Chief Electoral Officer Shri Anupam Rajan held a meeting with officials of all recognized national political parties at Nirvachan Sadan, Bhopal on Tuesday. He apprised about the Model Code of Conduct effective in relation to the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in the state. He told that M.P. Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in four phases. In the first phase, elections will be held in Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency number-11 Sidhi, number-12 Shahdol, number-13 Jabalpur, number-14 Mandla, number-15 Balaghat and Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency number-16 Chhindwara. The nomination process for the first phase will start from Wednesday, March 20. The last date for filing nomination papers is Wednesday March 27. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on Thursday March 28. Candidates who have filed nominations will be able to withdraw their names till Saturday March 30. Voting for the first phase will take place on Friday, April 19. Counting of votes in all phases will take place on June 4.