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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Lok Sabha 2024 ELECTION PHASES

Legal Provisions / Guidelines
Legacy Information
l Article 83(2): The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue
for ve years from the date appointed for its rst meeting and no longer and l First General Elections were spread over a span of four months,
the expiration of the said period of ve years shall operate as a dissolution of starting from 25 October 1951.
the House: Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of l First four General Elections were simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha
Emergency is in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not as well as Vidhan Sabhas.
exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period
of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate. l In 1971, General Elections to Lok Sabha was conducted early for the
rst time, as it was dissolved before its term.
l Section 14 of the Representation of People Act 1951 provides for holding
elections after the expiration of the duration of the existing house “on such l Scheduling and phase wise planning of elections depends upon social,
date or dates as may be recommended by the Election Commission.” educational, infrastructural, climate and other factors. Planners at ECI
consider various elements like concerns of political parties and voters,
Fact national/regional/local festivals, school/college examinations, law and
order, force deployment, infrastructure needs for a polling station and
l Lok Sabha Elections 2024 was the 18th General Election to the Lower House of weather/crop cycles among many others before announcing the dates.
the Parliament.
l In 2024, elections in PC – Outer Manipur (Manipur) were conducted in
two phases.
T1.3 Single-phased States / UTs [GE to LS - 2024]
l The date of poll in PC-Anantnag-Rajouri (Jammu & Kashmir) was revised.
Originally, it was planned to be held in 3rd Phase but nally the poll was held A & N Islands Haryana NCT of Delhi
in 6th Phase of Lok Sabha Election - 2024.
Andhra Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Puducherry
l Election in PC - 29-Betul (ST) of Madhya Pradesh was adjourned poll. Arunachal Pradesh Kerala Punjab
Originally, it was planned to be held in 2nd Phase but nally the adjourned
poll was conducted in 3rd Phase of Elections - 2024. Chandigarh Ladakh Sikkim
l Elections to the 543 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) and Assembly Elections DNH and D&D Lakshadweep Tamil Nadu
in four States (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim), Goa Meghalaya Telangana
covering the length and the breadth of our diverse country, were planned and Gujarat Mizoram Uttarakhand
conducted in seven phases over a period of nearly one & a half month.
Nagaland
l In all 7 phases of Lok Sabha elections – 2024, there were only 40 repolls as
compared to 540 repolls in 2019 LS elections.
l Election Commission captured election festivities under its umbrella theme
"Chunav ka Parv, Desh ka Garv" (Elections: The Biggest Festival and Pride
of the Nation) ECI announced the schedule of the 18th Lok Sabha elections to
the largest democratic exercise of the world on 16th March 2024.

T1.1 Election Schedule from 1951 - 2024 T1.2 Multi-phased States / UTs (2024)
No. of
Year of Election Days of poll State / UT
Phases
1951 17 Bihar 7
1957 20
Uttar Pradesh 7
1962 7
West Bengal 7
1967 13
1971 9 Jammu & Kashmir 5
1977 4 Maharashtra 5
1980 2
Jharkhand 4
1984-85 3
1989 3 Madhya Pradesh 4
1991-92 4 Odisha 4
1996 3
Assam 3
1998 4
Chhattisgarh 3
1999 8
2004 4 Karnataka 2
2009 5
Manipur 2
2014 10
Rajasthan 2
2019 7
2024 7 Tripura 2
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