One Nation, One Election - A Test Of Feasibility
Author: LawSphereX
Category: General Law
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The paper looks at the constitutional viability of converting India to the simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembly elections and explores whether such realignment actually is consistent with the federal form and doctrine of the basic structure of the Constitution. It outlines the elements of the constitutional amendments which would be necessary to such a shift, such as that of legislative tenure, of dissolution, of mid-term collapse and examines its interaction with Articles 83, 85, 172, 174, and with the Tenth Schedule. The paper then evaluates the transitional frameworks, such as the single truncation of the terms of legislature