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.
It’s an interesting and very valid observation, “ People’s notion of what is happening to the country is disconnected from their personal experience.” It shows how important the publicity and propaganda are, more and more in these days of social media driven perception management! BJP and PM have proven abilities in this area. People are smart, sooner or later they will start looking at the publicity through the lens of their personal experiences and apply critical thinking to come to their own conclusions. The sooner that happens the better for the country. Not just for BJP but same critical thinking should be applied to any propaganda based on lies!
After ThePrint was taken over by RSS khakis, you see most comments by extremist ideology supporters. Dark times for a country divided by caste and creed. Humara kya hain, hum toh jhola utha kar Noseyland chale jayenge.
You predicted BJP is losing in MP, Chattisgarh & Rajasthan! We all know what happened. Monday – Agriculture expert, Tuesday – defence expert, Wednesday – EVM expert, Thursday – Bharat jodo yatra convenor, Friday – Psephologist. Saturday and Sunday- Op-ed writer. Jack of all trades, master of none!
It is very sad to see Yogendra Yadav descend to such levels. Doubting EVMs is the worst kind of disservice you can do to your country. And how come you can ignore the scores of non-BJP goverments in various states who came about despite your EVM doubts? As they say, it is so so difficult to remain impartial while reporting – you can try and learn that from Shekhar Gupta may be. Multiple times in your article, you have cast doubts that the votes wont translate into the result. I would call it blasphemous if Indian Democracy is a religion!
Small correction – Most with drumroll few with despair.
Yogendra- this will not age well. You see what you want to see. You are bias and prepare pitch for your candidate and not a person of high morale value.