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{{Short description|2024 national elections of India}}
{{Short description|2024 national elections of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox election
{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name = Next Indian general election
| country = India
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| ongoing = yes
| election_date = '''By May 2024'''
| previous_election = 2019 Indian general election
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = By May 2024
| elected_mps =
| next_election =  
| next_election =  
| next_year =
| 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
| image_size = 150x150px
| opinion_polls =  
| image1 = Official portrait of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, November 2020 (cropped).jpg
| turnout =  
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| ongoing            = yes
| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
 
| seats1 =  
|party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party |leader1 = [[Narendra Modi]] |last_election1 = 303 |current_seats1 = 302
| seat_change1 =  
|party2 = Indian National Congress |leader2 = [[Rahul Gandhi]] |last_election2 = 52 |current_seats2 = 53
| popular_vote1 =  
|party3 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |leader3 = [[M. K. Stalin]] |last_election3 = 24 |current_seats3 = 24
| percentage1 =  
|party4 = Trinamool Congress |leader4 = [[Mamata Banerjee]] |last_election4 = 22 |current_seats4 = 23
| swing1 =  
|party5 = YSR Congress Party |leader5 = [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]] |last_election5 = 22 |current_seats5 = 22
| image2 = Rahul Gandhi Crop.jpg
|party6 = Janata Dal (United) |leader6 = [[Nitish Kumar]] |last_election6 = 16 |current_seats6 = 16
| party2 = Indian National Congress
|party7 = Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena |leader7 = [[Eknath Shinde]] |last_election7 = - |current_seats7 = 13
| alliance2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|party8 = Biju Janata Dal |leader8 = [[Naveen Patnaik]] |last_election8 = 12 |current_seats8 = 12
| seats2 =  
|party9 = Bahujan Samaj Party |leader9 = [[Mayawati]] |last_election9 = 10 |current_seats9 = 10
| seat_change2 =  
|party10 = Bharat Rashtra Samithi |leader10 = [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] |last_election10 = 9 |current_seats10 = 9
| popular_vote2 =  
|party11 = Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)  |leader11 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] |last_election11 = - |current_seats11 = 6
| percentage2 =  
|party12 = Nationalist Congress Party |leader12 = [[Sharad Pawar]] |last_election12 = 5 |current_seats12 = 5
| swing2 =  
|party13 = Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party |leader13 = [[Pashupati Kumar Paras]] |last_election13 = 5 |current_seats13 = 5
|party14 = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |leader14 = [[Sitaram Yechury]] |last_election14 = 3 |current_seats14 = 3
|party15 = Indian Union Muslim League |leader15 = [[K. M. Kader Mohideen]] |last_election15 = 3 |current_seats15 = 3
|party16 = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |leader16 = [[Farooq Abdullah]] |last_election16 = 3 |current_seats16 = 3
|party17 = Samajwadi Party |leader17 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]] |last_election17 = 5 |current_seats17 = 3
|party18 = Telugu Desam Party |leader18 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] |last_election18 = 3 |current_seats18 = 3
|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]]
| before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
| after_election = [[TBD]]
| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| after_party =  
| map_image = [[File:Wahlkreise in Indien.svg|400px]]
}}
| leader1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
 
| leader2 = [[Rahul Gandhi]]
'''General elections''' are expected to be held in [[India]] by May 2024 to elect the members of the 18th [[Lok Sabha]].
| leaders_seat1 = [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]
 
