Everything you want to know about Parliamentary elections of India

New Delhi: Elections to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament is conducted in every five years unless House is dissolved earlier or if government loses confidence of majority of members and if there is no alternative government to take over. 2014 elections will be the 16th; the 1st general election was conducted in 1951-1952.

The country is divided into 543 constituencies. The number of seats are allocated to each of the 28 states and 7 union territories on the basis of its population.

One member is elected to Lok Sabha from each constituency, filling 543 of 545 seats. While the remaining two members are nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian community.

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