The Battle for Better Government!!

INDIAN GENERAL ELECTION 2014

Vivek Sharma X-B 17

• The 16TH LOK SABHA ELECTIONS will be held in nine phases, the longest election in the country's history, from 7 April to 12 May 2014.

• Voting will take place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India to elect Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

• The result of this election will be declared on 16 May 2014.

INTRODUCTION

INIDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

UNITED PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE (UPA)

RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL

ALLIANCE GROUP:Major Parties Involved

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (NDA)

BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

LOK JANSHAKTI PARTY

SHIV SENA

THIRD FRONT

SAMAJWADI PARTY

Communist Party

Of India (CPI)

All India Forward Bloc

• India’s oldest political partysince 1885.Present Chairperson- SONIA GANDHIPrime-ministerial candidate-RAHUL GANDHI

• Notable leaders includesIndira Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi,Jawaharlal Nehru, Manmohan Singh

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

• The other major political party in India today founded in dec 1980.

Present Chairperson- RAJNATH SINGHPrime-ministerial candidate- NARENDRA MODI

• Notable leaders includesAtal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K. Advani etc.

NARENDRAMODI

ARVINDKEJRIW

AL

KUMARVISHWAS

RAHULGANDHI

FACE OFF!

DR.HARSHVA-RDHAN

ASHUTOSHKAPIL SIBAL

SONIA GANDHI

UMA BHARTI

RAJ BABBAR

V.K. SINGH

SHAZIA ILMI

Election Commission expected to spent $5 billion in the election which is the world's second highest after the $7 billion spent on the 2012 U.S. elections.

FACTS ABOUT ELECTIONS

This time, about 814 million people will be eligible

to vote, a number larger than the population of Europe, making this the biggest election the world has ever seen.

• Founded on November, 2012.• The AAM ADMI PARTY led by MR. ARVIND

KEJRIWAL is contesting the elections for about 278 seats.

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