The desirability of holding simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas has been discussed at various levels. A considered view is that simultaneous elections will ...
The desirability of holding simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas has been discussed at various levels. A considered view is that simultaneous elections will not only keep alive the enthusiasm of voters, but will also result in huge savings to the public exchequer as well as avoiding repetition of administrative effort. It is also expected to control the expenses of political parties. Simultaneous elections will also avoid repeated enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct which affects administrative actions by the government.
President of India, His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee has also expressed his views on the desirability of holding simultaneous elections. Speaking at a recent function, The President said that “With some election or the other throughout the year, normal activities of the government come to a standstill because of code of conduct. This is an idea the political leadership should think of. If political parties collectively think, we can change it.... The Election Commission can also put in their idea and efforts on holding the polls together and that will be highly beneficial”
Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has spoken several times on considering the feasibility of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. In two recent TV discussions, the Prime Minister reiterated this idea and invited a national debate on the issue.
Debate on the Issue - A Brief History
In India, simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha (House of The People) and Vidhan Sabhas (State Legislative Assemblies) were organized in the years 1951-52, 1957, 1962 and 1967. Thereafter, however, the schedule could not be maintained and the elections to the Lok Sabha and the Vidhan Sabhas have still not been realigned.
The next General Election to the Lok Sabha is scheduled for 2019. Elections for the Vidhan Sabhas of 5 States are scheduled for 2017, for 13 States in 2018, for 9 States in 2019, for 1 State 2020 and the remaining are scheduled for 2021.
The issue of simultaneous elections was debated by the Law Commission in its 107thReport in 1999 (Reform of Electoral Laws) , where in it was mentioned that – “The rule ought to be one election once in five years for Lok Sabha and all Legislative Assemblies” ( Para 7.2.1.1 of the Report). Recently, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice presented its 79th Report on ‘Feasibility of holding Simultaneous Elections to the House of People (Lok Sabha) and State Legislative Assemblies’ on 17th December 2015.
Several structural changes will need to be done in case a decision is made to conduct simultaneous election, including possibility of Constitutional amendments to Articles 83, 172, 85 and 174 to streamline the process.
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MyGov invites citizens, Parliamentarians, Members of Legislative assemblies and councils, constitutional experts, academics experts, bureaucrats, social media influencers, Think Tanks and all other interested people to give their considered view on the subject. The issues that can be considered while formulating a view are (only an indicative list and not exhaustive):
1. Is it desirable to hold simultaneous elections? What are the pros and cons?
2. If simultaneous elections are held, then for the first time what happens to assemblies whose scheduled tenure either ends before or after the proposed date of holding elections?
3. Should the term of Lok Sabha and assemblies be fixed?
4. What would happen in case by-elections are necessitated in between terms?
5. What happens in case the ruling party or coalition loses majority in between term, either in Lok Sabha or in State assemblies?
You may submit your opinion by either writing in the comment box below, or by attaching a PDF document, or through a Youtube video.
The last for submitting your opinion is 15th October, 2016.
Election if held simultaneously is very very good but very high care should have to be taken by election commission to make election fair specially where people cant cast their vote or caste vote under impression of fear.
There should not be any simultaneous election system for the union of India and the state assemblies .Since people of India has not entered into any contract or bond with elected representatives.In the present system we have an opportunity to disregard the ruling party in state assemblies if it is not working as per the desired public interest or vice-versa .If the proposed system will be adopted then it may result in Autocracy and we may face again a situation of Emergency in future so avoid it
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There should be simultaneous elections for Parliament and all state assemblies.In case of mid term poll for a state assembly,election should be held for remaining period of the dissolved house if remaining period is more than two years.for remaining period less than two years,Governor's rule should be imposed for that period.For mid term poll for LokSabha,if remaining period of the house is less than one year,the caretaker Govt. should continue for that period.
Namashkar,
I think simultaneous elections would have some pros and cons
Pros
People will be voting more as there will be atmosphere of elections,So voting percentage may increase.
People will have more elaborate discussion on to whom should we vote.
Govt , specially Election Commision will have to work once and rest they can focus on making elections more reachable.
Cons
It can hamper the state independence, since in a flow people may vote same party in center and state.
Simultaneous elections is an idea whose has clearly arrived. It will save a lot of time and energy. The most important gain would be that the Elected Central Government will be able to concentrate on governance rather than being distracted by local State elections.
This would hopefully lead to other electoral reforms . . . like transparent funding of elections.
Aadarniy pradhanmanti ji safar pranam.
Loksabh or vidhansabha ka election eksath honese bogas election nai ho sakta.
Or jo karmachari jis election booth pe kam karte h unhe wahi pe vote karane ki system honi chahiye.
Its a very good move and benefits can not even be fathomed at this early age. Apart from obvious direct benefits in term of control on expenditure benefits of far reaching consequences like diverting attention to more productive and useful activities for development of economy and overall national development can be organised. We must do it whatever be the political consequences
Hello My Dear PM ji Namaskar My Opinion of Elections there can be Three cycles of
First Will be Loksabh,Second will be Assembly and third cycle will be Panchayat Raj Election in half period and gap between these three cycles should be three months after nine months it will completed all election in through out India and also its most use full for saving of money
आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी,
आगामी कुछ माह में कई राज्यों में विधान सभा चुनाव होने है,इसमें सभी प्रत्याशियों का एक ही मंच पर डिबेट होना चाहिए जिससे जनता अपने प्रत्याशियों को अच्छी तरह समझ सकेगा,अलग से कोई प्रचार के प्राविधान पर रोक होना चाहिये।इसके लिए जिलाधिकारी के निर्देशन में प्रत्येक विधान सभा में 15 स्थान पर जनता के बीच डिबेट कराया जाना चाहिये तथा प्रत्याशियो से न्यूनतम निर्धारित चुनाव खर्च जिलाधिकारी के पास जमा किया जाना चाहिये,इस प्रक्रिया से धनबल तथा बाहबल पर रोक लग सकेगा।
