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Joint Parliamentary Committee Launches Consultations on 'One Nation, One Election' Bill

PP Chaudhary’s panel is listening to state and union territory inputs to finalise amendments intended to synchronise elections by 2034.

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Overview

  • The 39-member Joint Parliamentary Committee, chaired by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, has begun visits to states and union territories to gather feedback on the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill.
  • Under the draft legislation, state assemblies elected after the President’s notification following the 2029 Lok Sabha session would have their terms curtailed to align with a single 2034 election cycle.
  • The bill proposes adding Article 82A, empowering the President to set an “appointed date” for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls during the first sitting of a newly elected Parliament.
  • Enactment requires a two-thirds majority in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and ratification by at least 50% of state legislatures, where the NDA currently governs 20 out of 30 assemblies.
  • The Election Commission of India would need to double its fleet of electronic voting machines and invest in infrastructure upgrades to manage nationwide simultaneous polls.