India, June 10 -- The government plans to implement nationwide simultaneous elections by 2034, following the passage of the 'one nation, one election' constitutional amendment bill. State assemblies elected after 2029 will have shorter terms to align with the 2034 Lok Sabha elections.

PP Choudhary, head of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the bill (The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024), told The Times of India that, for instance, the assembly elected in 2032 in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest electoral state, may serve only two years to synchronise with the 2034 Lok Sabha elections. The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, include provisions for simultaneous Lok Sab...