Lok Sabha Elections 2024

iThere were 489 seats in the Lok Sabha, allotted across 401 constituencies in 25 states.

Encouraged by this, the Election Commission, decided to use only EVMs for Lok Sabha elections in 2004, all by-elections and state elections were conducted in 2003 using electronic voting machines.

In 2013, the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in five states—Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh—introduced the NOTA option for the first time during assembly elections.

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Congress suffered a severe blow earlier in 2019 and in 2014 when it was unable to secure any seats in Gujarat.

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It is noteworthy that the BJP removed five incumbent Members of Parliament from its second list of contenders, signalling a change in strategy.

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