Opinion: Simultaneous Elections In 2024 Will Cost...
NDTV
Three to five lakh crores of the estimated ten lakh crores poll expenditure could be saved depending on how effective ECI is and how cooperative parties are going to be, when the "One India, One election" idea is adopted.
This is my revised estimate based on trends in the previous poll expenditure in India. My earlier studies and analysis show that poll time expenditure has been doubling every election since 2014.
As a research-based public policy analyst of over five decades, I have been tracking poll expenditure and elections, including by field studies and analysis but for different levels for over 25 years elections. My books, including, Sustainable Good Governance, Development, and Democracy (2019 Sage), explain the "cost of parliamentary democracy", with a breakdown of expenditure at various levels.
