Lok Sabha Election 2024
Article 79 : Constitution of Parliament
Important Articles of Parliament
Article 80 : Composition of the Council of
States
Article 81 : Composition of the House of
the People
Article 83 : D u r a t i o n o f H o u s e s o f
Parliament
Article 83 of the Constitution of India
requires elections to the Lok Sabha to be
held once every ve years.
The 104th amendment to the constitution
abolished the two seats that were
reserved for the Anglo-Indian community.
Ÿ Constitution provides for the reservation of seats
for SCs & STs in the Lok Sabha on the basis of
population ratio.
Ÿ Extended by 104th CA Act 2020 till 25th January,
2030 (which was expiring in 2020).
Ÿ Chief Election Commissioner of India -
Rajiv Kumar
Ÿ Other EC - Gyanesh Kumar , Sukhbir
Singh Sandhu
Ÿ The rst phase of elections took
place on 19 April and the last phase
on 1 June.
Ÿ The election results were released
on June 4.
18th Lok Sabha Election 2024
Ÿ Out of the 1.4 billion population, 968 million
(96.8 crore) people were eligible to vote in
the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which is about
70% of the total, population.
Ÿ Of these, 64.2 crore (642 million) voters
participated in the elections, of which 31.2
crore (312 million) were women.
Ÿ This has been the election with the highest
participation of women.
Lok Sabha seats
Total - 543 seats in the Lok Sabha 272 seats
needed for a majority to form a UP (80)
Government
MH (48)
Ÿ Turnout (2019) - 67.40%
WB (42)
Ÿ Turnout (2024) - 65.79 %
Bihar (40)
TN (39)
VOTER Turnout (%)
Ÿ Assam recorded the highest voter
turnout of 81.56 per cent among
states.
Ÿ Bihar recorded the lowest voter
turnout out of 56.19 per cent among
states.
Ÿ Highest Overall Lakshadweep -
84.16%
Alliance
1) NDA National Democratic Alliance
2 INDIA - Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Party Wise Seat
Ÿ Bhartiya Janata Party – BJP 240
Ÿ Indian National Congress – INC 99
Ÿ Samajwadi Party – SP 37
Ÿ AAP – 03
Ÿ All India Trinamool Congress – AITC 29
Ÿ Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – DMK 22
Ÿ Rashtriya Janata Dal 04
Ÿ Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 04
Ÿ Janata Dal (United) 12
Ÿ Independent - 7
Ÿ This will be the rst Lok Sabha which
will convence entirely at the new
Parliament House inaugurated on
2023.
Ÿ Term - June 2024 - June 2029
Ÿ President - Droupadi Murmu
Ÿ Vice President - Jagdeep Dhankhar
Leader of the House Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(3rd Term)
Voting System First past the post (LS)
First election 25 Oct 1951 - 21 Feb 1952
Last election 19 April - 1 June 2024
Next election 2029
Ÿ 74 Women have won the Lok Sabha election of
2024, less than 78 elected in 2019
PM Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony be on Sunday,
June 9th
A copy of the notication issued by the
Election Commission of India in terms of
Section 73 of the Representative of People
Act 1951, containing the names of elected
members to the House of People, following
General Elections to the 18th Lok Sabha was
submitted by them to the Hon’ble President.
Ÿ No other candidate stood against
Mukesh Dalal during the elections in
Surat constituency.
Ÿ Therefore, he was directly elected
without the need for any voting.
Mukesh Dalal
Great Nicobar’s particularly vulnerable
tribal group, Shompen, cast their vote
for the rst time
Ÿ Tripura-settled Bru migrants cast their
mandates in the northeastern state
for the Lok Sabha polls for the rst
time after they were permanently
resettled following a quadripartite
agreement between the central
government, state governments of
Tripura and Mizoram and Bru
migrants in 2020.
Ÿ KYC portal - know your CANDIDATE
For information about the candidate
of your Lok Sabha seat
Ÿ "Myth vs Reality Register" - portal to
stop spread of misinformation in Lok
Sabha elections 2024
Ÿ Suvidha Portal - For nomination,
meeting, permission of the candidate
Ÿ VHA app - voters help app ( Like
Search your name in the electoral roll ,
Download your digital photo voter
slip etc)
Along with the Lok Sabha Elections, Four assemble
elections were held
Andhra Pradesh (175 seats) : CM - Chandrababu Naidu
Arunachal Pradesh (60 seats) : CM - Pema Khandu CM - Chandrababu Naidu
Odisha (147 seats) : CM - Mohan Charan Majhi CM - Pema Khandu
Sikkim (32 seats) : CM - Prem Singh Tamang
CM - Mohan Charan Majhi
CM - Prem Singh Tamang
Election Commission of India
Ÿ Founded : 25 January 1950
Ÿ Headquarters : New Delhi
Ÿ Jurisdiction : India
Ÿ 1st CEC – Sukumar Sen
