Hyderabad, March 17 -- Political temperatures rise in India as the Election Commission announced the schedule for the election to elect MPs for 543 seats of the 18th Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.

With the schedule announcement, the Model Code of Conduct came into immediate effect.

The 543 Lok Sabha seats are distributed among 28 states and 8 union territories.

State-wise Lok Sabha seats for polls in India

Out of 543, the highest number of seats among states and union territories in India is in Uttar Pradesh, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats.

Meanwhile, Telangana has 17 seats. Following is the list of state-wise Lok Sabha seats in India.

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