NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has accepted the recommendations of the High-Level Committee on Simultaneous Elections under the chairmanship of former President Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

Simultaneous elections: recommendations of high-level committee

  1. Elections have been held simultaneously between 1951 and 1967.

  2. Law Commission: 170th report (1999): One election to Lok Sabha and all Legislative Assemblies in five years.

  3. Parliamentary Committee 79th Report (2015): suggest methods for simultaneous elections in two phases.

  4. High Level Committee chaired by Shri Ram Nath Kovind extensively consulted a broad spectrum of stakeholders including political parties and experts.

  5. The report is available online at: https://onoe.gov.in

  6. Extensive feedback has showed there is widespread support for simultaneous elections in the country.

Recommendations and way forward

  1. Implement in two phases.

  2. In first phase: conduct Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously.

  3. In second phase: Conduct local body elections (panchayat and municipalities) within 100 days of general elections.

  4. Common electoral roll for all elections.

  5. Will initiate detailed discussions throughout the country.

  6. Constitute an implementation group.

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