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LOK SABHA ELECTIONS 2019

Lok Sabha 2019 Legacy Information

ELECTION PHASES  First General Elections were spread over a span of four months, starting
from 25 October 1951.
Legal Provisions / Guidelines  First four General Elections were simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha as

 Article 83(2): The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue well as Vidhan Sabhas.
for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the  In 1971, General Elections to Lok Sabha was conducted early for the first
expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the time, as it was dissolved before its term.
House: Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency  Scheduling and phase wise planning of elections depends upon social,
is in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding educational, infrastructural, climate and other factors. Planners at ECI take
one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months into account various elements like concerns of political parties and voters,
after the Proclamation has ceased to operate.
national/regional/local festivals, school/college examinations, law and
 Section 14 of the Representation of People Act 1951 provides for holding order, force deployment, infrastructure needs for a polling station and
elections after the expiration of the duration of the existing house “on such date weather/crop cycles among many others before announcing the dates.
or dates as may be recommended by the Election Commission.”

Fact Fact

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 was the 17 General Election to the Lower House In 2019, elections in Anantnag PC (Jammu & Kashmir) were conducted in
of the Parliament. three phases.of the Parliament.

A Proud Voter from Manipur
Virtue of Democracy held high in Bihar

T1.1 Election Schedule from 1951 - 2019 T1.2 Multi-phased States/UTs (2019)

Year of Election Days of poll States / No. of
Union Territories Phases

1951-52 17 Bihar 7
Uttar Pradesh 7
1957 20 West Bengal 7
Jammu & Kashmir 4
1962 7
Jharkhand 4
1967 13 Madhya Pradesh 4
Maharashtra 4
1971 9 Odisha 4
Assam 3
1977 4 Chhattisgarh 3
Karnataka 2
1980 2 EVM-VVPAT demonstration to ensure aware and informed voting underway in Sikkim
Manipur 2
1984 3 Rajasthan 2
Tripura 2
1989 3

1991 4 T1.3 Single-phased State/UTs (2019)

1996 3 Andaman & Kerala
Nicobar Islands Lakshadweep
1998 4 Andhra Pradesh Meghalaya
Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram
1999 8 Chandigarh Nagaland
Dadra & Nagar NCT of Delhi
2004 4
Haveli Puducherry
Daman & Diu Punjab
2009 5
Goa Sikkim
2014 10 Gujarat Tamil Nadu
Haryana Telangana
2019 7 Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand No Voter to be Left Behind

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