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.
No , It is not correct way for voting through a Internet because through Internet the can change the number of vote , Many fake vote can also be counted , there are 20 percent of population sleep without eating then how they can vote. INDIA is an agricultural land and about 75 percent of population lives in villages where internet is available very less then also how they can vote? If government can secure it from hackers,fake voters,can supply internet in each village of our country then do it.
Yes-
1. We will use 2-3 months for election, then only governance
2. A lot of money will be saved
3. Influence of a winning party in other elections will be curtailed
No-because
1. The whole country will be only doing election planning, no real work
2. We have to engage more security forces in election duty, compromising our national security
3. Our electors are still vote whimsically, later to regret. So, if one party wins but fails to deliver in current system, it can be rectified
Simultaneous election for both Parliament and state assembly is always beneficial both from the point view of cost involvement and time. And it should be done. But Some mechanism to be framed out in case of any premature end of either Parliament or any state assembly.
No Sir, I feel this is not good idea in view of keeping the political entities on toe.
If all elections happen simultaneously, citizen's will have to wait for another 5 years to choose again and the elected persons may tend to take their responsibilty for granted as next elections are 5 years away
If state and centre elections happen like 2.5 years apart, i feel the political parties can be kept in check to perform at least to please the voters before next elections
but what if any gov. either in center or state falls in midterm....
i agree with the concept...
only way to implement it is-
elections will happen in mid term only when if any govt. fail to work for less than 3 years
if it continues for more than 3 years... and then loose majority - the state shall be governed by the governor.or by the center..
but if center govt fails to carry itself for full term and fell after completion of 3 years it shall be governed by the president for rest of the
Lok Sabha and vidhan Sabha, these two houses are very important for a stable and good good governance in our country. The house of the people representative in union government and house of the people in the states are co related to sustain a stable government As per the Indian constitution, any development of any states or UTs should be considered in the Lok Sabha. I mean any bill comes from Vidhan sabha or state legislative assembly is passed or not passed .. same time election is the best.
Not related to this topic, but could the designers of this website provide facility to sort the comments by most likes, most rated etc like they do at reddit.com? This way we would be able comment and expand on good ideas quickly and suppress unpopular ideas to the bottom.
In short this idea should be implemented at all level of governance. For all those awkward situations presume today, we should convince ourselves that we will find way for that but we want to go for one time elections only in any case. Because price we are paying in all aspects for regular continuous elections is simply suicidal. Thanks
