In the very beginning, I would like to take the opportunity to

express my gratitude to the almighty God, for keeping me good

health all through this gravelling project work.

I place on record my sincere gratitude and appreciations to my

project guide Mrs. Meenakshi Negi for her kind cooperation and
guidance which enabled me to complete this project in time.

I take this opportunity to declare my project to all our loving

faculty members who were a constant source of motivation and I
express my deep gratitude to their never ending support and
encouragement during this project. Finally, I thank each and
everyone who helped me to complete this project.
 The 2019 Indian general election was held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May
2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The votes were counted and result was
declared on 23 May. About 900 million people were eligible to vote and turnout was
over 67 per cent – the highest ever as well as the highest participation by women
voters.

 The Bharatiya Janata Party won 303 seats, further increasing its substantial majority
and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won 353 seats. The Indian National
Congress party won 52 seats, and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won
91. Other parties and their alliances won 98 seats. Indian National Congress again
failed to secure the requisite 10% of the seats (54 seats) in the Lok Sabha and hence
India remains without an official opposition party.

 Legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,

Odisha and Sikkim were held simultaneously with the general election, as well as
by-elections to twenty two seats of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
•Amethi is a Lok Sabha constituency which covers the entire Amethi district and was
created in 1967.[2] The seat has almost always been held by the Indian National Congress
(INC), save for a half-dozen years in the late 1970s and late 1990s. Rahul Gandhi held the
seat for the longest period, from 2004 to 2019, and the seat had also been held by his
mother, father, and uncle.
•Vadodara formerly Baroda Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house
of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in Western India. This constituency
covers the entire Vadodara district and first held elections in 1957 as Baroda Lok Sabha
constituency in erstwhile Bombay State (present day Gujarat). It has been known as
Vadodara since the 2009 elections. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Fatehsinghrao
Gaekwad of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was also re-elected in the next
elections in 1962.
 Third Front in Indian politics refers to various
alliances formed by smaller parties at various points
of time since 1989 to offer a third option to Indian
voters, challenging the Indian National
Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party.
 Introduce a Nyuntam Aay Yojana welfare program wherein ₹72,000 (US$1,000) per year will be
transferred directly to the bank account of a woman-member in each family in the poorest 20
percent households.

 Create 1 million "Seva Mitra" jobs in rural and urban local government bodies. Fill all 400,000
central government vacancies before March 2020, and encourage state governments to fill their
2,000,000 vacancies. Enact a law that requires all non-government controlled employers with
over 100 employees to implement an apprentice program.

 Enact a permanent National Commission on Agricultural Development and Planning and introduce
a "Kisan Budget" (Farmer Budget) in the parliament every year. Waive all farmer loans in all
states with any amounts outstanding.

 Enact a Right to Homestead Act that will provide free land to every household that does not own
a home.

 Enact a Right to Healthcare Act and guarantee every citizen free diagnostics, free medicines,
free hospitalisation, and free out-patient care. Double spending on healthcare to 3 percent of its
GDP by 2024.

 Double spending on education to 6 percent of its GDP by 2024.

 Double farmer incomes by 2022 by completing all major and micro-irrigation
infrastructure projects, opening adequate markets and modern farm produce storage
centres, implement minimum price supports for farmer produce, farmer loans and all-
weather rural roads. Introduce a pension bill for small and marginal farmers to provide
social security after 60 years of age.

 Bring all secondary schools under the national board quality purview. Invest ₹100,000
crore (US$14 billion) in higher education, open new and increase seats at existing
engineering, management and law schools. Establish skills and innovations centre at
block-level in every town. Enhance higher education opportunities for women by
introducing financial support and subsidies programs. Source 10 percent of government
procurement from companies with more than 50 percent female employees.

 Ensure a pucca (lit. brick-solid, modern) house, safe potable water, toilet, LPG gas
cylinder, electricity, and banking account for every family. Reduce the percentage of
families living under the poverty line to a single digit by 2024.

 Double the length of national highways. Improve fuel quality by mandating 10 percent
ethanol in petrol. Scale renewable energy capacity to 175 GW.

 Electrify and convert to broad gauge all railway tracks.

 The Lok Sabha election, the biggest democratic exercise on earth, ended with the final round of voting
on May 19. As votes for the seven-phased polls are counted on May 23, the election results will
determine the 17th Lok Sabha and the next government.

 In 2014, the Narendra Modi-led BJP swept to power, winning 282 of the 543 seats in Lok Sabha; it
crossed the halfway mark of 272. The BJP became the first party to gain majority on its own in three
decades. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the coalition it leads, won 336 seats. The Congress,
which headed the UPA government for two consecutive terms earlier, could manage just 44 seats.

 Around 90 crore people were eligible to vote in the general election this year, an increase of around 9
crore compared to the election in 2014. An estimated 13 crore of them were eligible to vote for the
first time.

 One million polling stations were set up across the country for the mammoth election.

 The first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11 saw a voter turnout of 69.43 per cent. Sixty six per
cent turnout was recorded in both the second phase (April 18) and the third phase of polling (April 23).
The overall voter turnout in the fourth phase of the national elections (April 29) stood at 64 per cent.
The fifth phase of polling, held on May 6, saw 57.33 per cent turnout.

 The sixth phase of voting was held on May 12; 63.3 per cent turnout was recorded for the phase.

 For the seventh and final phase of polling, 64.15 per cent people - 1 percent more than 2014 - cast
their votes
1. More income tax relief for middle class.

2. Complete overhaul of the income tax law.

3. Pension scheme for senior citizens could be

extended further.

4.Time period of home loan subsidy scheme could

be extended further.

5.Promotion of and protective measures for

electronic payments.
 Voter turnout of 7th phase estimated till 8 pm- Total 62.87%; Bihar-53.36%,
Himachal Pradesh- 69.73%, Madhya Pradesh-71.44%, Punjab-62.45%, Uttar
Pradesh-57.86%, West Bengal- 73.51%, Jharkhand-71.16%, Chandigarh-63.57%.

 On Sunday in the seventh and the final phase of the Lok Sabha election held in
59 constituencies across eight States and Union Territories nearly 61% voters
turned out to cast their vote. Voting took place in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chandigarh.
Besides the Lok Sabha seats, by polls were held four Assembly seats in Tamil
Nadu and one in Goa.

 Among the prominent candidates are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ravi
Shankar Prasad of the BJP, and Shatrughan Sinha and Manish Tewari of the
Congress are among the prominent candidates.
 Submitted To:-
Mrs. Meenakshi Negi

Submitted By:-
Ishita Sharma
Class-9th A
Roll No-14