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 Indian citizens
were eligible to vote in one of the seven phases depending on the region. The
2019 elections attracted a turnout of over 67 per cent – the highest ever
in the history of Indian general elections, as well the highest recorded
participation in Indian elections by women.
According to the preliminary official results released by the Election Commission of India for 542 of the 543 constituencies after the first 24 hours of counting, the Bharatiya Janata Party had won 299 seats and retained its lead in another 4 constituencies, defying expectations and actually increasing its seat count to 303. Meanwhile the Indian National Congress party had won 52. The alliance partners of these two main parties and other un-aligned parties had won or were in the lead in 187. In order to become the official opposition party in the Lok Sabha, a party must win 10 per cent of the total number of seats, or 55 seats. The largest opposition party, the Indian National Congress, once again failed to attain this number. Thus,India
Legislative Assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha andSikkim
Electoral System
All 543 elected MPs will be 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 the community is under-represented.
Eligible voters must be Indian citizens, 18 or older, an ordinary resident of the polling area of the constituency and possess a valid voter identification card issued by the Election Commission of India. Some people convicted of electoral or other offences are barred from voting.
The elections are being held on schedule and per the constitution ofIndia
Voting
According to the Election Commission of India, 900 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 84.3 million voters since the last general election in 2014, making this the largest-ever election in the world. 15 million voters in the age group of 18–19 years are eligible to exercise their right to vote for the first time while 38,325 transgender individuals will be able to vote for the first time as members of the third-sex and not as male or female. 71,735 overseas voters have been enrolled in the electoral rolls for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In 2015, an India-Bangladesh boundary agreement was signed, in which the two countries exchanged their enclaves that were entirely surrounded by the other's boundaries. As a result, it will be the first time in which residents of these former enclaves vote in an Indian general election.
Electronic Voting Machines
As in recent elections, the 2019 voting has relied on EVM – electronic voting machines. The Election Commission of India deployed a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system which enables electronic voting machines to record each vote cast by generating the EVM slip. Tried in previous elections on a sample basis, VVPAT system is being used in all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies for the 2019 election.
The electronic voting machines were tested immediately prior to the election day, where a sample number of votes for each political party nominee was entered into each machine, in the presence of polling agents. At the end of this sample trial run, the votes counted and matched with the entered sample votes, to ensure that the machine is operating reliably and that there were no hidden votes pre-recorded in each machine. Machines that yielded a faulty result were replaced. For example, inSouth Goa , the Election Commission's office found during
a mock poll run in April 2019 that while each candidate was given 9 test votes
in the machines, the EVM in a particular polling booth recorded 17 votes for
the Congress party and less for the other political parties. The faulty EVM
were replaced.
The Election Commission officials deployed a total of 1.74 million VVPAT units and 3.96 million electronic voting machines in 1,035,918 polling stations acrossIndia
According to the preliminary official results released by the Election Commission of India for 542 of the 543 constituencies after the first 24 hours of counting, the Bharatiya Janata Party had won 299 seats and retained its lead in another 4 constituencies, defying expectations and actually increasing its seat count to 303. Meanwhile the Indian National Congress party had won 52. The alliance partners of these two main parties and other un-aligned parties had won or were in the lead in 187. In order to become the official opposition party in the Lok Sabha, a party must win 10 per cent of the total number of seats, or 55 seats. The largest opposition party, the Indian National Congress, once again failed to attain this number. Thus,
Legislative Assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and
Electoral System
All 543 elected MPs will be 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 the community is under-represented.
Eligible voters must be Indian citizens, 18 or older, an ordinary resident of the polling area of the constituency and possess a valid voter identification card issued by the Election Commission of India. Some people convicted of electoral or other offences are barred from voting.
The elections are being held on schedule and per the constitution of
Voting
According to the Election Commission of India, 900 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 84.3 million voters since the last general election in 2014, making this the largest-ever election in the world. 15 million voters in the age group of 18–19 years are eligible to exercise their right to vote for the first time while 38,325 transgender individuals will be able to vote for the first time as members of the third-sex and not as male or female. 71,735 overseas voters have been enrolled in the electoral rolls for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In 2015, an India-Bangladesh boundary agreement was signed, in which the two countries exchanged their enclaves that were entirely surrounded by the other's boundaries. As a result, it will be the first time in which residents of these former enclaves vote in an Indian general election.
Electronic Voting Machines
As in recent elections, the 2019 voting has relied on EVM – electronic voting machines. The Election Commission of India deployed a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system which enables electronic voting machines to record each vote cast by generating the EVM slip. Tried in previous elections on a sample basis, VVPAT system is being used in all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies for the 2019 election.
The electronic voting machines were tested immediately prior to the election day, where a sample number of votes for each political party nominee was entered into each machine, in the presence of polling agents. At the end of this sample trial run, the votes counted and matched with the entered sample votes, to ensure that the machine is operating reliably and that there were no hidden votes pre-recorded in each machine. Machines that yielded a faulty result were replaced. For example, in
The Election Commission officials deployed a total of 1.74 million VVPAT units and 3.96 million electronic voting machines in 1,035,918 polling stations across
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