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Podcast: India News - English
Episode: Simultaneous Lok Sabha, assembly elections likely by 2029: report
Description: The Law Commission is working on a formula to synchronise all assembly polls by extending or reducing the tenure so that all state elections can be held along with the Lok Sabha polls 2029 onwards, sources said on Friday. As the government has already set up a high-level panel to explore simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies, the Law Commission may also be asked to include the third tier of elections along with its current mandate for national and state-level polls. The sources also said the law panel is devising a mechanism to ensure a common electoral...