DATES OF POLL, CONSTITUTION, FIRST SITTING, EXPIRATION OF THE TERM AND DISSOLUTION OF LOK SABHA (First to Thirteenth Lok Sabha)
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Lok
Last
date Date
of
Date of Date
of
Date of
Sabha
of
Poll
the
the first
expiration Dissolution
Constitution
Sitting of term
(Article 83(2)
of the
Constitution)
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First
21.02.52
02.04.52
13.05.52
12.05.57
04.04.57
Second
15.03.57
05.04.57
10.05.57
09.05.62
31.03.62
Third
25.02.62
02.04.62
16.04.62
15.04.67
03.03.67
Fourth
21.02.67
04.03.67
16.03.67
15.03.72
27.12.70*
Fifth
10.03.71
15.03.71
19.03.71
18.03.77
18.01.77*
Sixth
20.03.77
23.03.77
25.03.77
24.03.82
22.08.79*
Seventh
06.01.80
10.01.80
21.01.80
20.01.85
31.12.84
Eighth
28.12.84
31.12.84
15.01.85
14.01.90
27.11.89
Ninth
26.11.89
02.12.89
18.12.89
17.12.94
13.03.91*
Tenth
15.06.91
20.06.91
09.07.91
08.07.96
10.05.96
Eleventh
07.05.96
15.05.96
22.05.96
21.05.2001 04.12.97*
Twelfth 07.03.98 10.03.98 23.03.98 22.03.2003 26.04.99*
Thirteenth 04.10.99 10.10.99 20.10.99 19.10.2004
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*1. Mid-term Polls were held, Dissolution took place even before the elections.
2. Last Dates of Poll in column (2) are based on reports of Election
Commission.