The Election Commission of India (ECI) declared the schedule for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on March 16. The General Elections 2024 for the 18th Lok Sabha will be held in seven phases, starting from April 19. The results will be declared on June 4. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar along with newly-appointed Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu announced the much-anticipated poll dates for the 2024 parliamentary elections. The Election Commission said 102 constituencies will go for polls in the first phase on April 19, followed by 89 constituencies in the second phase on April 26. The third phase will be held on May 7 (94 constituencies), the fourth on May 13 (96 constituencies), the fifth on May 20 (49 constituencies), the sixth on May 25 (57 constituencies) and the seventh and the last phase on June 1 (57 constituencies). Andhra Pradesh (175 seats), Odisha (147 seats), Arunachal Pradesh (60 seats)and Sikkim (32 seats) will also vote to elect their state Assemblies.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that PM Modi's chair is "shaking" after three phases of the Lok Sabha polls as he has started attacking his own "friends" and this shows the "real trend" of the result.
Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Amidst the Lok Sabha elections 2024, suddenly the discussion of 'Vote Jihad' has grabbed the headlines. After love jihad and land jihad, it is now vote jihad that has become a topic of discussion.
In a surprise development, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has removed her nephew Akash Anand as her political heir and from the post of national coordinator of the party till he becomes 'mature'.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: During the third phase of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission (EC) orchestrated a remarkable feat by enabling voting at the highest polling booth in Maharashtra, situated at the Raireshwar Fort in the Baramati constituency.
Villagers of Dattagawas and Lal Garhi in Hathras Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh boycotted polls on Tuesday, in protest against the shifting of their polling booth from Dattagawas to an adjacent village, Garhi Naukas about 3 kilometres away. Watch to know more!
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: On April 28, Akash Anand was booked in a case of violation of MCC along with 4 others for allegedly using objectionable language at a election rally in Sitapur. The action had come after the district administration's took suo motu cognisance of Anand's speech at the rally.
