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The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to release much-awaited first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections today. The party was scheduled to announce the names on Monday but the development was postponed in view of the last rites ceremony of late Goa CM Manohar Parrikar.

It is believed that the party has already shortlisted the candidates for the Lok Sabha polls and the names would be released soon. The BJP Central Election Committee is likely to first release the list of candidates for seats where elections will be held in first two phases. A total of 188 seats will go to polls in the first two phases on April 11 and 18.

The elections to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha will begin from April 11 and culminate on May 19. Results will be declared on May 23. The tenure of 16th Lok Sabha ends on June 3.