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Every person in our country, who is more than 18 years of age, has the

right to vote in electing the peoples’ representatives to the Parliament.

Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha is the main law-making

body in India. The people have the right

to elect its members through voting. The
members of the Lok Sabha are elected for
a period of five years. Any Indian who is

more than 25 years of age can take part

in the elections for the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha

The country has 545 constituencies. One member is elected from each
constituency. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission

of India. The candidate who gets the maximum votes in a constituency
is elected as a member of the Lok Sabha.

Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha is called the Upper House

of the Parliament. It has 250 members.
Among them, 238 are the elected members
and 12 are nominated by the President of

India. The members are not elected by the

people directly. They are the representatives
of States and Union Territories. The Rajya Rajya Sabha
Sabha is a permanent body and thus cannot be dissolved.

The elected and nominated members of the state assemblies elect members
of the Rajya Sabha. The members are elected or nominated for a period

of six years. According to the Constitution of India, one-third members
retire after two years. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the Vice

President of India.

The President of India
The President of India is not elected by the people directly. The members

of the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the State Assemblies can elect

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