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How many States went to polls along with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections?

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Simultaneous elections can reduce costs and administrative strain, but they also present challenges in separating state and national issues in voter decision-making.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Three
  • Four
  • Five
  • Two
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The Correct Option is B

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This question is about which states voted for their own assemblies at the same time as the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Three, five and two are all numbers near the actual count, but checking the list of states that actually held simultaneous elections rules all three out.

Four states went to the polls together with the general election in 2019, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim. Holding the assembly and parliamentary elections together in these states saved time and cost for the Election Commission.

So the correct answer is Four.

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Simultaneous elections save money and administrative effort, which is exactly why a few state governments chose to sync their assembly polls with the 2019 Lok Sabha vote. Working out how many did so means checking each option against the actual list of participating states.

  1. Three: A count of three misses one member of the actual group of four, an easy slip if a voter recalls only the states that made national headlines and skips the smaller ones.
  2. Four: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim held their assembly elections together with the general election in April and May 2019. All four announced results on the same day as the Lok Sabha count, which is part of why they are remembered as a set.
  3. Five: No fifth state joined this group in 2019, so this figure adds one state too many to what actually happened.
  4. Two: This is roughly half the real number, likely from recalling only the largest two states and forgetting that two more, both in the northeast, also voted at the same time.

Checking the state list rather than guessing the round number confirms four states, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, went to the polls together with the Lok Sabha election.

So the correct answer is Four.

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