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Next Indian general election

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543 seats in the Lok Sabha
272 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  First party Second party Third party
  Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Portrait.png Rahul Gandhi 2022.jpg Mayawati.jpg
Leader Narendra Modi Rahul Gandhi[1] Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Alliance NDA INDIA
Leader since 2014 2019 2003
Leader's seat Varanasi Wayanad Did not contest
Last election 303 seats, 37.7% 52 seats, 19.67% 10 seats, 3.62%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  File:S Yechury Agartala.jpg Arvind Kejriwal (potrait).jpg The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma.JPG
Leader Sitaram Yechury Arvind Kejriwal Conrad Sangma
Party CPI (M) AAP NPP
Alliance INDIA INDIA NDA
Leader since 2015 2012 2016
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest[a 1] Did not contest[b 1]
Last election 3 seats, 1.77% 1 seat, 0.44% 1 seat, 0.07%

Wahlkreise in Indien.svg
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.

Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP-led NDA

Prime Minister after election

TBD

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.

Background[edit]

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 system[edit]

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 alliances[edit]

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 Alliance[edit]

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.

Party Symbol President Seat contested Base
In Alliance Out side the Alliance Total
Bharatiya Janata Party
Lotos flower symbol.svg
Narendra Modi National Party
Shiv Sena
Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg
Eknath Shinde Maharashtra
Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) Nationalist Congress Party Election Symbol.png Ajit Pawar Maharashtra,

Nagaland

Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party Pashupati Kumar Paras Bihar
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Two Leaves Edappadi K. Palaniswami Tamil Nadu
All India N.R. Congress Jug N. Rangasamy Puducherry
National People's Party Indian Election Symbol Book.svg Conrad Sangma National Party
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Indian Election Symbol Crown.png Neiphiu Rio Nagaland
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Symbol SKM.png Prem Singh Tamang Sikkim
Mizo National Front Election Symbol Star.svg Zoramthanga Mizoram
Apna Dal (Soneylal) Indian Election Symbol Cup and Saucer.jpg Anupriya Patel Uttar Pradesh
Jannayak Janta Party Indian election symbol Key.svg Ajay Singh Chautala Haryana
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Indian Election Symbol Helicopter.jpg Chirag Paswan Nagaland and Bihar
Republican Party of India (Athawale) Election symbol of various dalit parties in India Ramdas Athawale Maharashtra
All Jharkhand Students Union Indian Election Symbol Banana.svg Sudesh Mahto Jharkhand
Asom Gana Parishad Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Atul Bora Assam
United Peoples Party Liberal Urkhao Gwra Brahma Assam
Pattali Makkal Katchi Pmk flag.jpg Dr Anbumani Ramadoss Tamil Nadu
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Om Prakash Rajbhar Uttar Pradesh
NISHAD Party Sanjay Nishad Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg Sudin Dhavalikar Goa
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura Indian Election symbol Dao.svg Prem Kumar Reang Tripura
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) G. K. Vasan Tamil Nadu
Jana Sena Party Glass Tumbler Pawan Kalyan Andhra Pradesh
Hindustani Awam Morcha Jitan Ram Manjhi Bihar
Naga People's Front Indian Election Symbol Cock.png Küzholuzo Nienü Nagaland, Manipur
Shiromani Akali Dal Samyukta Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Punjab
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Mahadev Jankar Maharashtra
Prahar Janshakti Party Omprakash Babarao Kadu Maharashtra
Jan Surajya Shakti Vinay Kore Maharashtra
United Democratic Party Indian Election Symbol Drums.png Metbah Lyngdoh Meghalaya
Hill State People's Democratic Party Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg KP Pangniang Meghalaya
Puthiya Tamilagam K. Krishnasamy Tamil Nadu
Haryana Lokhit Party Gopal Goyal Kanda Haryana
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Thushar Vellappally Kerala
Kerala Kamaraj Congress Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan Kerala
Gorkha National Liberation Front Mann Ghising West Bengal
Kuki People's Alliance Tongmang Haokip Manipur

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance[edit]

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]

Party Symbol Leader Seats contested Base
In the Alliance Out side the Alliance Total
Indian National Congress
Hand INC.svg
Mallikarjun Kharge National Party
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPIM election symbol.png
Sitaram Yechury National Party
Aam Aadmi Party
AAP Symbol.png
Arvind Kejriwal National Party
Communist Party of India
CPI symbol.svg
D. Raja Kerala,

Tamil Nadu, Manipur

All India Trinamool Congress
All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg
Mamata Banerjee West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura
Janata Dal (United)
Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg
Nitish Kumar Bihar,

Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Indian election symbol rising sun.svg
M. K. Stalin Tamil Nadu,

Puduchery

Nationalist Congress Party
Clock symbol of NCP.png
Sharad Pawar Maharashtra
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png
Lalu Prasad Yadav Bihar,

