Next Indian general election

The next Indian general election is scheduled to be held on or before April to May 2024 to elect the members of 18th Lok Sabha.

2024 Indian general election
April–May 2024
542 (of the 545) seats in the Lok Sabha
272 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Narendra Modi Sonia Gandhi (interim)
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 13 September 2013 10 August 2019
Leader's seat Varanasi Rae Bareli
Last election 303 52
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

 Elected Prime Minister

TBD

Electoral system

All 543 elected MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.[1] The 104th amendment to the constitution effectively abolished the two seats that were reserved for the Anglo-Indian community.[2]

Eligible voters must be Indian citizens, 18 years or older, an ordinary resident of the polling area of the constituency and registered to vote (name included in the electoral rolls), possess a valid voter identification card issued by the Election Commission of India or equivalent.[3] Some people convicted of electoral or other offences are barred from voting.[4]

Article 83 of the Constitution of India requires elections to the Lok Sabha be held once every five years.[5]

Opinion Polls
Polling agency Client Dates
conducted		 Sample
size		 Polling
method		 NDA UPA Others Majority
Karvy Insights India Today 3–13 Jan 2021 12,232 Mixed[lower-alpha 1] 321 93 129 49
Karvy Insights India Today 14–27 Jul 2020 12,021 Telephone 316 93 134 44
Karvy Insights India Today 21–31 Dec 2019 12,141 In person 303 108 132 31
Karvy Insights India Today 22–30 Jul 2019 12,126 In person 357 94 92 85
2019 general election 11 Apr–19 May 2019 — — 353 91 98 81

Notes
  1. 50% In person, 50% Telephone

References
  1. Electoral system Archived 6 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine IPU
  2. "House ratifies quota for SC/STs in Assembly, Lok Sabha". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 10 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 January 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 3 voting: How to vote without voter ID card Archived 24 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Business Today (23 April 2019)
  4. "General Voters". Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. "The Constitution of India Update" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.


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