‘One Nation One Election’: How numbers stack up in Parliament. Can Modi govt secure the necessary votes?
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‘One Nation One Election’: How numbers stack up in Parliament. Can Modi govt secure the necessary votes?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government on Wednesday approved the ‘One Nation, One Election' proposal aligning polls for both the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. In terms of strength in the Lok Sabha, the parties supporting the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal comprise 271 MPs in lower house, including 240 BJP MPs. The 15 parties that opposed simultaneous polls while submitting its opinion to the panel account for 205 Lok Sabha MPs. The NDA, including the TDP and other parties who have stood neutral on the simultaneous polls so far, has a Lok Sabha strength of 293 MPs.

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