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.
Very interesting, though not really surprising, that in the part about recounting the last 10 years’ achievement, the PM chose to mention Ram Mandir, Kartarpur corridor, article 370 and NEP, in that order. With all the talk about progress and development, this really shows where the true priorities lie.
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This is just a verbatim report of what Modiji said which is already reported by print media. What’s Print’s value addition? Or is it a quid pro quo for the govt. ads which The Print is liberally getting? No point in subscribing if it is your perception of fair, non hyphenated and questioning journalism.!!😊