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	{{Infobox ~~legislative~~ election		{{Infobox election
	\| country = India		\| country = India
	\| previous_election = [[2019 Indian general election\|2019]]		\| type = parliamentary
	\| election_date = ~~'''~~By May 2024~~'''~~		\| ongoing = yes
			\| previous_election = 2019 Indian general election
			\| previous_year = 2019
			\| election_date = By May 2024
			\| elected_mps =
	\| next_election =		\| next_election =
			\| next_year = 2029
	\| seats_for_election = All 543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]		\| seats_for_election = All 543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
	\| majority_seats = 272		\| majority_seats = 272
	\| ~~opinion_polls~~ =		\| image1 = File:Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Potrait.png
	~~\| turnout =~~		\| leader1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
	~~\| ongoing = yes~~		\| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
			\| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance\|NDA]]
	~~\|party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party~~ \|leader1 = [[Narendra Modi]] ~~\|last_election1 = 303 \|current_seats1 = 302~~		\| last_election1 = 37.7%, 303 seats{{efn\| Total seats won by the NDA in the 2019 election is 353 seats}}
	\|~~party2~~ = ~~Indian National Congress \|leader2 = [[Rahul Gandhi]] \|last_election2 = 52 \|current_seats2 = 53~~		\| seats_before1 = 302
	\|~~party3 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam \|leader3~~ = [[~~M. K. Stalin]]~~ \|~~last_election3 = 24 \|current_seats3 = 24~~		\| seats1 =
	~~\|party4 = Trinamool Congress \|leader4 = [[Mamata Banerjee~~]] ~~\|last_election4 = 22 \|current_seats4 = 23~~		\| seat_change1 =
	\|~~party5~~ = ~~YSR Congress Party \|leader5 = [[Y~~. ~~S. Jaganmohan Reddy]]~~ \|~~last_election5 = 22 \|current_seats5 = 22~~		\| popular_vote1 =
	\|~~party6~~ = ~~Janata Dal (United) \|leader6 = [[Nitish Kumar]] \|last_election6 = 16 \|current_seats6 = 16~~		\| percentage1 =
	\|~~party7 = Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena \|leader7~~ = ~~[[Eknath Shinde]] \|last_election7 = - \|current_seats7 = 13~~		\| swing1 =
	~~\|party8 = Biju Janata Dal \|leader8 = [[Naveen Patnaik]] \|last_election8 = 12 \|current_seats8 = 12~~		\| image2 = File:Rahul Gandhi 2022 January.jpg
	\|~~party9~~ = ~~Bahujan Samaj Party \|leader9 = [[Mayawati]] \|last_election9 = 10 \|current_seats9 = 10~~		\| leader2 = [[Rahul Gandhi]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/who-will-be-congress-pm-candidate-in-2024-ls-elections-mallikarjun-kharges-answer-with-rahul-gandhi-on-stage-2529784.html\|title=Who will be Congress' PM candidate in 2024 LS elections? Mallikarjun Kharge's answer, with Rahul Gandhi on stage\|quote=Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday that the party "will form a non-BJP government" under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. \|website=Zee News\|date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
	\|~~party10 = Bharat Rashtra Samithi \|leader10 = [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] \|last_election10~~ = ~~9 \|current_seats10 = 9~~		\| party2 = Indian National Congress
	\|~~party11 = Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) \|leader11~~ = ~~[[Uddhav Thackeray]] \|last_election11 = - \|current_seats11 = 6~~		\| alliance2 = [[United Progressive Alliance\|UPA]]
	\|~~party12~~ = ~~Nationalist Congress Party \|leader12 = [[Sharad Pawar]] \|last_election12 = 5 \|current_seats12 = 5~~		\| last_election2 = 19.67%, 52 seats{{efn\| Total seats won by the UPA in the 2019 election is 91 seats}}