| leaders_seat2 = [[Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Wayanad]]
== Background ==
| leader_since1 = 2013
| leader_since2 = 2014
| last_election1 = 302 seats{{efn| Total seats won by the NDA in the 2019 election is 353 seats}}
| last_election2 = 53 seats{{efn| Total seats won by the UPA in the 2019 election is 91 seats}}
}}'''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>
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>
==Electoral system==
==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>
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>
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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>
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>
==Parties and alliances==
==Parties and alliances==
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==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}===
==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}===
{| class="wikitable" width="61%"
{| class="wikitable" width="61%"
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!Leader(s)
!Leader(s)
!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |BJP
|style="text-align:center"|BJP
|[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|50x50px]]
|[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|50x50px]]
|[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Narendra Modi]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|National People's Party (India)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|National People's Party (India)}}
|[[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]
|[[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |NPEP
|style="text-align:center"|NPEP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Book.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Book.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| style="text-align:center" |AIADMK
|style="text-align:center"|AIADMK
|[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|50px]]            
|[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
|[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena}}
|[[Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena]]
|[[Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena]]
| style="text-align:center" |BSHS
|style="text-align:center"|BSHS
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Two Swords and Shield.png|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Two Swords and Shield.png|50px|centre]]
|[[Eknath Shinde]]
|[[Eknath Shinde]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party}}
|[[Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party]]
|[[Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |RLJP
|style="text-align:center"|RLJP
|[[File:Sewing machine Election symbol.jpg|50x50px]]
|[[File:Sewing machine Election symbol.jpg|50x50px]]
|[[Pashupati Kumar Paras]]
|[[Pashupati Kumar Paras]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-|{{party color cell|Bharath Dharma Jana Sena}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharath Dharma Jana Sena}}
|[[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena]]
|[[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena]]
| style="text-align:center" |BDJS
|style="text-align:center"|BDJS
|
|
|Thushar Vellapally
|Thushar Vellapally
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
|}
|}
==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}===
==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}===
The member parties of UPA contest election as the part of regional alliances like [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] (led by [[Indian National Congress|INC]]) in [[Kerala]], [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|MVA]] (led by [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]) in [[Maharashtra]], [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]] (led by [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]) in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]] (led by [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] and [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]) in [[Bihar]]. Some parties of [[Alliances formed by left-wing parties in the states of India|LDF]] also contest with [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]].
The member parties of UPA contest election as the part of regional alliances like [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] (led by [[Indian National Congress|INC]]) in [[Kerala]], [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|MVA]] (led by [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]) in [[Maharashtra]], [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]] (led by [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]) in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]] (led by [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] and [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]) in [[Bihar]]. Some parties of [[Alliances formed by left-wing parties in the states of India|LDF]] also contest with [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]].
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!Leader(s)
!Leader(s)
!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align:center" |INC
|style="text-align:center"|INC
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Rahul Gandhi]]
|[[Rahul Gandhi]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|-  
| {{party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |NCP
|style="text-align:center"|NCP
|[[File:Nationalist Congress Party Election Symbol.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Nationalist Congress Party Election Symbol.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="text-align:center" |JD(U)
|style="text-align:center"|JD(U)
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Arrow.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Arrow.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-|{{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |RSP
|style="text-align:center"|RSP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png|50px|centre]]
|[[N. K. Premachandran]]
|[[N. K. Premachandran]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| style="text-align:center" |RJD
|style="text-align:center"|RJD
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
|[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-|{{party color cell|Indian Union Muslim League}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian Union Muslim League}}
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:center" |IUML
|style="text-align:center"|IUML
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[K. M. Kader Mohideen]]
|[[K. M. Kader Mohideen]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|[[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]]
|[[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]]
| style="text-align:center" |SHS(UBT)
|style="text-align:center"|SHS(UBT)
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Flamming Torch.png|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Flamming Torch.png|50px|centre]]
|[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
|[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| style="text-align:center" |JMM
|style="text-align:center"|JMM
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[Hemant Soren]]
|[[Hemant Soren]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-|{{party color cell|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}}
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]]
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]]
| style="text-align:center" |VCK
|style="text-align:center"|VCK
|[[File:Pot Symbol.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Pot Symbol.png|50x50px|centre]]  
|[[Thol. Thirumavalavan]]
|[[Thol. Thirumavalavan]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}
|[[Hindustani Awam Morcha]]
|[[Hindustani Awam Morcha]]
| style="text-align:center" |HAM
|style="text-align:center"|HAM
|[[File:Telephone.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Telephone.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
|[[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
|}
|}
