Polling to take place tomorrow for 6 LS seats in 4 NE states
Polling will be held tomorrow, in the second phase of elections, in 6 Lok Sabha seats of 4 North Eastern states and 49 assembly seats of Arunachal Pradesh. Polling for … continue reading
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.
Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.
India has an asymmetric federal government, with elected officials at the federal, state and local levels.
At the national level, the head of government, Prime Minister, is elected by the members of Lok Sabha, lower house of the parliament of India.
All members of Lok Sabha except two, who can be nominated by president of India, are directly elected through general elections which takes place every five years, in normal circumstances, by universal adult suffrage.
Members of Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament, are elected by elected members of the legislative assemblies of states and electoral college for Union Territories of India.
The Parliament of India comprises the head of state and the two Houses which are the legislature.
The President of India is elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of members of federal and state legislatures.
The House of the People (Lok Sabha) represents citizens of India (as envisaged by the Constitution of India, currently the members of Lok Sabha are 545, out of which 543 are elected for 5-year term and 2 members represent the Anglo-Indian community). The 550 members are elected under the plurality (‘first past the post’) electoral system.
Council of States (Rajya Sabha) has 245 members, 233 members elected for a six-year term, with one-third retiring every two years. The members are indirectly elected, this being achieved by the votes of legislators in the state and union (federal) territories. The elected members are chosen under the system of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote. The twelve nominated members are usually an eclectic mix of eminent artists (including actors), scientists, jurists, sportspersons, businessmen and journalists and common people.
Polling will be held tomorrow, in the second phase of elections, in 6 Lok Sabha seats of 4 North Eastern states and 49 assembly seats of Arunachal Pradesh. Polling for … continue reading
Campaigning for 91 Lok Sabha seats spread over 11 states and 3 Union Territories and 70 assembly seats of Odisha will end this evening. The States are Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu … continue reading
The Election Commission of India has postponed the Lok Sabha polls for Mizoram on 11th of this month. The scheduled date for polling in the State was tomorrow. Meanwhile, the … continue reading
Campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections will come to an end today for five seats in Assam and one in Tripura. Polling for these constituencies will be … continue reading
The Election Commission of India has banned the publication and dissemination of exit polls of any kind from April 7, the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, till May 12 … continue reading
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, has directed pilots and crew of aircraft or helicopters flying VIPs for poll campaigning to ensure that no unauthorised cash, narcotics or arms … continue reading
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has severely criticised Left Front Government in Tripura for failure to develop the state. Addressing a meeting at Vishalgarh 30 kilometers off Agartala this afternoon, … continue reading
Special arrangements for voters with disability have been made to facilitate their access to exercise their franchise for Lok Sabha polls on the 10 of next month in the capital. … continue reading
Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he will contest against BJP stalwart Nerendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls in Varanasi. He announced his candidature at a … continue reading
Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh will contest against BJP leader Arun Jaitley from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. Former Information and Broadcasting Minister … continue reading