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Challenges faced by

political parties in the LokSabha election 2014

-Rajat RoyS5-GRoll no- 2!

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Lok Sabha election

 "he $ndian general election of 2014 %as held toconstit&te the 1'th Lok Sabha( electing)e)bers of parlia)ent for all

54* parlia)entary constit&encies of $ndiaR&nning in nine phases fro) ! +pril to 12 ,ay2014( it %as the longest election in theco&ntrys history +ccording to the .lection

Co))ission of $ndia( /145 )illion people %ereeligible to ote( %ith an increase of 100 )illionoters since the last general election in 200()aking it the largest-eer election in the %orld

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Lok Sabha election

 "he res&lts %ere declared on 1' ,ay( fteen daysbefore the 15th Lok Sabha co)pleted itsconstit&tional )andate on *1 ,ay 2014 "heco&nting e3ercise %as held at / co&ntingcentres "he ational e)ocratic +lliance %on as%eeping ictory( taking **' seats "he 678 itself%on *109 of all otes and 2/2 :519; of allseats( %hile +s co)bined ote share %as

*/59 $t is the rst ti)e since the 1/4 $ndiangeneral elections that a party has %on eno&ghseats to goern %itho&t the s&pport of otherparties

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ational de)ocratic alliance s

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Challenges faced

$)portant iss&es d&ring the ca)paignincl&ded high in>ation( lack of jobs(econo)ic slo% do%n( corr&ption(

sec&rity and terroris)( religio&s diisionand co))&nalis)( and infrastr&ct&res&ch as roads( electricity and %ater $n

another s&rey by ?ee e%s for abo&t149 of people( corr&ption is the )ainiss&e in the election

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Challenges @aced  Economy6loo)berg highlighted $ndias slo%ing econo)y

a)idst a record high c&rrent acco&nt decit and afalling r&pee in s&))er 201* $t pointed o&t alack of infrastr&ct&re inest)ent and agoern)ent increasingly likely to gie s&bsidiesthat the national nances cannot aAord j&stbefore the election

  Corruption&ring the

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Challenges @aced

  Price rise "he price of onions( a staple in $ndian c&isine( faced

a dra)atic increase $n the lead &p to theelection( cons&)er price in>ation increased )orethan e3pected %hile( parado3ically( ind&strialprod&ction fell by )ore than e3pected ca&sing adile))a a)id slo%ing gro%th "he price of salt%as also indicatie of general food in>ation

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