Confusion over Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Date Clarified by Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer

Delhi‘s Chief Electoral Officer has issued a clarification on the date of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Confusion arose after a notification by the Election Commission of India had informed ‘tentatively given the Poll Day as April 16, 2024… for the purpose of reference and to calculate Start and End dates in the Election Planner’.

The letter from the Election Commission’s office quickly went viral on social media, as India waits with bated breath to vote in what is considered the largest show of democracy in the world.

According to reports, the Election Commission notification was issued to all 11 District Election Officers in Delhi, and is titled ‘Compliance/adhering to timelines given in Election Planner of Election Commission of India’.

Moments later, the Delhi CEO’s X handle posted a clarification that the date, 16 April, was in ‘reference for officials’.

‘Some media queries are coming referring to a circular by @CeodelhiOffice to clarify whether 16.04.2024 is tentative poll day for #LSElections2024. It is clarified that this date was mentioned only for ‘reference’ for officials to plan activities as per the Election Commission guidelines,’ the tweet read.

No official date has been declared for the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls that will see Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-led NDA vie for the seat of governance in the Lok Sabha for a third straight term.

The NDA will face the INDIA bloc as opposition, who aims to overthrow the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gearing up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with the first electoral rally scheduled in Uttar Pradesh‘s Bulandshahr on January 25, sources from the BJP said. The BJP claims that around five lakh people will attend PM Modi’s rally in Bulandshahr.

General elections are expected to be held in India between April and May 2024 to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. The tenure of the Lok Sabha is scheduled to end on 16 June 2024. The previous general elections were held in April–May 2019.