Question

The correct meaning of the term general election is ___
A.State Election
B.Elections in the district
C.Speaker’s election
D.Election in all constituencies

Answer 1

Hint: India is a democracy country. Direct elections are held for the Parliament and the State Legislative assemblies with the provision of universal adult franchise. These elections are conducted by the federal body of Election commision. So far, there have been seventeen general elections in India.

Complete answer:
Usually, the general elections refer to the elections of the Lower House of the Parliament- Lok Sabha. It has 545 seats, one from each constituency.
Candidates who win these elections are called ‘Members of Parliament.’ The elections are held by the Election Commission every five years. It is a body responsible for conducting the elections in a free and fair manner. It ensures code of conduct and solves all election related disputes.
MPs hold their seats for five years until the Lower House is dissolved by the President on the advice of Council of Ministers.
The first general elections were held in 1951-52 where the Indian National Congress emerged victorious under Jawaharlal Nehru with a total of 364/489 seats. The most recent elections were held in 2019 wherein, Narendra Modi won under the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was able to secure 303/543 seats.
Based on the aforementioned information.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:The constitution limits the maximum number of seats to Lok Sabha as 552. The maximum number of seats are from Uttar Pradesh(80) while states like Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim have only one seat based on their geographic territory. The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry etc also have 1 seat in Lok Sabha.