The 17th Lok Sabha Elections 2024 scheduled to begin from April 19 will elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the elaborate schedule of the seven-phase long Lok Sabha polls on March 16. As per the schedule, the voting phases will culminate on June 1 while the counting and announcement of final results will take place on June 4.
As the scheduled date for the first phase is nearing, all major political parties across the nation are announcing their candidate lists and poll manifestos.
This year, amid innumerable instances of changing camps right ahead of the elections, the electoral stage is set to witness a battle between two main rivals- the NDA-backed allies and the opposition alliance INDIA bloc.
In Lok Sabha elections 2019, the the BJP-led NDA won 353 out of 543 seats.