Cabinet accepts recommendations of High-Level Committee on Simultaneous Elections
Cabinet accepts recommendations of High-Level Committee on Simultaneous Elections
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
Recommendations and way forward
- Elections have been held simultaneously between 1951 and 1967.
- Law Commission: 170th report (1999): One election to Lok Sabha and all Legislative Assemblies in five years.
- Parliamentary Committee 79th Report (2015): suggest methods for simultaneous elections in two phases.
- High Level Committee chaired by Shri Ram Nath Kovind extensively consulted a broad spectrum of stakeholders including political parties and experts.
- The report is available online at: https://onoe.gov.in
- Extensive feedback has showed there is widespread support for simultaneous elections in the country.