Simultaneous election

21-10-2023

Indian Polity Current Affairs Analysis

A panel headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind has invited the Law Commission to discuss its proposal on holding simultaneous elections.

Commission for Simultaneous election- headed by Ram Nath Kovind

Chairperson of 22nd Law Commission of India.- Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi

Simultaneous elections had been held till: 1967

Matters under consideration

Holding State Assembly elections along with the Parliamentary poll in 2029.

Reducing or extending the tenure of some Assemblies for simultaneous poll.

Common electoral roll.