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a) India’s parliament is composed of the Lower Chamber or House of The People (lok Sabha) and the Upper House or the Council of States (Rajya Sabha).
b) The term of lok sabha is five years while that of rajya sabha is six years.
c) Lok sabha consists of 545 elected members, 543 elected from each constituency created based on population size. The president nominates two.
d) Political parties field candidates in each constituency.
e) India’s universal adult suffrage is 18 years. Qualification age for vying is 25 years and above.
f) The election commission, a constitution arm of the Indian electoral process oversees the elections.
g) Candidates are required to declare their assets, age, educational qualifications and criminal history before being cleared to vie.
h) Campaigning ends a day before the voting day. Government schools and colleges are chosen to be polling stations. Government servants are employed to man the polling stations.
i) There is the use of electronic voting machines instead of ballot boxes.
j) The candidate who gunners the most number of votes is declared the winner of the constituency.
k) The party or coalition that has won the most number of seats is invited by the president to form the new government. The leader of the party becomes the prime minister.
l) Rayja sabha consists of 250 members; the electoral college of India elects 248. The president nominates twelve members from among distinguished people.
m) Every state is allotted a certain number of members.
n) Candidate age limit is 30 years and above.
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