Jharkhand

Samajwadi Party
Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
Akhilesh Yadav Uttar Pradesh
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
Indian Election Symbol Flaming Torch.png
Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg
Hemant Soren Jharkhand
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Indian Election Symbol Plough.png
Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
Ink-pot & Pen
Mehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
Flag Logo of CPIML.png
Dipankar Bhattacharya Bihar
All India Forward Bloc
Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg
G. Devarajan West Bengal
Revolutionary Socialist Party
Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png
Manoj Bhattacharya Kerala
Indian Union Muslim League
IUML Election Symbol
K. M. Kader Mohideen Kerala
Kerala Congress (M)
Indian election symbol two leaves.svg
Jose K. Mani Kerala
Rashtriya Lok Dal Jayant Singh Uttar Pradesh
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol. Thirumavalavan Tamil Nadu
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko Tamil Nadu
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M. H. Jawahirullah Tamil Nadu
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi E. R. Eswaran Tamil Nadu
Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) Krishna Patel Uttar Pradesh
Kerala Congress P. J. Joseph Kerala

Third alternative[edit]

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 Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Mayawati National Party
Shiromani Akali Dal Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg Sukhbir Singh Badal Punjab

Unallied regional parties[edit]

Party Symbol Leader Seats contested States/UTs
Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Dal Election Symbol H. D. Deve Gowda Karnataka
Indian National Lok Dal INLD party symbol Abhay Singh Chautala Haryana
Biju Janata Dal Indian Election Symbol Conch.svg Naveen Patnaik Odisha
Telugu Desam Party Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png N. Chandrababu Naidu Andhra Pradesh
YSR Congress Party Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Andhra Pradesh
Bharat Rashtra Samithi Indian Election Symbol Car.jpg K. Chandrashekar Rao Telangana
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg Asaduddin Owaisi Telangana
All India United Democratic Front Indian Election Symbol Lock And Key.svg Badruddin Ajmal Assam
Bodoland People's Front Indian Election Symbol Nangol.svg Hagrama Mohilary Assam
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Indian Election Symbol Nagara.svg Vijayakanth Tamil Nadu
Goa Forward Party Indian election symbol Coconut.svg Vijai Sardesai Goa
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Amit Jogi Chhattisgarh
People's Party of Arunachal Indian Election Symbol Maize.svg Arunachal
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Water bottle RLP election symbol.svg Hanuman Beniwal Rajasthan
Sikkim Democratic Front Indian Election Symbol Umberlla.png Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim
Tipra Motha Party Indian Election Symbol Pineapple.png Pradyot Deb Barma Tripura
Voice of the People Party Meghalaya
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Raj Thackeray Maharashtra

Party campaigns[edit]

Bharatiya Janata Party[edit]

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 Congress[edit]

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]

Candidates[edit]

Surveys[edit]

Opinion Polls[edit]

Results[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Who will be Congress` PM candidate in 2024 LS elections? Mallikarjun Kharge`s answer, with Rahul Gandhi on stage".
  2. "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. "Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime Minister for second time". Tribuneindia News Service. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. Electoral system Archived 6 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine IPU
  5. "House ratifies quota for SC/STs in Assembly, Lok Sabha". The Hindu. 10 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. "General Voters". Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. "The Constitution of India Update" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. "INDIA, Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance of Opposition parties, to take on Modi-led NDA in 2024". IndiaTV.
  10. "'I-N-D-I-A' Name Finalised For 26-Party Opposition Coalition". NDTV.
  11. "NDA or I.N.D.I.A? BSP chief Mayawati on joining alliance for 2024". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  12. "BJP, SAD rule out re-alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Retrieved 23 July 2023. Our alliance with the BSP is intact.
  13. "BJD to go solo in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, no possibility of 'third front': Naveen Patnaik". 12 May 2023.
  14. "JDS will go it alone in Lok Sabha polls, says Deve Gowda". 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  15. "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.
  16. "Vijayawada: CPI, CPM launch Prachara Bheri against Central govt". 15 April 2023.
  17. "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.
  18. "Bihar's grand alliance to launch Mission 2024 on February 25". MSN.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  19. "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.
  20. "Kerala's ruling CPI-M announces state-wide yatra against Centre". CanIndia. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  21. Sreerag PS (22 December 2022). "CPI(M) announces mass campaign in Kerala against Central policies". South First.
  22. Anand, G. (12 February 2023). "Kerala CM Pinarayi sets the tone for LDF'S 2024 Lok Sabha campaign". thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  23. "CPI(M)'s Kerala Yatra to 'Expose Threats' of BJP Regime". Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  24. "Peoples Resistance Rally", The official Twitter handle of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), retrieved 18 March 2023
  25. "LDF govt to launch LS poll campaign on 2nd anniversary; 5,000 people to participate in statewide rallies". onmanorama. 5 April 2023.
  26. "Telangana: CPI(M)'s Jana Chaitanya Yatra to start on March 17". Retrieved 4 March 2023.

Notes[edit]

  1. Arvind Kejriwal sits as an MLA in the Delhi Legislative Assembly for New Delhi
  1. Conrad Sangma sits as an MLA in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for South Tura

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