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The Lok Sabha elections in India will take place from April 19 to June 1, 2024, in seven phases to elect 543 members, with vote counting on June 4, 2024. Approximately 970 million voters are eligible, and the elections coincide with legislative assembly elections in several states. The incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term in this historic election, which is the largest ever conducted in India.

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The Lok Sabha elections in India will take place from April 19 to June 1, 2024, in seven phases to elect 543 members, with vote counting on June 4, 2024. Approximately 970 million voters are eligible, and the elections coincide with legislative assembly elections in several states. The incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term in this historic election, which is the largest ever conducted in India.

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LOK SABHA ELECTIONS

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Overview

The Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1,
2024.
The elections will be conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The Lok Sabha comprises 545 members, with two seats reserved for the Anglo-Indian
community.

Key Dates-

June 4, 2024: Vote counting day


Number of Constituencies

Total number of constituencies: 543


Number of reserved seats: 84 (SC-47, ST-38, Anglo-Indian-2)

Poll Events-

Last date of nomination: April 4, 2024


Date of scrutiny of nomination papers: April 5-6, 2024
Date of withdrawal of candidature: April 8, 2024
Date of counting of votes: June 4, 2024

Election Commission of India (ECI)-

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC): Rajiv Kumar


Election Commissioners: Anup Chandra Pandey, Arun Goel

General elections are being held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven
phases, to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. The votes will be counted and the
results will be declared on 4 June 2024.

This is the largest-ever election in history, surpassing the 2019 Indian general
election, and lasts 44 days, second only to the 1951–52 Indian general election.
The incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi, who completed a second term, is running
for a third consecutive term.

Approximately 970 million people out of a population of 1.4 billion people are
eligible to vote.The legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim are to be held simultaneously with
the general election, along with the by-elections for 25 constituencies in 12
legislative assemblies.

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2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 19 April 2024 to elect the 32
members of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the
results will be declared on 2 June 2024.

Date of Poll/voting 19 April 2024


Date of Counting of Votes 2 June 2024
party name leader seats
contested
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Citizen Action Party-Sikkim Ganesh Kumar Rai 30
Bharatiya Janata Party Dilli Ram Thapa 31
Indian National Congress Gopal Chettri 12
Sikkim Democratic Front Pawan Chamling 32
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Prem Singh Tamang 32

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