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President Ram Nath Kovind pitches for

simultaneous elections
Published: January 30, 2018

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President Ram
Nath Kovind has
called for
simultaneous
elections to Lok
Sabha and state assemblies. He made this
state while addressing the joint sitting of
Parliament on the commencement of the
Budget Session.
He made this statement arguing that frequent
elections impede speed of development as
officials have to assist in conducting polls. He
called for sustained debate on subject of
simultaneous elections and urged all political
parties to arrive at consensus on this issue.

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Need for simultaneous elections

Difficulties
Background

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Need for simultaneous elections

Frequent elections affect the governance
as imposition of model code of conduct in poll
bound areas puts on hold all developmental
activities on that area and also affects the
bureaucracy’s functioning.
Elections in India are big-budget exercise.
Expenditure can be reduced by conducting
simultaneous elections.
Law Commission in its 170th report titled
Reform of Electoral Laws (1999) had
suggested holding simultaneous elections at
all levels for stability in governance.
Frequent elections disrupt normal public
life and affect functioning of essential
services. Moreover, frequent elections lead to
frequent disruption of road traffic by political
rallies and also lead to noise pollution.
Crucial manpower especially teachers is
often deployed on election duties for
prolonged period of time. If simultaneous
elections are held, then this manpower will be
made available for other important tasks.
Difficulties
Not all voters are highly educated to know
who to vote for. They may get confused and
may not know whether they are voting for
candidates contesting assembly or
parliament elections.
Frequent elections bring politicians back to
the voters, create jobs (though temporary)
and prevent the mixing of local and national
issues in the minds of the voters.
The issue of logistics and requirement of
security personnel, election and
administrative officials needs to be
considered.
There is dearth of enough security and
administrative officials to conduct
simultaneous free and fair elections
throughout the country in one go.
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Mostly elections in big states are held

various phases mainly due to security
concerns. If this is situation, holding
simultaneous elections for all the states, it
may need to be held in many phases
stretching over many months.
Background
The idea of ‘one nation one election’ has been
proposed for many years starting with Law
Commission suggestion in 1999. Most recently,
Parliament’s standing committee 2015 report
suggested holding simultaneous election to
save public money and end policy paralysis
because of impact of the model code of
conduct. It had pegged the cost of holding
elections for Lok Sabha and state assemblies
at Rs. 4500 crore. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi too had pitched for this idea.
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