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One Nation, One Election
One Nation, One Election (abbr. ONOE), is a proposal under consideration by the Government of India to synchronise all elections in the country either on a single day or within a specific time frame, with an objective of cutting election cost. One of its most notable proposals is to simultaneously conduct elections to the Lok Sabha & state legislative assemblies of all twenty-eight states and eight union territories. For the purpose of ONOE, Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha on 17 December 2024 to amend the Constitution of India. The bill was referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee on 19 December 2024.
The first few general elections of post-Indian independence were held simultaneously with the state legislative assembly elections. While the practice continued till 1967, the system of simultaneous elections was disrupted in 1968 and 1969 due to the premature dissolution of some state assemblies. Since 2014, Narendra Modi, who was then Chief Minister of Gujarat, has been espousing simultaneous elections stating that it will reduce wastage of public money and will ensure the smooth flow of development work, which otherwise gets arrested when the model code of conduct is in force. In India’s immediate neighbourhood, simultaneous polls for the national parliament alongside state legislatures are held in Pakistan, while Nepal conducts simultaneous elections in all 3 levels of the government (parliamentary, provincial & local) since the adoption of its new constitution in 2015. Elsewhere, Sweden hold elections to all 3 levels of the government simultaneously, whereas Belgium holds its parliamentary & provincial elections simultaneously with the EU elections.
In August 2018, the Law Commission of India released its draft report on simultaneously holding all direct elections in the country beginning from the panchayats upto the Lok Sabha within a given time period of a single year. In order to conduct such simultaneous elections, it said that there needs to be made appropriate amendments to the Constitution, the Representation of the People Act 1951, and the Rules of Procedure of Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. The commission also recommended that the amendments receive ratification from at least 50% of the states. With respect to the advantages of holding simultaneous polls, the commission said that it will lead to the saving of public money, reducing the strain on the administrative setup and security forces, timely implementation of government policies, and administrative focus on development activities rather than electioneering.
On 2 September 2023, the Government of India issued a notification constituting a high-level committee to examine the issue of simultaneous elections. This notification states:
This committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of former President of India Ram Nath Kovind. Other members of this committee are:
On 14 March 2024, former President Ram Nath Kovind submitted the 18,000 pages long final report prepared by the committee to the incumbent President of India, Draupadi Murmu. Among many things, the report suggested
The Committee also sought legal advice from 4 former CJIs, 3 former Chief Justices of state High Courts & 1 former CEC. 21,558 responses from the public were also recorded, out of which the Law Ministry reported that 81% were in favour of the proposal.
Central Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that once the committee submits its report, it will be discussed in the public domain and Parliament. He said "There is nothing to be nervous about, as discussions will be held. We are the world's largest democracy and we are known as the mother of democracy. This is the evolution of democracy in the mother of democracy."
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One Nation, One Election
One Nation, One Election (abbr. ONOE), is a proposal under consideration by the Government of India to synchronise all elections in the country either on a single day or within a specific time frame, with an objective of cutting election cost. One of its most notable proposals is to simultaneously conduct elections to the Lok Sabha & state legislative assemblies of all twenty-eight states and eight union territories. For the purpose of ONOE, Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha on 17 December 2024 to amend the Constitution of India. The bill was referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee on 19 December 2024.
The first few general elections of post-Indian independence were held simultaneously with the state legislative assembly elections. While the practice continued till 1967, the system of simultaneous elections was disrupted in 1968 and 1969 due to the premature dissolution of some state assemblies. Since 2014, Narendra Modi, who was then Chief Minister of Gujarat, has been espousing simultaneous elections stating that it will reduce wastage of public money and will ensure the smooth flow of development work, which otherwise gets arrested when the model code of conduct is in force. In India’s immediate neighbourhood, simultaneous polls for the national parliament alongside state legislatures are held in Pakistan, while Nepal conducts simultaneous elections in all 3 levels of the government (parliamentary, provincial & local) since the adoption of its new constitution in 2015. Elsewhere, Sweden hold elections to all 3 levels of the government simultaneously, whereas Belgium holds its parliamentary & provincial elections simultaneously with the EU elections.
In August 2018, the Law Commission of India released its draft report on simultaneously holding all direct elections in the country beginning from the panchayats upto the Lok Sabha within a given time period of a single year. In order to conduct such simultaneous elections, it said that there needs to be made appropriate amendments to the Constitution, the Representation of the People Act 1951, and the Rules of Procedure of Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. The commission also recommended that the amendments receive ratification from at least 50% of the states. With respect to the advantages of holding simultaneous polls, the commission said that it will lead to the saving of public money, reducing the strain on the administrative setup and security forces, timely implementation of government policies, and administrative focus on development activities rather than electioneering.
On 2 September 2023, the Government of India issued a notification constituting a high-level committee to examine the issue of simultaneous elections. This notification states:
This committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of former President of India Ram Nath Kovind. Other members of this committee are:
On 14 March 2024, former President Ram Nath Kovind submitted the 18,000 pages long final report prepared by the committee to the incumbent President of India, Draupadi Murmu. Among many things, the report suggested
The Committee also sought legal advice from 4 former CJIs, 3 former Chief Justices of state High Courts & 1 former CEC. 21,558 responses from the public were also recorded, out of which the Law Ministry reported that 81% were in favour of the proposal.
Central Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that once the committee submits its report, it will be discussed in the public domain and Parliament. He said "There is nothing to be nervous about, as discussions will be held. We are the world's largest democracy and we are known as the mother of democracy. This is the evolution of democracy in the mother of democracy."