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Topic2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha elections 2024 refers to the general elections scheduled to take place starting 19 April in seven phases. The results of these election will give India its next government.

Lok Sabha elections or General Elections are conducted every five years in India. Held across 543 constituencies, Members of Parliament to the lower house are elected through these polls. The party with a majority in the Lok Sabha then forms the government at the Centre, so these elections eventually lead to the election of the Prime Minister and their cabinet.

The Lok Sabha, or the House of the People, is the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament. The upper house is called the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies.

The first Lok Sabha elections were held in 1951 when the Indian National Congress came to power with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister. The last such election was held in 2019, where the Bharatiya Janta Party came to power with an overwhelming majority with Narendra Modi as prime minister. The next elections are scheduled to take place in 7 phases starting 19 April 2024. The Election Commission of India is responsible for conducting these elections.

‘Lok Sabha polls can be held before time, we should remain alert’, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

ANI -
CM Kumar made the comment after the INDIA bloc meeting in Mumbai. He also said the Opposition 'parties are working together unitedly'.

Modi govt pushes for ‘One Nation, One Election’, committee formed under former President Kovind

Shanker Arnimesh -
‘One Nation, One Election’ theory, frequently endorsed by Modi, aims for simultaneous LS & state polls. Kovind-led panel to discuss & 'give report which will be debated in Parliament'.

INDIA alliance passes resolution to contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls together ‘as far as possible’

Purva Chitnis -
The resolution also further states that the alliance will organise public rallies as soon as possible in different parts of the country on issues of public concern and importance.

INDIA’s challenges for 2024 didn’t exist pre-2014—consolidated Hindu votes, RSS’ acceptance

Sheela Bhatt -
The biggest threat to INDIA is the breaking of consensus. The PM candidate must be clever enough to prove that they are not a threat to anyone within the alliance.

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Here are two things INDIA alliance must do based on national surveys’ results

Yogendra Yadav -
Till the Congress registers a substantial improvement in its tally, the INDIA coalition can't deny the BJP another term in office even if TMC, DMK, JD(U) & RJD do their bit.

28 parties to attend INDIA bloc’s Mumbai meeting, Uddhav says Oppn has many choices for PM face

Purva Chitnis -
Opposition alliance may hammer out a common minimum programme at 2-day meet, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar at press briefing. Regional equations also on agenda.

Amid uncertainty over its return to NDA fold, TDP plans freebies to counter ruling YSRCP in Andhra

Sourav Roy Barman -
In Andhra Pradesh, which will see Assembly & Lok Sabha polls next year, N. Chandrababu Naidu-led party is gearing up to announce at least 6 poll sops targeted at women, youth & farmers.

INDIA needs a new vision of nationalism for 2024. Invoking Nehru, Constitution not enough

Shruti Kapila -
If Modi is the outsized factor in the 2024 elections, then only nationalism outpaces him as the dominant mood. INDIA’s challenge is to create an alternative nationalism.

‘Aiming for 40% vote share in Haryana,’ says Dushyant Chautala, hints at JJP’s foray into Rajasthan

Sushil Manav -
On his party JJP being part of BJP-led NDA, Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala says 'whenever there is an alliance for elections, parties make compromises to accommodate allies'.
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