Lok Sabha Election 2024 Highlights: Polls begin on April 19, results on June 4; MCC kicks in

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Ahead of the announcement of the poll schedule on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Telangana's Nagarkurnool.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Ahead of the general elections, Delhi Rouse Avenue court granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Union Minister Anurag Thakur pushed that the elections should be conducted as soon as possible, and the Election Commission should consider a date as close as possible.

Lok Sabha election 2024: Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar claims that there is a rift in the BJP, and MLAs from the saffron party are now eager to join Congress. Read more.

Lok Sabha election 2024: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that he respects the verdict passed by the Supreme Court in the electoral bonds case, but the scheme was actually a step to end the domination of black money.

The Election Commission will announce the dates of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday at 3 pm during a press conference. The press conference will be televised on news channels, and will be available live on the ECI social media channels.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 live: On the Election Commission of India and fair conduct of elections, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, "The Election Commission must be unbiased. It should not belong to any party. When the code of conduct is implemented, the ruling party tries to lure the voters... The conduct of the Election Commission should be the same and fair for everyone..."

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra will come to an end tomorrow, March 17, after the Model Code of Conduct is implemented by the Election Commission.

Lok Sabha election 2024 live: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the poll body will decide on holding Lok Sabha Elections and Assembly Elections together or separately in Jammu and Kashmir after reviewing the security situation.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “We (BJP) have a track record of 10 years to go to the people with, as well as the agenda for the next 25 years to build a grand and a 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India). The people have faith in our deliverance and are invested in our vision of development. It (400-paar) isn't just poll rhetoric. You can for yourself on counting day. We (BJP) will sail past 300 and the NDA will cross 400.”

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear please regarding the appointment of the two new election commissioner under the 2023 law excluding the Chief Justice of India from the committee on March 21.

The Election Commission issues the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) on the day the election dates are announced. MCC is a set of guidelines issued for the conduct of political parties and poll candidates when it comes to rallies, speeches, election manifesto, general conduct and more.

After the announcement of the Lok Sabha election 2024 schedule, the Model Code of Conduct will be enforced by the Election Commission from Saturday, March 16.

It is expected that the voting process, expected to take place in April, will be conducted in seven to eight phases this year. During the 2019 elections, the voting was conducted in seven phases.

In 2019, the Lok Sabha election dates were announced on March 10, and polling commences from April 11. The counting of the votes took place on May 23.

The Election Commission of India announced on Friday that the schedule of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be announced on March 16, at 3 pm, at a live press conference.