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election 2014
The 16th Lok Sabha elections will be held from April 7th to May 12th 2014 over nine phases, making it the longest election in India's history. Voting will take place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies to elect members of parliament, and results will be declared on May 16th. The major political parties competing are the Indian National Congress led by Rahul Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi, and the new Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal which is contesting about 278 seats. This election is expected to be the biggest democratic election in world history with over 814 million eligible voters.
election 2014
- 1. The Battle forBetter Government!!
- 2. • The 16THLOK SABHA ELECTIONS will be held in nine phases, the longest election in the country's history, from 7 April to 12 May 2014. • Voting will take place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India to elect Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. • The result of this election will be declared on 16 May 2014.
- 3. INIDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS UNITED PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE(UPA) RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL
- 4. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (NDA) BHARATIYAJANATA PARTY LOK JANSHAKTI PARTY SHIV SENA
- 5. THIRD FRONT SAMAJWADI PARTY Communist Party Of India(CPI) All India Forward Bloc
- 6. • India’s oldestpolitical party since 1885. Present Chairperson- SONIA GANDHI Prime-ministerial candidate-RAHUL GANDHI • Notable leaders includes Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Manmohan Singh
- 7. • The othermajor political party in India today founded in dec 1980. Present Chairperson- RAJNATH SINGH Prime-ministerial candidate- NARENDRA MODI • Notable leaders includes Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K. Advani etc.
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- 10. Election Commission expected tospent $5 billion in the election which is the world's second highest after the $7 billion spent on the 2012 U.S. elections.
- 11. This time, about814 million people will be eligible to vote, a number larger than the population of Europe, making this the biggest election the world has ever seen.
- 12. • Founded onNovember, 2012. • The AAM ADMI PARTY led by MR. ARVIND KEJRIWAL is contesting the elections for about 278 seats.