==={{legend2|{{party color|Left Front}}|[[Alliances formed by Left-wing parties in the states of India|Left Democratic Front]]}}===
==={{legend2|{{party color|Left Front}}|[[Alliances formed by Left-wing parties in the states of India|Left Democratic Front]]}}===
{| class="wikitable" width="61%"
{| class="wikitable" width="61%"
! colspan="3" |Party<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/india/kerala-cpm-lobbying-for-making-front-against-bjp-with-congress-in-party-congress/|title=কংগ্রেস ছাড়াই বিরোধী জোট, তৃণমূলের পাশে দাঁড়িয়ে দাবি কেরল সিপিএমের|date=2022-04-09|access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/cpm-general-secretary-sitaram-yechury-calls-out-congress-on-secularism-decide-your-stand/articleshow/90697351.cms|title = CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury calls out Congress on secularism: ‘Decide your stand’|quote = The final draft of the party's political resolution gives thrust on empowering the Left parties as the third alternative.|access-date=2023-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Press Meet |url=https://www.facebook.com/cpimtripuraofficialpage/videos/896604955098163|access-date=2023-01-13 |website= Official [[Facebook]] Page of [[CPI(M)]] Tripura State}}</ref>
! colspan="3" |Party<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/india/kerala-cpm-lobbying-for-making-front-against-bjp-with-congress-in-party-congress/|title=কংগ্রেস ছাড়াই বিরোধী জোট, তৃণমূলের পাশে দাঁড়িয়ে দাবি কেরল সিপিএমের|date=2022-04-09|access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/cpm-general-secretary-sitaram-yechury-calls-out-congress-on-secularism-decide-your-stand/articleshow/90697351.cms|title = CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury calls out Congress on secularism: ‘Decide your stand’|quote = The final draft of the party's political resolution gives thrust on empowering the Left parties as the third alternative.|access-date=2023-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Press Meet |url=https://www.facebook.com/cpimtripuraofficialpage/videos/896604955098163|access-date=2023-01-13 |website= Official [[Facebook]] Page of [[CPI(M)]] Tripura State}}</ref>
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!Leader(s)
!Leader(s)
!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| style="text-align:center" |CPI(M)
|style="text-align:center"|CPI(M)
|[[File:CPIM national symbol.png|60px|centre]]
|[[File:CPIM national symbol.png|60px|centre]]
|[[Sitaram Yechury]]
|[[Sitaram Yechury]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#F2003C" |
| bgcolor="#F2003C"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
| style="text-align:center" |CPI
|style="text-align:center"|CPI
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[D Raja]]
|[[D Raja]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Janata Dal (Secular)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Dal (Secular)}}
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| style="text-align:center" |JD(S)
|style="text-align:center"|JD(S)
|[[File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-|{{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |RSP
|style="text-align:center"|RSP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png|50px|centre]]
|Manoj Bhattacharya
|Manoj Bhattacharya
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]
| style="text-align:center" |CPI(ML)L
|style="text-align:center"|CPI(ML)L
|[[File:Flag Logo of CPIML.png|50x50 px|centre]]
|[[File:Flag Logo of CPIML.png|50x50 px|centre]]
|[[Dipankar Bhattacharya]]
|[[Dipankar Bhattacharya]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
| style="text-align:center" |BRS
|style="text-align:center"|BRS
|[[File:BRS Symbol.jpg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:BRS Symbol.jpg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
|[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Kerala Congress (M)}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Kerala Congress (M)}}
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| style="text-align:center" |KC(M)
|style="text-align:center"|KC(M)
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[Jose K. Mani]]
|[[Jose K. Mani]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ac1313" |
|bgcolor="#ac1313"|
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center" |AIFB
|style="text-align:center"|AIFB
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[Debabrata Biswas (politician)|Debabrata Biswas]]
|[[Debabrata Biswas (politician)|Debabrata Biswas]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#d2544b" |
|bgcolor="#d2544b"|
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
| style="text-align:center" |PWPI
|style="text-align:center"|PWPI
|
|
|[[Jayant Prabhakar Patil]]
|[[Jayant Prabhakar Patil]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#e5a2a2" |
|bgcolor="#e5a2a2"|
|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]
|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]
| style="text-align:center" |SUCI(C)
|style="text-align:center"|SUCI(C)
|
|
|[[Provash Ghosh]]
|[[Provash Ghosh]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
|}
|}
===Non-Aligned Parties===
===Non-Aligned Parties===
{| class="wikitable" width="61%"
{| class="wikitable" width="61%"
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!Leader(s)
!Leader(s)
!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-| {{party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |BSP
|style="text-align:center"|BSP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Mayawati]]
|[[Mayawati]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| style="text-align:center" |AITC
|style="text-align:center"|AITC
|[[File:All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |AAP
|style="text-align:center"|AAP
|[[File:AAP Symbol.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:AAP Symbol.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-|{{party color cell |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
|{{party color cell |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] {{efn|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] contest election with some parties of UPA and LDF as the leader of [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]], but it is not part of any national level alliance.}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] {{efn|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] contest election with some parties of UPA and LDF as the leader of [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]], but it is not part of any national level alliance.}}
| style="text-align:center" |DMK
|style="text-align:center"|DMK
|[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|50px|centre]]  
|[[M. K. Stalin]]
|[[M. K. Stalin]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |TDP
|style="text-align:center"|TDP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50px|centre]]
|[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
|[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |SP
|style="text-align:center"|SP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Akhilesh Yadav]]
|[[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
| style="text-align:center" |AIMIM
|style="text-align:center"|AIMIM
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
|[[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Biju Janata Dal}}
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
| style="text-align:center" |BJD
|style="text-align:center"|BJD
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Conch.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Conch.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Naveen Patnaik]]
|[[Naveen Patnaik]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-| {{party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}
|-
| {{party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
| style="text-align:center" |YSRCP
|style="text-align:center"|YSRCP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
|[[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| style="text-align:center" |TBD
|style="text-align:center"|TBD
|-
|-
|}
|}
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{reflist}}{{Indian elections}}{{Next Indian elections}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{Next Indian elections}}


