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The Schedule for General Elections to 17 th Lok Sabha and Four Legislative Assemblies can be accessed here: Schedule for General Elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies [PDF 33.4 MB] Source: Election Commission of India The Election Manifestos of Registered National and State Political Parties can be accessed here: National Parties Indian National Congress (INC) Election Manifesto of Indian National Congress 2019 [PDF 8.04 MB] Source: Indian National Congress [https://manifesto.inc.in/en/index.html] Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Election Manifesto of Bharatiya Janata Party 2019 [PDF 4.51 MB] Source: Bharatiya Janata Party [https://www.bjp.org/en/Manifesto-2019] Communist Party of India [Marxist] (CPI-M) Election Manifesto of Communist Party of India (Marxist) 17th Lok Sabha 2019 [PDF 574 KB] Source: Communist Party of India [https://www.cpim.org/pressbriefs/cpim-election-manifesto-17th-lok-sabha] State Parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Election Manifesto of DMK for Assembly Election 2019 [PDF 29.9 MB] Source: DMK Samajwadi Party (SP) Election Manifesto of Samajwadi Party for Assembly Election 2019 [PDF 1.48 MB] Source: Samajwadi Party [https://www.samajwadiparty.in/document_of_2019_eng.pdf] This page will be updated when the manifestos of political parties are available in English. Related Links: 1. Election Commission of India. 2019. " ECI: Documents for Voting, Model Code of Conduct, Handbooks for Media and Presiding Officers [HTML and PDF ]", The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, April 10. [https://www.thehinducentre.com/resources/article26790031.ece]. 2. Election Commission of India. 2019 . " Full Text: Letter from former Civil Service Officers to the President of India on the Election Commission of India [HTML and PDF] ", The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, April 9. [https://www.thehinducentre.com/resources/article26771496.ece].