Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Lok Sabha elections are currently going on in the country. In which two phases of voting have been done and five phases of voting are left. In such a situation, general elections in India are so expensive that the cost of our vote is more than the one day salary of the people working in the elections. Let us know how much loss can be caused by not getting votes.
Estimates given by Center of Media Studies
Center of Media Studies i.e. CMS estimated the amount to be spent on elections after an exercise of 03-04 months. Which was the total expenditure in the last general elections i.e. 2019 which was Rs 60,000 crore. Also, the total election expenditure this year is estimated to be around Rs 1.35 lakh crore.
CMS has been conducting a comprehensive assessment of election expenditure in the country for almost 35 years, which includes political party expenditure, Election Commission expenditure, government expenditure i.e. all types of expenditure incurred in general elections.
What will be the total cost of the election?
Indian elections involve huge expenditure on things like deployment, movement of security forces from one place to another, logistics costs and things like EVMs and VVPATs for the election process. Earlier it was estimated that this time Rs 1.2 lakh crore would be spent on elections in India. But after all the calculations this figure came to Rs 1.35 lakh crore.
How much is a vote worth?
The total population of India is approximately 140 crore and there are 96.6 crore voters. If we consider the total election expenditure to be Rs. The cost of one vote per voter is Rs 1.35 lakh crore. 1400, but if the value of one person’s vote is measured by the total population of the country, then the value per vote will be Rs 1400. Will be 964.28.
How much was spent in the first election?
According to the CMS report, election expenditure has increased six times in 20 years between 1998 and 2019 and this expenditure is Rs 20,000 crore. 9,000 crore in 2019 to approximately Rs. 55,000 crores. In the year 2019, per vote was approximately Rs. 700 or approximately Rs. per Lok Sabha constituency. 100 crores were spent.
How much was each vote worth in 1952?
In the year 1952, when Lok Sabha elections were held for the first time in the country, more than Rs 10 crore was spent on it. At that time the total population of India was 37 crores and the number of voters was between 17-18 crores. So it is said that 50 paise was spent per vote.
How much loss will there be if people do not vote?
This time the price per vote is Rs 1400, so if 40 percent people do not vote, there will be a loss of around Rs 60,000 crore.
How much budget has the government allocated?
For EVM Rs. Rs 1,891.78 crore for Lok Sabha elections. 180 crore, for Voter ID card Rs. 18 crore, other election expenses amount to Rs. The government has spent an additional Rs 94 crore. There was a proposal of Rs 3,000 crore. By December 2023, the Government of India has committed to spend a total of Rs. Has been allotted. An expenditure of Rs 5,331.7 crore was proposed.
