General election

Member of the Lok Sabha

House of the People · India

• Must be held by June 2029 (no fixed date)

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Source: legislative.gov.in, checked Oct 12, 2026

Legal deadline only: the 18th Lok Sabha first sat on 24 June 2024 and, unless dissolved earlier, expires five years after its first sitting (Art. 83(2)); a general election must be completed before then. The Election Commission has not announced a schedule.

Sources

• legislative.gov.in · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of India Art. 56, 62, 67, 68, 83: legal terms from the last sworn-in/first-sitting dates; no schedule yet announced by the Election Commission of India (eci.gov.in). For: Date and type of vote

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