New Delhi: The constitution of a committee by the Centre to explore the feasibility of "one nation, one election" has opened up the possibility of Lok Sabha polls being advanced so that they could be held with a string of state assembly polls.
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Headed by former president 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.
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The tentative schedule of the completion of the terms for various states and Union Territories are listed below.
Mizoram: December 2023
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana: January 2024
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Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim: June 2024
Haryana, Maharashtra: November 2024
Jharkhand: December 2024
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Delhi: February 2025
Bihar: November 2025
Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal: May 2026
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Puducherry: June 2026
Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand: March 2027
Uttar Pradesh: May 2027
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Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh: December 2027
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura: March 2028
Karnataka: May 2028
There is still no clarity on the completion of the term of Jammu and Kashmir UT, which was formed after the erstwhile Assembly was dissolved in 2018.
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