LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2024

In the previous year elections, BJP won the election by 303 seats, whereas congress secured 52 seats. The Lok Sabha elections are crucial for opposing parties because they want to compete with BJP this year. In this year Lok sabha elections, there are total 543 seats. Out of it, 412 seats are for General category candidates, 47 for ST candidates, and 84 for SC candidates.

The 5-year tenure is almost over and the General Elections are just around the corner. The Chief election commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced that the General elections will be held in India from 19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The elections will be held in seven phases and the results will be announced on 4 June 2024. This will be the largest-ever election in the history, surpassing the 2019 Indian general election, and will last 44 days, second only to the 1951-52 Indian general election. The incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi, who completed a second term, is contesting for a third consecutive term.

Approximately, a total of 97 crore, almost a are eligible to billion, individuals participate in the elections, out of a total of 144 crore population. The Legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the general election, along with the byelections for 35 seats among 16 states. He also states that the Andhra Pradesh assembly polls will schedule on 13 March, whereas the Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim polls will schedule on 19 April, and the Odisha polls will schedule on 13 May.

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and his main challenger, Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress, represent Parliament’s two largest factions.Opposition parties, which have been previously fractured, have united under a front called INDIA, or Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, to deny Modi a third straight election victory. INDIA is an acronym of the alliance formed by the coalition of 41 Indian opposition parties whose leaders have decided to join hands, setting aside their differences, to present a united fight.