
*12 May 2018: [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
*15 May 2018: Results of Karnataka Legislative Assembly election were declared; BJP getting plurality.
*'''17 May 2018: [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]] (BJP) sworn in as [[Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] for 3rd time. (as minority government)'''
*19 May 2018: BJP fails to prove majority in Legislative Assembly of Karnataka.
*'''23 May 2018: [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]] (JDS) sworn in as [[Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] with support of INC. [[G. Parameshwara]] (INC) sworned as Deputy CM.'''
*12–20 November 2018: [[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
*28 November 2018: [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
**[[2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
*7 December 2018: [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
**[[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]] were held.
*11 December 2018: Results of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting majority.
**Results of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting plurality.
**Results of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election were declared; INC getting plurality.
**Results of Mizoram Legislative Assembly election were declared; MNF getting majority.
**Results of Telangana Legislative Assembly election were declared; TRS getting majority.
*'''13 December 2018: [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] (TRS) sworn in as [[List of Chief Ministers of Telangana|Chief Minister of Telangana]].'''
*'''15 December 2018: [[Zoramthanga]] (MNF) sworn in as 5th [[List of Chief Ministers of Mizoram|Chief Minister of Mizoram]].'''
*'''17 December 2018: [[Kamal Nath]] (INC) sworn in as [[Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh]].'''
**'''[[Ashok Gehlot]]''' '''(INC)''' '''sworn in as [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]] and [[Sachin Pilot]] (INC) as Deputy CM.'''
**'''[[Bhupesh Baghel]]''' '''(INC) sworn in as 3rd [[Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh]].'''

=== 2019 ===
* 17 March 2019: Sitting Chief Minister of Goa, [[Manohar Parrikar]] died after prolonged illness.
*'''19 March 2019: [[Pramod Sawant]] (BJP) took oath as 13th [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister of Goa]] and [[Vijai Sardesai]] (GFP) as Deputy CM.'''

== Electoral events ==
Electoral timelines are as below:<ref name="ECI">{{cite web | url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/9396-announcement-of-schedule-for-general-elections-to-lok-sabha-and-legislative-assemblies-in-andhra-pradesh-arunachal-pradesh-odisha-sikkim-2019/ | title=Announcement of Schedule for General Elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim, 2019 | publisher=Election Commission of India | date=10 March 2019 | accessdate=5 April 2019}}</ref>

=== March 2019 ===

*'''10 March 2019: The [[Election Commission of India]] announced election scheduled to the [[17th Lok Sabha]]'''.<ref name="ECI" />
**The [[Election Commission of India's Model Code of Conduct|Model Code of Conduct]] comes into force.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/election-code-in-force-project-announcements-postings-on-hold-1552220764777.html | title=Election code in force, project announcements, postings on hold | publisher=Live Mint | date=11 March 2019 | accessdate=5 April 2019}}</ref>
* 18 March 2019: Issue of notification for the 1st poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 19 March 2019: Issue of notification for the 2nd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 25 March 2019: Last date for filing nominations for the 1st poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 26 March 2019: Last date for filing nominations for the 2nd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
**Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 1st poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 27 March 2019: Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 2nd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 28 March 2019: Issue of notification for the 3rd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
**Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 1st poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 29 March 2019: Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 2nd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />

=== April 2019 ===

* 2 April 2019: Issue of notification for the 4th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''3 April 2019:''' '''[[Indian National Congress]] released their manifesto titled ''Congress Will Deliver''.'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/congress-releases-manifesto-for-2019-lok-sabha-polls-details-here/articleshow/68684073.cms | title=Congress releases manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha elections, promises wealth and welfare | publisher=Economic Times | date=3 April 2019 | accessdate=5 April 2019}}</ref>
* 4 April 2019: Last date for filing nominations for the 3rd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 5 April 2019: Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 3rd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''8 April 2019: [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] released its manifesto titled ''Sankalpit Bharat, Sashakt Bharat'''''.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Modi, Amit Shah Launch BJP Manifesto Sankalp Patra |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/prime-minister-narendra-modi-amit-shah-to-launch-bjp-manifesto-sankalp-patra-today-2019503 |accessdate=8 April 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=8 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BJP Manifesto 2019 |url=https://www.bjp.org/en/Manifesto-2019 |accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref>
**Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 3rd poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 9 April 2019: Last date for filing nominations for the 4th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 10 April 2019: Issue of notification for the 5th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
**Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 4th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''11 April 2019: Polling held at 91 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 20 states for the first poll day.'''<ref name="ECI" />
* 12 April 2019: Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 4th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 16 April 2019: Issue of notification for the 6th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''18 April 2019: Polling held at 95 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 13 states for the second poll day.'''<ref name="ECI" /> ([[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore constituency]] election cancelled due to illegal cash deposit from [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate.){{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
**Last date for filing nominations for the 5th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 20 April 2019: Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 5th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
* 22 April 2019: Issue of notification for the 7th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
**Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 5th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''23 April 2019: Polling held at 117 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 14 states for the third poll day.'''<ref name="ECI" />
**Last date for filing nominations for the 6th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*24 April 2019: Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 6th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*26 April 2019: Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 6th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''29 April 2019: Polling held at 71 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 9 states for the fourth poll day.'''<ref name="ECI" />
**Last date for filing nominations for the 7th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*30 April 2019: Scrutiny of nominations filed for the 7th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />

=== May 2019 ===

* 2 May 2019: Last day for withdrawal of candidature filed for the 7th poll day.<ref name="ECI" />
*'''6 May 2019: Polling held for 51 parliamentary constituencies in more than 7 states for the fifth polling day.'''<ref name="ECI" />
*'''12 May 2019: Polling held for 59 parliamentary constituencies in more than 7 states the sixth polling day.'''<ref name="ECI" />
*'''19 May 2019: Polling held at 59 parliamentary constituencies in more than 8 states the seventh polling day.'''<ref name="ECI" />
*'''23 May 2019: Counting of votes and declaration of results for all polling days.'''<ref name="ECI" />

== Government formation ==

<section begin="Government formation" />* 23 May 2019: PM [[Narendra Modi]] wins a second term with an overwhelming majority.
*30 May 2019: PM [[Narendra Modi]] is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of India]] with 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 MoS (Independent Charge) and 24 MoS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/heres-the-full-list-of-ministers-in-new-modi-cabinet/articleshow/69586041.cms|title=Cabinet Ministers of Modi Government: Full list of ministers in Modi Cabinet 2019 {{!}} India News – Times of India|date=May 30, 2019 |website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref><section end=Government formation />

== References ==
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