2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part D

Author(s): Dr. Neeru Sharma

Abstract: Regular elections are a lifetime of any functional democracy. Since independence, India has successfully held 18 Lok Sabha (General Elections) to select national Governments and numerous elections in different States to elect state Governments. An important indicator of elections being accepted as free and fair is the fact that elections over the last seven decades have resulted in a change of governments several times both at the national level and in different states without any significant protest. In 2024, the Indian general elections, the biggest ever democratic process in the country's history were conducted in seven phases. Our greatest positive achievement has been that we have survived as a democratic nation. Although every election in itself is significant, yet Lok Sabha elections are important in the sense that these are held all over India and decide the destiny of the government of country. Therefore, the whole process right from notification of elections to the declaration of results remains very interesting. Every state has to play an important role in sending its representatives to the Parliament. Reputation of candidates, the image of the ruling party, state ruling party's performance, core issues, factors at play and other non-political Issues vary from state to state. Keeping this in view, a modest attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the outcome of 18^th Lok Sabha elections 2024 in the state of Punjab. The requisite data for this study has been obtained from newspapers, magazines and websites.

DOI: 10.33545/26646021.2024.v6.i2d.395

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