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Can simultaneous LS, assembly polls be held in 2019?

NEW DELHI: The government will seek the Election Commission's (EC) opinion on whether simultaneous election to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies be held in multiple phases beginning next year, official sources have said.
The views would be sought from the EC after the submission of a report by the Law Commission, which is likely to recommend simultaneous election in two phases in 2019 and 2024.
The Law Commission is likely to submit its report on the matter to the law ministry later this month.
A similar report of the government think tank NITI Aayog recommending simultaneous polls in two phases had been referred to the poll panel for its views.
The government, the sources said, wanted the EC to send its views in coming months so that a view can be firmed up on the issue.
Seeking to give shape to the government's concept of 'one nation, one election', a Law Commission internal working paper has recommended holding a simultaneous election to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies in two phases beginning 2019.
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