ONE NATION ONE ELECTION – IN INDIA

AUTHOR – JANADHARSHNI SHANMUGAM, STUDENT AT SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

BEST CITATION – JANADHARSHNI SHANMUGAM, ONE NATION ONE ELECTION – IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (2) OF 2024, PG. 1023-1027, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

ABSTRACT:

                          The concept of one nation one election means to hold the election together to all the three tiers of Indian government are Lok Sabha, state assemblies, and local bodies. And the one nation one election is not new to our country. It was practiced till 1967 but after the dissolution of the fourth Lok Shaba election, the elections got separated. Then at the time of 2018 august the law commission of India released its draft report on one nation one election. It became more controversial all over the country. The law commission of India mentions that our nation spends more than 4500 crores for both Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies’ election. Not only the money there is a greater number of human resources also invested for each and every election. And our nation is in the election mode for the whole year, this one nation one election can save India from the election mode for the whole year. Also, the one nation one election can give the new structure to the Indian election system. In 1999 itself the law Commision of India, mentioned about the simultaneous election to both Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies in there 170th report to save the resources and to ensure the effective governance. The NITI Aayog gives advice to the government with about one nation one election, it will solve the frequent elections disruption. This paper talks about what are the advantages and disadvantages of the one nation one election to the people and the government. 

KEY WORDS: History of simultaneous election, Federalism in Indian context, Importance of one nation one election, Lok Sabha, State assemblies