INDIA ELECTION 2014
TOPIC :Lok Sabha Main Elections 2014
Indian general election, 2014 ________________________________________
2009 ← members Before May 31, 2014
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All 543 seats in the Lok Sabha
272 seats needed for a majority Party Congress
BJP
Alliance UPA
NDA
Last election 262 seats,37.22% 137 seats,24.63%
Current seats 228 137
Seats needed 44 135
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Incumbent Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Congress
A general election will be the next election for the 16th Lok Sabha in India. Voting will take place in all parliamentary constituencies of India to elect Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. The current 15th Lok Sabha will complete its constitutional term on May 31, 2014
By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be held at most every five years or whenever parliament is dissolved by the president. The previous election, to the 15th Lok Sabha, was conducted in April–May 2009 and its term would naturally expire on 31 May 2014. The election will be organised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and are normally held in multiple phases to better handle the large electoral base and security concerns.
Congress had a empathic victory in 2009 lok sabha elections .UPA- 2 started on a high by wining almost full majority of its own.However ,their second term has been marred with controversies and corruption allegations.Starting with common wealth game scam,every few monthes saw a new scam coming out like Adarsh society scam and the biggest of all 2 G scam coal scam land aquastion scam,.Fuel and commodity prices have raisen sharply in the past few years adding to the woes of common men.Cursed against black money and corruption by Ana Hazare and to some extent baba Ramdev has only added to the woes of congress.But congress is srewed and knows politics very well.They know that offence is the best way of defend.For every scam or corruption news come out ,they bounce back
Indian general election, 2014 ________________________________________
2009 ← members Before May 31, 2014
________________________________________
All 543 seats in the Lok Sabha
272 seats needed for a majority Party Congress
BJP
Alliance UPA
NDA
Last election 262 seats,37.22% 137 seats,24.63%
Current seats 228 137
Seats needed 44 135
________________________________________
Incumbent Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Congress
A general election will be the next election for the 16th Lok Sabha in India. Voting will take place in all parliamentary constituencies of India to elect Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. The current 15th Lok Sabha will complete its constitutional term on May 31, 2014
By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be held at most every five years or whenever parliament is dissolved by the president. The previous election, to the 15th Lok Sabha, was conducted in April–May 2009 and its term would naturally expire on 31 May 2014. The election will be organised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and are normally held in multiple phases to better handle the large electoral base and security concerns.
Congress had a empathic victory in 2009 lok sabha elections .UPA- 2 started on a high by wining almost full majority of its own.However ,their second term has been marred with controversies and corruption allegations.Starting with common wealth game scam,every few monthes saw a new scam coming out like Adarsh society scam and the biggest of all 2 G scam coal scam land aquastion scam,.Fuel and commodity prices have raisen sharply in the past few years adding to the woes of common men.Cursed against black money and corruption by Ana Hazare and to some extent baba Ramdev has only added to the woes of congress.But congress is srewed and knows politics very well.They know that offence is the best way of defend.For every scam or corruption news come out ,they bounce back