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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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Sushil Manav -
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BJP releases second list of 72 candidates for LS polls, replaces 25 sitting MPs with new faces

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In the first list of candidates released on 2 March for more than 190 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP had replaced at least 33 sitting MPs with new faces.

Mamata Banerjee snaps ties with brother after he declares he’ll fight LS polls as Independent

Sreyashi Dey -
Youngest among Mamata's 6 brothers, Swapan Banerjee or Babun is president of Bengal Olympic Association & Bengal Hockey Association, in charge of TMC sports wing, & key Mohun Bagan member.

Cotton sari, youth connect — Mamata sends her ‘streetfighter’ Saayoni Ghosh to Jadavpur constituency

Sreyashi Dey -
After losing in 2021 state polls, Ghosh was made president of TMC’s youth wing, taking over from Abhishek Banerjee. In Jadavpur, she is pitted against BJP's Anirban Ganguly.

BJP-JJP alliance ends in Haryana over seat-sharing, CM Manohar Khattar resigns to form new cabinet 

Sushil Manav -
With support of Independent MLAs & Haryana Lokhit Party, BJP still has a majority in 90-member House.

‘Two heads better than one’ — what SC had said about single-member Election Commission

Akshat Jain -
LS polls round the corner, CEC Rajiv Kumar now sole member of EC after Arun Goel resigned. SC had upheld constitutionality of single-member commission in TN Seshan & SS Dhanoa cases.

Eye on Delhi polls & MPs’ failure to take on Kejriwal prompted BJP high command to replace 5 of them

Shanker Arnimesh -
Party insiders concede that BJP faces tough challenge from AAP & Arvind Kejriwal. Various factors & inputs decided poll tickets, but biggest criterion was winnability, they say. 

JJP ups the ante after Brijendra Singh leaves BJP, wants Hisar & Bhiwani-Mahindragarh or will go solo

Sushil Manav -
Dushyant convened meeting of his party’s coordination committee at Sirsa Sunday evening, after which the BJP ally made its plans known. This came hours after Singh joined Congress.
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