Lok Sabha Poll Dates Expected To Be Announced Mid-March. The Election Commission may announce the dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 on March 14-15. Sources say that on the lines of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, this time also elections can be conducted in seven phases. Voting for the first phase may take place in the second week of April.
Sources say that the Election Commission can announce the dates of Lok Sabha elections any day next week. At present the Commission is on a tour of several states to assess the preparations for the general elections. The Commission will announce the election dates only after assessing the preparations in all the states.
Commission officials are currently on a tour of West Bengal. After this the team will tour Uttar Pradesh and then Jammu and Kashmir. This team will complete its tour by March 13. Meanwhile, the Election Commission will also hold regular meetings with the Chief Electoral Officers of the states.
Meanwhile, in view of the elections, all the political parties are also busy in their respective preparations. Even before the announcement of election dates, many parties have announced their candidates. The ruling BJP has recently announced its candidates for 195 seats. At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal have also released the list of their candidates.
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Delhi Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PM Modi on tour of states till March 13
Just before the announcement of elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a tour of various states of the country. PM will visit 12 states and union territories in 10 days. During this period he will participate in 29 programs. During this period, PM Modi will visit Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Delhi.
PM Modi will be on tour continuously from March 5 to March 13. During this period he will launch many projects. Will also address the public meeting. It is expected that the Election Commission can announce the election dates any time after the PM’s visit is over.
Voting was held in 7 phases in 2019
In 2019, elections were held in seven phases between April 11 and May 19 and the counting of votes took place on May 23. In 2019, the names of 90 crore voters were included in the voter list, whereas in the 2014 general elections there were 81 crore 45 lakh voters. At the same time, more than 96.8 crore citizens will vote in the Lok Sabha elections to be held this year.
Along with the Lok Sabha, elections were also held for the Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha in 2019. The results of the assembly elections were also declared along with the results of the Lok Sabha.
The first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 was held on 11 April. In the first phase, voting took place in a total of 91 Lok Sabha or parliamentary constituencies of 20 states. The second phase of voting was held on 18 April. During this period, voting was held on a total of 97 Lok Sabha seats in 13 states. Voting for the third phase was held on April 23 for a total of 115 seats in 14 states.
The fourth phase of voting in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 was scheduled for 29 April. During this period, voters exercised their franchise in a total of 71 constituencies in 9 states. At the same time, for the fifth phase, voting took place on 6 May for 51 seats in 7 states, while in the sixth phase, voting took place on 12 May for 59 seats in 6 states. For the seventh and last phase, voting was held in 59 seats in 8 states in 2019.