One Nation – One Election: Simultaneous Elections to Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mooted the idea of One Nation, One Election (ONOE) with the motto of conducting the Lok Sabha and the State Assenblies’ elections together, once in five years.

• However, the initiative will need a constitutional amendment, which will have to be ratified by 50 per cent of the states.
• There have been demands from various quarters regarding the conduct of elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies together. Recently the Election Commission has said that it is logistically ready to conduct simultaneous election.

Positives of Simultaneous Elections

• Stability in governance as there will be lesser interruptions from model ....