In India there are 2 types of elections i.e Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha elections. these are held every fives years But sometimes elections are also held due to the death or resignation of a member , then By- elections are held from a particular constituencies from which that member belongs. During elections the country is divided into several constituencies.
- For Lok Sabha election the country is divided into 543 constituencies , and people living in these constituency vote for their representatives . For a party to become majority have to aquire haif or more than half i.e 272 seats.
For Lok Sabha there are 545 seats out of which 2 seats are reserved for the member elected by the president.
The people who are elected are called the member of parliament/ MPs .
- For Vidhan Sabha the seats depend on the state population, it varys from state to state. The member's elected are called the Member of legislative Assembly.
