Media persons engaged in election coverage will be able to cast their vote through postal ballot.
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Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Election Commission announced the dates of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on 16 March. The voting process for the Lok Sabha elections will begin from April 19, which will be conducted in seven phases and the counting of votes will take place on June 4. This will be the world’s biggest election process. In this election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying for the third consecutive term.
Voting process for Lok Sabha elections will be completed in 44 days
This time the voting process for the Lok Sabha elections will be completed in 44 days, which will be the longest voting period after the first parliamentary elections in 1951-52. Voting in the first election lasted for more than four months. The shortest voting period for a general election in the country was in 1980 when voting was completed in just four days. This time, the election process will be completed in a total of 82 days from the announcement of the election by the Election Commission to the counting of votes.
Election Commission is conducting elections keeping in mind the festivals and examinations.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, while announcing the elections, explained about such a long period of voting that the dates of elections have been decided keeping in mind the regions and public holidays, festivals and examinations. The first general election of the country was held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952, which was the longest election in terms of time period.
Total 97 crore registered voters in Lok Sabha elections 2024
The Election Commission said, there are a total of 97 crore registered voters in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Of these, 49.7 crore men, 47.1 crore women and 48 thousand transgenders are included. The total number of voters in the 2019 elections was 90 crores.
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