	\|~~party13~~ = ~~Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party \|leader13 = [[Pashupati Kumar Paras]] \|last_election13 = 5 \|current_seats13 = 5~~		\| seats_before2 = 53
	\|~~party14 = Communist Party of India (Marxist) \|leader14~~ = [[~~Sitaram Yechury~~]] \|~~last_election14 = 3 \|current_seats14~~ = 3		\| seats2 =
	~~\|party15 = Indian Union Muslim League \|leader15 = [[K~~. M. ~~Kader Mohideen]] \|last_election15 = 3 \|current_seats15 = 3~~		\| seat_change2 =
	~~\|party16 = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference \|leader16 = [[Farooq Abdullah]] \|last_election16 = 3 \|current_seats16 = 3~~		\| popular_vote2 =
	~~\|party17 = Samajwadi Party \|leader17 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]] \|last_election17 = 5 \|current_seats17 = 3~~		\| percentage2 =
	~~\|party18 = Telugu Desam Party \|leader18 = [[N~~. ~~Chandrababu Naidu]]~~ \|~~last_election18~~ = 3 \|~~current_seats18~~ = 3		\| swing2 =
	~~\|party19 = All India Majlis-e~~-~~Ittehadul Muslimeen \|leader19 = [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] \|last_election19 = 2 \|current_seats19 = 2~~
	~~\|party20 = Apna Dal (Sonelal) \|leader20 = [[Anupriya Patel]] \|last_election20 = 2 \|current_seats20 = 2~~
	~~\|party21 = Communist Party~~ of ~~India \|leader21 = [[D~~. ~~Raja]] \|last_election21 = 2 \|current_seats21 = 2~~
	~~\|party22 = Shiromani Akali Dal \|leader22 = [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]~~ \|~~last_election22~~ = 2 \|~~current_seats22 = 2~~
	~~\|party23 = All India United Democratic Front \|leader23 = [[Badruddin Ajmal]] \|last_election23 = 1 \|current_seats23~~ = 1
	\|~~party24~~ = ~~All Jharkhand Students Union \|leader24 = [[Sudesh Mahto]] \|last_election24 = 1 \|current_seats24 = 1~~
	~~\|party25 = Janata Dal (Secular) \|leader25 = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] \|last_election25 = 1 \|current_seats25 = 1~~
	~~\|party26 = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha \|leader26 = [[Hemant Soren]] \|last_election26 = 1 \|current_seats26 = 1~~
	~~\|party27 = Kerala~~ Congress ~~(M) \|leader27 = [[Jose K. Mani]] \|last_election27 = 1 \|current_seats27 = 1~~
	\|~~party28 = Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) \|leader28~~ = [[~~Chirag Paswan]] \|last_election28 = 0 \|current_seats28 = 1~~
	~~\|party29 = Mizo National Front \|leader29 = [[Zoramthanga]] \|last_election29 = 1 \|current_seats29 = 1~~
	~~\|party30 = Nationalist Democratic~~ Progressive ~~Party~~ \|~~leader30 = [[Chingwang Konyak~~]] ~~\|last_election30 = 1 \|current_seats30 = 1~~
	\|~~party31~~ = ~~Naga People's Front~~ \|~~leader31 = [[Kuzholuzo Nienu]] \|last_election31 = 1 \|current_seats31 = 1~~
	\|~~party32~~ = ~~National People's Party (India) \|leader32 = [[Conrad Sangma]] \|last_election32 = 1 \|current_seats32 = 1~~
	~~\|party33 = Rashtriya Loktantrik Party \|leader33 = [[Hanuman Beniwal]] \|last_election33 = 1 \|current_seats33 = 1~~
	\|~~party34 = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) \|leader34~~ = ~~Manoj Bhattacharya \|last_election34 = 1 \|current_seats34 = 1~~
	\|~~party35~~ = ~~Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) \|leader35 = [[Simranjit Singh Mann]] \|last_election35 = 0 \|current_seats35 = 1~~
	\|~~party36 = Sikkim Krantikari Morcha \|leader36~~ = ~~[[Prem Singh Tamang]] \|last_election36 = 1 \|current_seats36 = 1~~
	~~\|party37 = Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi \|leader37 = [[Thol. Thirumavalavan]] \|last_election37 = 1 \|current_seats37 = 1~~
	\|~~party38~~ = ~~Independents \|leader38 = - \|last_election38 = 4 \|current_seats38 = 5~~

