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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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Sampurna Panigrahi -
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Amogh Rohmetra -
YS Sharmila, the Congress candidate from Kadapa Lok Sabha seat, also declared in her affidavit that she owned land and jewellery worth Rs 9.29 crore and Rs 8.3 crore, respectively.

Fact Check: Video of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav calling Congress a ‘chalu’ party is from 2023

ThePrint Team -
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Neha, daughter of Congress’s Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death by Fayaz Khondunaik at Hubbali’s BVB College.

Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA up against Congress in dozen+ Maharashtra seats, ‘BJP’s B-team’ allegations fly

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After talks with Maha Vikas Aghadi fell through, Ambedkar is projecting his party as ruling Mahayuti's main rival while fielding candidates against Congress in at least 14 seats.

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Name of Sulthan Bathery comes from 'battery' where Tipu Sultan once stored his munitions. BJP state chief & Wayanad candidate K. Surendran has kicked off row by saying it should be renamed.
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