New Delhi : The dates for the Lok Sabha elections wiil be announced on Wednesday, Election Commission sources said today.

The polls, due by May, could be held in seven phases. The model code of conduct will come into effect immediately after the dates are announced.

The term of the current Lok Sabha expires on June 1. An estimated 814 million voters will be eligible to vote, with 97.1 million new voters added since the 2009 election. This is the first Lok Sabha election in which voters will have the “None of The Above” option .

Along with the Lok Sabha election, assembly polls are also due in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.

About 800,000 polling stations will be set up across the country, according to Election Commission sources. Around 1.2 million electronic voting machines will be used in the election and another 250,000 have been ordered from public sector companies.

The 2009 polls were held in five phases from 16 April to 13 May.