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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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Open drains, broken streetlamps in Hema Malini’s adopted villages, but voters laud her for ‘good roads’

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ANI -
BJP has declared candidates for majority of seats in UP but has so far not announced one for Kaiserganj, which votes on 20 May. Singh is accused of sexual harassment of female wrestlers.

UCC won’t affect tribal customs, only build ‘awareness’, says Union Minister Arjun Munda

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In an exclusive interview, Munda spoke about former CM Hemant Soren’s arrest as a poll plank in Jharkhand, the MSP debate, and controversy over UCC and ‘Constitution change’.

‘India’s top 25 rich people hold same wealth as 70 cr Indians,’ says Rahul Gandhi at Solapur rally

ANI -
The Congress leader attacked Modi, saying that he has 'given Rs 16 lakh crore to 25 rich people in the country' by waiving off their loans that equal MNREGA allocation of 24 years.

BJP files complaint to ECI for ‘malicious, false, unverified & defamatory’ ads by Congress

ANI -
In a letter to Election Commission of India, BJP says Congress published ads, just 2 days before polls, with the heading 'Chambu' to portray that Centre has cheated state of Karnataka.

AK Antony represents a party that’s been completely rejected by people, says son and BJP candidate Anil

Aneesa PA -
Contesting elections for the first time, BJP’s Pathanamthitta candidate Anil K. Antony says Congress is now cut off from the nation's socio-political and cultural realities.
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