Recently the government of India approved the proposal of conducting simultaneous elections in India
These Elections will be conducted for the Lok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies and Local Government bodies
After the Independence, first time simultaneous elections were conducted in 1951
That practice of simultaneous elections ended with premature dissolution of some of the state governments in 1968 and 1969 and the early termination of the Lok Sabha in 1970
‘One Nation One Election’ is a process of conducting the simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha, All the State Legislative Assemblies and Local government bodies (municipalities and panchayats) together in all over the India
A high-level committee was constituted under the chairmanship of former President Ram Nath Kovind in sept 2023 to suggest the reforms on elections
Considering all the factors, the government took that remarkable decision in the direction of strengthening the democracy of India.
That decision has been taken on the basis of recommendation of High-level Committee on One Nation One Election.
The simultaneous elections will be conducted in two phases; In the first phase, elections will be conducted for the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies
In the second phase, the elections will be conducted for local government bodies which will be held within 100 days of general election.