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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.

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Out on interim bail, Arvind Kejriwal addresses AAP workers, supporters in party’s Delhi office, says he won't walk into 'BJP’s trap' by resigning as CM & that 'govt will be run from jail'.

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‘Na darr hai, na bhay hai.’ In Gandhi-less Amethi, Congress’s KL Sharma banks on 40-yr ties with people

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Apart from his old ties, Sharma's Brahmin identity is also coming in handy in a campaign which is dominated by BJP’s Hindutva pitch. Amethi goes to polls 20 May.

Pune’s no longer a Brahmin citadel. How changing demographics have altered BJP’s politics

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Shifting demographics has meant the BJP is now looking at non-Brahmin candidates. But Brahmin social groups are unhappy with this change.

‘I said I will return soon’ — Kejriwal dives into election battle right out of Tihar as AAP celebrates

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As he paused for speech amid deafening sound of firecrackers, AAP chief had one message. We have to save this country from dictatorship together, he said as cameras focused on him.

Kejriwal’s interim bail charges up AAP. Lok Sabha poll campaign set to turn ‘aggressive’

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Kejriwal will campaign across states, especially Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana & Punjab, according to AAP's plan. In Delhi, his roadshows will also feature his wife Sunita.

Granting interim bail to Kejriwal, SC says ‘ED could’ve arrested him before or after elections’

Bhadra Sinha -
SC rejected ED’s argument that order favouring Kejriwal at this juncture would imply politicians have special status. It also said ED could've arrested him before or after elections.

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The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

SubscriberWrites: Can we please have a better Nation – Indian elections & the Garba of Democracy

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Tale through the eyes of an optimistic Indian minority.

With Gandhis absent & rumblings within BJP affecting Smriti Irani’s prospects, Amethi voters are torn

Shikha Salaria -
'Religion' pitch, though, could still work in Irani's favour, who is contesting against Congress's Kishori Lal Sharma. Meanwhile many feel Rahul or Priyanka could have swept elections.
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