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Uttar Pradesh, along with Bihar and West Bengal, were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases. [10] All opinion polls and exit polls forecasted a landslide win for the BJP, but the INDIA alliance of SP and INC instead won 43 seats, more than the half parliamentary seat in the state.
'The Daily Tribune') is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper that is being currently published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar and Bathinda. It was first established in 1978 by The Tribune Trust, which published The Tribune and the Punjabi Tribune. [1] [2] Jyoti Malhotra is the Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune Group of Newspapers ...
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 August 2024. [8] The election was scheduled to be held in a single phase on 1 October. [9] On 31 August, the Election Commission announced that the elections would be held on 5 October and that the votes would be counted on 8 October. [10] [11]
The elections for the President and Vice President of India, the Rajya Sabha (council of states) and Lok Sabha (house of the people), State Legislative Assemblies (including Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Puducherry), and State Legislative Councils are conducted by the Election Commission of India.
The results of India's general elections to constitute 18th Lok Sabha, held in April–June 2024 were announced on 4th and 5th June 2024. [1] The main contenders were two alliance groups of the Incumbent National Democratic Alliance (N.D.A) led by Bharatiya Janata Party; and the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) led by Indian National Congress.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the schedule for the elections on 16 March 2024. Article 83 of the Constitution of India requires elections to the Lok Sabha to be held once every five years. [28] The 543 MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. [29]
The turnout for the election was 66.05%, the highest since 1995. The BJP-led Maha Yuti alliance won a landslide victory, winning 235 seats. None of the parties in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance won the necessary number of seats to obtain the position of leader of opposition , a first in six decades.
Chhattisgarh has historicaly been part of India's red corridor, a hotspot for Naxalite–Maoist insurgency. To ensure a secure polling process, over 60,000 security personnel, mostly from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) were deployed to 12 constituencies in the Bastar region. [ 27 ]