India’s 18th Lok Sabha General Elections, 2024: A Study of Electoral Issues, Trends and Mandates

After gaining independence from British rule, India decided to embrace democracy as its political system, and this was done by adopting, enacting, and giving to ourselves our new Constitution on November 26, 1949, and we started our democratic journey with a new Constitution that came into application on January 26, 1950. As per our constitutional collective resolution, the first Lok Sabha General Elections took place in 1952, and since then, Indian electoral politics has experienced continuity and change in the form of various issues, trends, and verdicts. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyze the 18th Lok Sabha General Elections from various perspectives. The verdict of the 18th Lok Sabha elections presents interesting and notable information about India’s electoral politics and its political culture. Analysis of the poll verdict of the 18th Lok Sabha General Elections brings up many facts about the continuity and change of the electoral politics in India.