[[Category:Future elections in India]]
[[Category:Next Indian general election| ]]
[[Category:Future elections in India|General]]
[[Category:Future elections in Asia|India]]
[[Category:General elections in India|2024]]
[[Category:General elections in India|2024]]

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Template:Infobox legislative election

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.[1] The previous general elections were held in April–May 2019. After the election, National Democratic Alliance, led by Bharatiya Janata Party, formed the union government, with Narendra Modi continuing as Prime Minister.[2]

Electoral system

All 543 elected MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.[3] The 104th amendment to the constitution effectively abolished the two seats that were reserved for the Anglo-Indian community.[4]

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 identification card issued by the Election Commission of India or equivalent.[5] Some people convicted of electoral or other offences are barred from voting.[6]

Article 83 of the Constitution of India requires elections to the Lok Sabha be held once every five years.[7]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Symbol Leader(s) Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP File:Lotos flower symbol.svg Narendra Modi TBD
National People's Party NPEP
Conrad Sangma TBD
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK Edappadi K. Palaniswami TBD
Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena BSHS
Eknath Shinde TBD
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party RLJP File:Sewing machine Election symbol.jpg Pashupati Kumar Paras TBD
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena BDJS Thushar Vellapally TBD

  United Progressive Alliance

The member parties of UPA contest election as the part of regional alliances like UDF (led by INC) in Kerala, MVA (led by NCP) in Maharashtra, SPA (led by DMK) in Tamil Nadu and Mahagathbandhan (led by RJD and JD(U)) in Bihar. Some parties of LDF also contest with SPA.

Party Symbol Leader(s) Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC
Rahul Gandhi TBD
Nationalist Congress Party NCP
Sharad Pawar TBD
Janata Dal (United) JD(U)
Nitish Kumar TBD
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP
N. K. Premachandran TBD
Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD
Tejashwi Yadav TBD
Indian Union Muslim League IUML
K. M. Kader Mohideen TBD
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) SHS(UBT)
Uddhav Thackeray TBD
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM
Hemant Soren TBD
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK
Thol. Thirumavalavan TBD
Hindustani Awam Morcha HAM
Jitan Ram Manjhi TBD

  Left Democratic Front

Party[8][9][10] Symbol Leader(s) Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M)
Sitaram Yechury TBD
Communist Party of India CPI
D Raja TBD
Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S)
H. D. Deve Gowda TBD
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP
Manoj Bhattacharya TBD
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L
Dipankar Bhattacharya TBD
Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS
K. Chandrashekar Rao TBD
Kerala Congress (M) KC(M)
Jose K. Mani TBD
All India Forward Bloc AIFB
Debabrata Biswas TBD
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI Jayant Prabhakar Patil TBD
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) SUCI(C) Provash Ghosh TBD

Non-Aligned Parties

Party Symbol Leader(s) Contesting Seats
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP
Mayawati TBD
All India Trinamool Congress AITC
Mamata Banerjee TBD
Aam Aadmi Party AAP
Arvind Kejriwal TBD
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam [lower-alpha 1] DMK
M. K. Stalin TBD
Telugu Desam Party TDP
N. Chandrababu Naidu TBD
Samajwadi Party SP
Akhilesh Yadav TBD
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen AIMIM
Asaduddin Owaisi TBD
Biju Janata Dal BJD
Naveen Patnaik TBD
YSR Congress Party YSRCP
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy TBD

Notes

  1. ↑ DMK contest election with some parties of UPA and LDF as the leader of SPA, but it is not part of any national level alliance.

References

  1. ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime Minister for second time". Tribuneindia News Service. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Electoral system Archived 6 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine IPU
  4. ↑ "House ratifies quota for SC/STs in Assembly, Lok Sabha". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 10 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 January 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 3 voting: How to vote without voter ID card". Business Today. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "General Voters". Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Constitution of India Update" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "কংগ্রেস ছাড়াই বিরোধী জোট, তৃণমূলের পাশে দাঁড়িয়ে দাবি কেরল সিপিএমের". 9 April 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury calls out Congress on secularism: 'Decide your stand'". Retrieved 13 January 2023. The final draft of the party's political resolution gives thrust on empowering the Left parties as the third alternative.
  10. ↑ "Press Meet". Official Facebook Page of CPI(M) Tripura State. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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