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    543 : Indian General Elections Announced

    Vinod Rai

    13 March 2019

    The election schedule to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha was announced on 10 March 2019. Indians will yet again go to the ballot box, to elect a new government. The entire mammoth exercise will be spread over seven phases with counting to be done on 23 May 2019. We analyse the thought process behind setting up a unitary body for the legislative bodies at the central and state levels, the use of the electronic voting machine, the efficacy of the model conduct and the attempt to have simultaneous elections in the states and the centre.