Lok Sabha Elections
2024
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The Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held between April 19 and June 1 across seven
phases, the Election Commission (EC) announced on March 16.
Chief Election Commissioner of India: Rajiv Kumar
Election Commissioner: Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
The counting of votes casted in the polls will be held on June 4.
The seven phases will cover 543 constituencies.
In addition, four states—Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim—shall
hold simultaneous assembly elections.
The results of these elections will become available on June 2 (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim)
and June 4 (Andhra Pradesh, Odisha).
This will be the 18th Edition of the election.
This will be the largest-ever election in the world, surpassing the 2019 general elections
and will be the longest-held general elections in the country with a total span of 44 days
(excluding the first general election).
Over 55 lakh EVMs are to be deployed for the mammoth exercise in democracy, which is
also the world’s largest electoral movement of men and material.
The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is scheduled to end on June 16, 2024.
The Lok Sabha 2024 election will witness a total of approx 96.8 crore electors.
In 12 states, the ratio of female voters is higher than that of male voters.
Over 85 lakh first-time female voters will participate in this year's election.
The CEC announced the elections on 544 seats, while Lok Sabha had only 543 seats.
The elections for two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur will be held in two phases on April 19
and 26. Inner Manipur and some segments of Outer Manipur will vote in Phase 1 on April
19 and in Phase 2 on April 26, the remaining segments of Outer Manipur will vote again.
Voting on one seat will be held twice due to displacement in the state that remained
gripped by recurring bouts of violence since ethnic clashes between the two
communities first erupted on May 3, 2023.
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Articles 324 to 329 in Part XV of the Constitution make the following provisions with
regard to the electoral system in our country.
Article 79 of Indian Constitution, the House of the People, the Lok Sabha is the lower
House of the parliament. Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen
by direct election on the basis of the adult suffrage.
With the aim of keeping a check on the general conduct of political parties and their
respective candidates ahead of elections, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) specifies
rules for campaigning, public meetings, processions, and the content included in
manifestos. Besides, it also issues separate instructions to be followed on polling day, at
the polling booths.
The table below shows the total State/UT wise constituencies schedule for the elections:
State/Union territory Total Constituencies
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1
Andhra Pradesh 25
Arunachal Pradesh 2
Assam 14
Bihar 40
Chandigarh 1
Chhattisgarh 11
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 2
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Goa 2
Gujarat 26
Haryana 10
Himachal Pradesh 4
Jammu and Kashmir 5
Jharkhand 14
Karnataka 28
Kerala 20
Ladakh 1
Lakshadweep 1
Madhya Pradesh 29
Maharashtra 48
Manipur 2
Meghalaya 2
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Mizoram 1
Nagaland 1
NCT of Delhi 7
Odisha 21
Puducherry 1
Punjab 13
Rajasthan 25
Sikkim 1
Tamil Nadu 39
Telangana 17
Tripura 2
Uttar Pradesh 80
Uttarakhand 5
West Bengal 42
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Total 543
Phases Voting date No of States Constituencies
Phase 1 April 19 21 102
Phase 2 April 26 13 89
Phase 3 May 7 12 94
Phase 4 May 13 10 96
Phase 5 May 20 8 49
Phase 6 May 25 7 57
Phase 7 June 1 8 57
Phase-Wise Details:
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