report on election campaign in 2019 for 2 or 3 page.
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Answer: Report on election in 2019
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The 2019 Indian general election was held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes took place on 23 May, and on the same day the results were declared. About 900 million people were eligible to vote and turnout was over 67 per cent – the highest ever as well as the highest participation by women voters.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 303 seats, further increasing its substantial majority and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won 353 seats.The Indian National Congress party won 52 seats, and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 91. Other parties and their alliances won 98 seats.[10] Indian National Congress again failed to secure the requisite 10% of the seats (55 seats) in the Lok Sabha and hence India remains without an official opposition party.
Legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim were held simultaneously with the general election.
All 543 elected MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. The President of India nominates an additional two members from the Anglo-Indian community if he believes that community is under-represented.
Eligible voters must be Indian citizens, 18 or older, an ordinary resident of the polling area of the constituency and registered to vote, possess a valid voter identification card issued by the Election Commission of India or equivalent. Some people convicted of electoral or other offences are barred from voting.
The elections are being held on schedule and per the Constitution of India that mandates parliamentary elections once every five years.
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Election Dates of Indian General Election, 2019
Election schedule
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India (ECI) on 10 March 2019, and with it the Model Code of Conduct came into force.
The election was scheduled to be held in seven phases. In Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the election was held in all seven phases. The polling for the Anantnag constituency in the state of Jammu and Kashmir was held in three phases due to violence in the region.
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standout poll
The 2019 polls are a standout event in their own right. The BJP of 2019 is not the same as its 2004 version; it has vastly expanded its reach in places where it had no presence earlier. The party is fighting in its largest number of seats (it has declared its contenders in 408 seats so far and will be announcing at least 30 more names soon). It has also expanded its base of social coalitions under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership among the backward sections of society, and hopes to coast on its social welfare schemes in rural areas. The possibility of a united Hindu vote, as witnessed in the 2014 elections, is, as ever, the elephant in the room.
The regional parties are less inclined to cede space to the Congress party as witnessed by the alliances in Karnataka and Maharashtra. The Congress for its part is pursuing the end of its existential crisis, taking the Left head-on with party president Rahul Gandhi fighting a second seat from Wayanad in Kerala, a campaign that will see some bitter exchange of words.
The nature of the beast, the verdict that the Indian electorate will throw up, therefore, is still a cipher. May 23 is just about six weeks away, and the Indian electorate has a way of conveying to its representatives that it cannot be taken for granted.