India General Election, 2009
The 15th Lok Sabha general election in India was conducted in five phases on April 16, April 22, April 30, May 7 and May 13, 2009. India is the largest democracy in the world, and according to the Indian Constitution, election in India for the lower house must be held at least every five years in normal condition. The term of 14th government concluded on 1st June 2009.

The general election in India is conducted, monitored and supervised by the Election Commission of India (EC). According to EC during 15th Lok Sabha election 714 million voters are in electorate lists. In this electorate list 43 million new voters were added over the previous 2004 election. The budget of Rs.1.120 Crores was presented by EC to carry out election expenses.

Three Indian states Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim will have state legislative election along with general Lok Sabha election.

In 2009 general election, the Election Commission of India announced that on 499 constituencies, election would be conducted on basis of delimitation out of 543 parliamentary constituencies. The newly delimitation constituencies is determined by the Delimitation Commission as set up under the Delimitation Act, 2002. The delimitation will be enacted on all states and union territories except in states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Manipur and Nagaland.

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NDA will bring back money stashed abroad: Advani - 09 Apr 2009
it for generating jobs and carrying out development schemes in India,' he added.  

London Book Fair 2009 to focus on India - 09 Apr 2009
will focus on Indian publishers and authors. The British Council (India) announced Thursday that 51 authors and around 90 publishers would be a part of the fair's India... on India under the India Market Focus Programme.    Renowned Indian writers

US trade deficit drops to lowest in nine years - 09 Apr 2009
;For 2009, analysts expect the US trade deficit to shrink by a large margin

PM to visit Kerala on April 11 - 09 Apr 2009
for a day-long election campaign on April 11. Talking to reporters here... addressing an election rally in Kochi, Singh would visit Kozhikode to address... to address an election rally in Dibrugarh, Assam, due to inclement weather

Congress worried about Left initiating a third front, says Karat - 09 Apr 2009
Vadakancherry (Kerala), Apr 9 (ANI): Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday said that the Congress...;"Yesterday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi in her election campaign in Kerala

Bhutto assassination: UN team meets Pak officials - 09 Apr 2009
that," The Daily Times quoted UN Secretary-General"s spokeswoman Michele Montas... is likely to feature in the commission.  Earlier, Secretary-General Ban

PCB, ICL players in deadlock over central contract - 09 Apr 2009
for the 2009 World Twenty20 Championship to be played in England in June.    

Tytler, Kumar not to contest polls - 09 Apr 2009
and Sajjan Kumar would not contest this year's general elections. Kumar... asked both leaders to withdraw their Lok Sabha candidatures. All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Janardan Diwedi said the decision

Women redefining farming in Punjab - 09 Apr 2009
Abohar, April 9 (ANI): For centuries, women in India have contributed to the family income by working in fields shoulder to shoulder with men of their families. Today, they are trying to give farming a new definition in Punjab

Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women - 09 Apr 2009
;  'While smaller nations have advanced on all fronts, a big country like India... Alliance (NDA) to form the government at the centre after the general elections,' Modi

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