Ram Nath Kovind, the committee has been tasked with exploring how the country could go back to having simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, as was the case till 1967.
The terms of at least ten state Assemblies will end before or around the scheduled time for the general elections in 2024.
While Assembly elections in five states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh — are due by the end of this year, polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Jharkhand are likely to be held along with the Lok Sabha elections.
The tentative schedule of the completion of the terms for various states and Union Territories are listed below.
1. Mizoram: December 2023 2. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana: January 2024 3.
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim: June 2024 4. Haryana, Maharashtra: November 2024 5. Jharkhand: December 2024 6.
Delhi: February 2025 7. Bihar: November 2025 8. Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal: May 2026 9.
Puducherry: June 2026 10.Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand: March 2027 11.Uttar Pradesh: May 2027 12. Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh: December 2027 13. Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura: March 2028 14.
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