Chief Election Commissioner Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on March 16 introduced the schedule for the elections to the 18thLok Sabha and for the Meeting election to the 4 States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim. The counting of votes will happen on June 4, Mr. Kumar mentioned.
The Mannequin Code of Conduct got here into impact instantly on the announcement of the schedule, the Election Fee mentioned.
The elections to the 18th Lok Sabha will likely be carried out in seven phases throughout the nation from April 19, 2024 to June 1, 2024. The counting of votes will likely be on June 4, 2024, the CEC Rajiv Kumar mentioned.
It might recalled that solely on March 14 retired bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu have been appointed as Election Commissioners by a high-powered panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meeting elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha will likely be carried out concurrently together with the Lok Sabha elections.
The CEC mentioned elections to 102 constituencies will happen in first part, 89 in second part,94in third part, 96 in fourth, 49 in fifth, 57 in sixth and57in seventh part.
The ballot physique had requested the Union Dwelling Ministry to make sure acceptable safety measures and keep legislation and order throughout the interval.
This 2024 Lok Sabha election mirror the height of India’s electoral demographic dividend with 10% of voters more likely to be first-time voters,
Early this month, the Election Fee of India had directed political events, particularly star campaigners, to keep up decorum whereas campaigning and chorus from making appeals on the idea of caste or communal politics or make false statements, which might mislead voters.
In an advisory issued to all political events , the EC cited earlier examples of such oblique violations utilizing recognized methodologies to keep away from strictures below the mannequin code of conduct (MCC), and conveyed that “stern action would be taken against direct or indirect MCC violations”.