	~~\| map = Wahlkreise in Indien.svg~~
	\| ~~map_caption~~ =
	\| title = [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]]		\| title = [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]]
			\| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
	\| before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]		\| before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
	\| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party		\| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\| ~~posttitle~~ = ~~Prime Minister after election~~		\| map_image = Wahlkreise in Indien.svg
	\| ~~after_election~~ = [[~~TBD~~]]		\| leader_since1 = 2013
	\| ~~after_party~~ =		\| leader_since2 = 2017
			\| leaders_seat1 = [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Varanasi]]
			\| leaders_seat2 = [[Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Wayanad]]
	}}		}}

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+}}'''General elections''' are expected to be held in [[India]] by May 2024 to elect the members of the 18th [[Lok Sabha]].
 ==Background==
 The tenure of [[Lok Sabha]] is scheduled to end on 16 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Terms of the Houses|url=https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/|url-status=live|access-date=7 March 2022|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> The [[2019 Indian general election|previous general elections]] were held in April–May 2019. After the election, [[National Democratic Alliance]], led by [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], formed the [[Government of India|union government]], with [[Narendra Modi]] continuing as [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime Minister for second time |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/narendra-modi-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-for-second-time-780564 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>

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{{Short description|2024 national elections of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Next Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = yes
| previous_election = 2019 Indian general election
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = By May 2024
| elected_mps =
| next_election =
| next_year =
| seats_for_election = All 543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 272
| image_size = 150x150px
| image1 = Official portrait of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, November 2020 (cropped).jpg
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 = Rahul Gandhi Crop.jpg
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| alliance2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| seats2 =
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| map_image = [[File:Wahlkreise in Indien.svg|400px]]
| leader1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| leader2 = [[Rahul Gandhi]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Wayanad]]
| leader_since1 = 2013
| leader_since2 = 2014
| last_election1 = 303 seats{{efn| Total seats won by the NDA in the 2019 election is 353 seats}}
| last_election2 = 52 seats{{efn| Total seats won by the UPA in the 2019 election is 91 seats}}
}}
The '''next [[General elections in india|Indian general election]]''' is expected to be held in or before May 2024 to elect the members of 18th Lok Sabha.

== Background ==
Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi could contest the general elections of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In a first, PM Modi hints fighting for third term in 2024 Lok Sabha elections|url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/india/news/pm-modi-hints-fighting-for-third-term-in-2024-lok-sabha-elections-228703.html|access-date=2021-04-19|website=News Nation|language=en}}</ref>

==Electoral system==
All 543 elected [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MPs]] are elected from single-member constituencies using [[first-past-the-post voting]].<ref>[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2145_B.htm Electoral system] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506102836/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2145_B.htm |date=6 May 2017}} IPU</ref> The [[One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India|104th amendment]] to the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] effectively abolished the [[Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha|two seats that were reserved]] for the [[Anglo-Indian]] community.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-01-10|title=House ratifies quota for SC/STs in Assembly, Lok Sabha|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/house-ratifies-quota-for-scsts-in-assembly-lok-sabha/article30529538.ece|access-date=2021-01-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Eligible voters must be Indian citizens, 18 years or older, an ordinary resident of the polling area of the constituency and registered to vote (name included in the electoral rolls), possess a valid [[Voter ID (India)|voter identification card]] issued by the [[Election Commission of India]] or equivalent.<ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019/news/lok-sabha-election-2019-phase-3-voting-how-to-vote-without-voter-id-card/story/339375.html Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 3 voting: How to vote without voter ID card] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524095933/https://www.businesstoday.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019/news/lok-sabha-election-2019-phase-3-voting-how-to-vote-without-voter-id-card/story/339375.html |date=24 May 2019}}, Business Today (23 April 2019)</ref> Some people convicted of electoral or other offences are barred from voting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ecisveep.nic.in/voters/general-voters/|title=General Voters|website=Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation|language=en-IN|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104180432/http://ecisveep.nic.in/voters/general-voters/|archive-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Article 83 of the Constitution of India requires elections to the Lok Sabha be held once every five years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Constitution of India Update|url=https://www.india.gov.in/sites/upload_files/npi/files/coi_part_full.pdf|access-date=2021-02-04|publisher=Government of India}}</ref>

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