Next Indian general election
The next Indian general election is expected to be held in India between April and May 2024 to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha.
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 Seats by constituency. As this is a FPTP election, seat totals are not determined proportional to each party's total vote share, but instead by the plurality in each constituency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BackgroundEdit
The tenure of Lok Sabha is scheduled to end on 16 May 2024. [2] 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.[3]
Electoral systemEdit
All 543 elected MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.[4] The 104th amendment to the constitution abolished the two seats that were reserved for the Anglo-Indian community.[5]
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.[6] Some people convicted of electoral or other offenses are barred from voting.[7]
Article 83 of the Constitution of India requires elections to the Lok Sabha be held once every five years.[8]
Parties and alliancesEdit
Most of the contesting parties are small with regional appeal. There are 6 national parties — Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bahujan Samaj Party, National People's Party and Aam Aadmi Party. Among these parties, BJP and INC are main contenders for the election.
National Democratic AllianceEdit
The National Democratic Alliance abbreviated as NDA (IAST: Rāṣhṭrīya Jānātānātrik Gaṭhabandhan) is a big-tent, mostly centre-right to right-wing political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Indian National Developmental Inclusive AllianceEdit
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance is a big-tent, mostly centre-left to left-wing political alliance of opposition parties led by the Indian National Congress.[9][10]
Third alternativeEdit
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati announced that her party will contest the election on its own strength in most states and ally with other non-BJP, non-Congress parties in Punjab and Haryana.[11][12]
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | States/UTs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 
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Mayawati | National Party | ||
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 
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Sukhbir Singh Badal | Punjab | ||
Unallied regional partiesEdit
- On 11 May 2023, Biju Janata Dal leader and Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik said that his party will go solo for the Lok Sabha polls.[13]
- Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) president H.D. Deve Gowda on 25th July 2023 stated that the JDS would go alone in the 2024 general elctions.[14]
Party campaignsEdit
Bharatiya Janata PartyEdit
The national executive meeting of BJP held on 16 and 17 January 2023 saw the party reaffirm its faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extend the tenure of BJP national president J. P. Nadda.
Charting out the BJP’s strategy for the upcoming polls, PM Modi in his speech to party workers said they should reach out to every section of society, including the marginalised and minority communities, “without electoral considerations”.[15]
Indian National CongressEdit
Communist Party of India (Marxist)Edit
- Andhra Pradesh : On 14 April 2023, CPI(M) along with CPI started a campaign named Pracha Bheri against the Central government's policies.[16]
- Bihar : The CPI(M) Bihar state committee organised a state-wide campaign at Gandhi Maidan in Patna as part of nationwide campaign during 14 September to 22 September 2022 against the incumbent central government.[17] CPIM took part in an “oust-Modi campaign” starting from Purnia on 25 February 2023 as a part of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar.[18]
- Kerala : The Kerala unit of CPI(M) started 21 day-long campaign from 1 January 2023.[19] On 13 January 2023, CPIM Kerala unit announced state-wide march led by Polit Bureau member and state secretary M. V. Govindan against the central government.[20] The Kerala CPIM has also announced a series of agitations against the NDA government at the centre starting from 20 January 2023.[21] CPIM has planned to launch a state-wide campaign in March to highlight the centre's neglect of Kerala and its trespasses on federalism and secularism.[22] On 20 February 2023, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated statewide Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha (People's Resistance Yatra) led by M. V. Govindan to expose the attacks on federalism and threats posed by the RSS-backed BJP government to the constitutional values of the nation.[23] The rally, that covered 140 constituencies, concluded with a public meeting on 18 March 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram which was inaugurated by Sitaram Yechury.[24] The LDF government in Kerala will celebrate its second year of administration by launching a Lok Sabha election campaign across the state. People's rally will be organised in all constituencies from 25 April to 20 May 2023.[25]
- Telangana : CPI(M) Telangana State committee will organise state-wide march named Jana Chaitanya Yatra starting from 17 March 2023 in order to protest against the pro-corporate and anti-people policies of the BJP led union government. CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at Warangal, Polit Bureau member B.V. Raghavulu at Adilabad and another Polit Bureau member A. Vijayaraghavan at Nizamabad flagged off the rallies.[26]
CandidatesEdit
SurveysEdit
Opinion PollsEdit
ResultsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Who will be Congress` PM candidate in 2024 LS elections? Mallikarjun Kharge`s answer, with Rahul Gandhi on stage".
- ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime Minister for second time". Tribuneindia News Service. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ Electoral system Archived 6 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine IPU
- ↑ "House ratifies quota for SC/STs in Assembly, Lok Sabha". The Hindu. 10 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "General Voters". Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ↑ "The Constitution of India Update" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ "INDIA, Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance of Opposition parties, to take on Modi-led NDA in 2024". IndiaTV.
- ↑ "'I-N-D-I-A' Name Finalised For 26-Party Opposition Coalition". NDTV.
- ↑ "NDA or I.N.D.I.A? BSP chief Mayawati on joining alliance for 2024". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ↑ "BJP, SAD rule out re-alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Our alliance with the BSP is intact.
- ↑ "BJD to go solo in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, no possibility of 'third front': Naveen Patnaik". 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "JDS will go it alone in Lok Sabha polls, says Deve Gowda". 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ↑ "BJP's big meet ahead of 9 state polls, 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Here's what happened". The Indian Express. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ↑ "Vijayawada: CPI, CPM launch Prachara Bheri against Central govt". 15 April 2023.
- ↑ "All left, secular forces in India will come together against PM Modi in 2024 polls: Sitaram Yechury at Patna rally". ANI. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ↑ "Bihar's grand alliance to launch Mission 2024 on February 25". MSN.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ↑ "Target 10, Kerala CPI(M) to hit the road for 2024 LS polls from Jan 1". newkerala.com. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "Kerala's ruling CPI-M announces state-wide yatra against Centre". CanIndia. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ Sreerag PS (22 December 2022). "CPI(M) announces mass campaign in Kerala against Central policies". South First.
- ↑ Anand, G. (12 February 2023). "Kerala CM Pinarayi sets the tone for LDF'S 2024 Lok Sabha campaign". thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ↑ "CPI(M)'s Kerala Yatra to 'Expose Threats' of BJP Regime". Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ↑ "Peoples Resistance Rally", The official Twitter handle of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), retrieved 18 March 2023
- ↑ "LDF govt to launch LS poll campaign on 2nd anniversary; 5,000 people to participate in statewide rallies". onmanorama. 5 April 2023.
- ↑ "Telangana: CPI(M)'s Jana Chaitanya Yatra to start on March 17". Retrieved 4 March 2023.
NotesEdit
- ↑ Arvind Kejriwal sits as an MLA in the Delhi Legislative Assembly for New Delhi
- ↑ Conrad Sangma sits as an MLA in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for South Tura