Election in India

It is decided in the General Elections that who will remain in power for the next five years. It will take place around April-May 2019. The winners of the election will be constituting the 17th Lok Sabha. A total of 543 seats are supposed to be contested for by the candidates of different political parties.

Election in India

The Republic of India has a federal form of government. Elections are held at local, state and national level to elect the representatives for the country. Lok Sabha members can elect the Prime Minister of the country who can act as the head of the government. These elections are conducted by the ECI and the Lok Sabha members are chosen through general elections which take place every five years. The legislative assembly of different states and union territory electoral college choose the Rajya Sabha members.

List of Upcoming Elections in India

India is the largest democratic setup in the world. With as large as 29 states and 7 Union Territories, the assembly elections take place on a regular basis.

The last Lok Sabha elections were held in the year 2014, and the NDA government led by Narendra Modi came to power. The next Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in 2019

Elections Scheduled in the Next Two Years

Here is a list of states in which the elections are scheduled for the next two years

Name of the state	Date of term completion	Month of election proposed as per election commission	Number of seats to be contested in the election
Chhattisgarh	05/01/2019	Dec 2018 or Jan 2019	90
Madhya Pradesh	07/01/2019	Dec 2018 or Jan 2019	232
Sikkim	27/05/2019	Apr or May 2019	32
Arunachal Pradesh	01/06/2019	Apr or May 2019	60
Telangana	08/06/2019	May or Jun 2019	119
Odisha	11/06/2019	May or Jun 2019	147
Andhra Pradesh	18/06/2019	May or Jun 2019	175
Haryana	02/11/2019	Sep or Oct 2019	90
Maharashtra	09/11/2019	Sep or Oct 2019	288
Jharkhand	05/01/2020	Nov or Dec 2020	81
NCT Delhi	22/02/2020	Jan or Feb 2021	70
Jammu and Kashmir	16/03/2021	Jan or Feb 2021	87

Indian General Elections in 2019

2019 Indian general election is scheduled to be held in between 11th April and 19th May in seven phases to form the 17th Lok Sabha. The votes will be counted on 23rd May, and the results will be declared on the same day.

Electoral System in India

The 543 MPs will be elected from the single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. The President of India will nominate additional two members from the Anglo-Indian community if he believes the community is under-represented.

The eligible voters must be Indian citizens, at least 18 years or older, and should have a valid voter identification card issued by the ECI (Election Commission of India). People who are convicted of electoral or other offenses are barred from voting.

Earlier, there were speculations in the media that the Modi government might advance the 2019 general election to counter the anti-incumbency factor. However, they retrospected on the past blunders of advancing an election made by the Vajpayee Government and decided to conduct the election as per the regular schedule as announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 10th March 2019.

Election Schedule

The election schedule was declared on 10th March 2019, and with it, the Model Code of Conduct came into force. Here are the dates as scheduled

Phase	Date	Constituencies	States & UT
1	11th April	91	20	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
2	18th April	97	13	Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka
3	23rd  April	115	14	Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh,Gujarat, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu
4	29th April	71	9	Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
5	6th May	51	7	Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
6	12th May	59	7	Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi
7	19th May	59	8	Bihar, Punjab, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh

Legislative Assembly Elections 2019

The assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, are scheduled to be held simultaneously with the general elections.

Legislative assembly elections of Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana, and Jammu & Kashmir are scheduled to be held later in 2019

By-Elections

Jind (Haryana)

The by-poll was made necessary after the death of Indian National Lok Dal legislator Mr. Hari Chand Middha in August 2018. Elections were held on 28th January 2019. A BJP candidate, Krishan Lal Middha, won the Jind Assembly seat in Haryana by a margin of 12,935 votes.

Ramgarh (Rajasthan)

Election to the seat was canceled due to the death of the BSP candidate. Then the elections were held on 28th January 2019. A Congress candidate, Shafia Zuber, won the Ramgarh assembly seat of Rajasthan by defeating the BJP candidate with a margin of 12,228 votes.

Legislative Assembly Election in Andhra Pradesh

Date	State	Govt before	CM before election
April 11 2019	Andhra Pradesh	Telugu Desam Party	N.Chandrababu Naidu

Legislative Assembly Election in Odisha

Date	State	Govt before	CM before election
April 11, 18, 23, 29 2019	Odisha	Biju Janata Dal	Naveen Patnaik

Legislative Assembly Election in Jammu & Kashmir

Date	State	Govt before election
June 2019	Jammu & Kashmir	President's rule

Legislative Assembly Election in Maharashtra

Date	State	Govt before election
October 2019	Maharashtra	BJP
		Shiv Sena

Legislative Assembly Election in Arunachal Pradesh

Date	State	Govt before	CM before election
11 April 2019	Arunachal Pradesh	BJP	Pema Khandu

Legislative Assembly Election in Haryana

Date	State	Govt before	CM before election
October/ November 2019	Haryana	BJP	Manohar Lal Khattar

Legislative Assembly Election in Sikkim

Date	State	Government before	CM before election
April 11 2019	Sikkim	Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling

Legislative Assembly Election in Jharkhand

Date	State	Government before	Chief Minister before election
December 2019	Jharkhand	Bharatiya Janata Party	Raghubar Das