Lok Sabha Election 2024
General Elections to Choose the 18th Lok Sabha
2024Lok Sabha Elections Results
India will elect the 18th Lok Sabha in the April-May election schedule. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gunning for a third consecutive term for Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, while the Opposition has put up the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to challenge him. The bloc, however, has not declared a prime ministerial candidate. In the 2019 parliamentary polls, the BJP-led National Democratic (NDA) won a total of 303 seats, leaving the Indian National Congress at 52 seats. The majority mark in the 543-seat Lok Sabha is 272 seats.
LOK SABHA ELECTION NEWS
Voter Turnout
Overall voter turnout in Lok Sabha elections since 1951.
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Polling Stations
Overall number of polling stations in Lok Sabha elections since 1951
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Contesting Candidates
Total number of candidates in Lok Sabha elections since 1951
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Female Contestants
Total number of female candidates in Lok Sabha elections since 1957
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GENERAL ELECTION 2024
| LOK SABHA COMPOSITION | |
|---|---|
| Total seats : | 543 |
| Reserved for SCs : | 84 |
| Reserved for STs : | 47 |
| General seats : | 412 |
| ELECTION SNAPSHOT | |
|---|---|
| Total Electorate : | 96,88,21,926 |
| Male electors : | 49,72,31,994 |
| Female electors : | 47,15,41,888 |
| Third Gender electors : | 48,044 |
| First-time electors (18-19 years) : | 1,84,81,610 (1.89%) |
| Young electors (20-29 years) : | 19,74,37,160 |
| Service electors : | 19,08,194 |
| Overseas electors (included in current electoral roll) : | 1,18,439 |
| Persons with Disabilities (PwD) electors : | 88,35,449 |
| Senior citizen electors (85+ years) : | 81,87,999 |
| Centenarian electors (100+ years) : | 2,18,442 |
| First-time female electors (18-19 years) : | 85.3 lakh |
| Polling Stations : | 10,48,202 |
| Polling Period : | 44 days, Seven phases |
| Registered Political Parties : | 2798 |
| Recognised National Parties : | 6 |
| Recognised State Parties : | 58 |
| Polling officials & Security staff : | 1.5 crore |
| EVMs deployed : | 55 lakh |
| 2019 Turnout : | 67.4% |