Election Commission to Announce 2024 Lok Sabha Poll Dates at 3 PM Today

The 2024 Lok Sabha schedule will be announced in a press conference at 3 pm at Vigyan Bhawan here. The press conference will be live-streamed on the social media platforms of the poll body. As soon as the announcement is announced, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) will come into effect.

Alongside announcing the Lok Sabha 2024 election dates, the Election Commission, is expected to declare the assembly election schedules for several states including Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Jammu and Kashmir.

“Press Conference by Election Commission to announce the schedule for General Elections 20244 and some State Assemblies will be held at 3 PM tomorrow i.e Saturday, 16th March. It will be livestreamed on social media platforms of the ECI”, tweeted Spokesperson ECI.

The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that.

In 2019, the poll panel had announced the schedule for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on March 10. Conducted in seven phases, the elections commenced on April 11 and concluded on May 19. The results were declared on May 23.