Lok Sabha Election 2024 Date: Lok Sabha Election from April 19 for 543 Seats across the country
CEC Rajiv Kumar said there will be 10.5 lakh polling stations and 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff will be deployed to conduct the elections in the world’s largest democracy.
Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar announced that Lok Sabha elections for 543 seats will be held in seven phases, from April 19 till June 1. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.The dates for the polls for the assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, and Odisha have also been announced.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the BJP swept back to power, winning 303 seats, bettering the 282 seats it won in 2014. The BJP bagged around 38 per cent of the vote share. The tally of the BJP-led NDA was 353. The Congress was decimated, being reduced to just 52 seats. This time, PM Modi has set a target of 370 seats for the BJP and over 400 seats for the NDA.
Till now, the most number of seats in a Lok Sabha election was won by the Congress in 1984 following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The Congress won 403 Lok.Sabha seats and more than 50 per cent of the vote share.
He further announced that assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will be held on May 13, while Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will vote on April 19.
A total of 96.8 crore voters will be eligible to cast their vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi to announce the dates of Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls to four states, Rajiv Kumar said there will be 10.5 lakh polling stations and 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff will be deployed to conduct the elections in the world’s largest democracy.