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How many States went to polls along with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections?

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Three
  • Four
  • Five
  • Two
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The Correct Option is B

Approach Solution - 1

The question is checking how many state assemblies had their elections combined with the 2019 general election.

  1. Three: This misses one of the states that actually went to polls that year.
  2. Four: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh all had assembly elections at the same time as the Lok Sabha vote, taking the total to four states.
  3. Five: No fifth state assembly election was scheduled alongside the general election in 2019.
  4. Two: This is short of the actual count by two states.

The correct answer is Four, since four state assemblies went to the polls together with the Lok Sabha election that year.

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State assembly elections are often clubbed with the Lok Sabha polls when their five-year terms are due to end around the same time, since holding them together saves on election staff, security forces, and cost. Applying that idea helps narrow down the options here.

  1. Three: This would leave out one of the assemblies whose term actually ended close to the 2019 general election.
  2. Four: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh assemblies were all due for renewal around that time, so all four were merged into the same election cycle as the Lok Sabha vote.
  3. Five: No fifth assembly had a term ending in that window, so this count adds one state too many.
  4. Two: This undercounts by two, missing two of the four assemblies actually due for election.

The correct answer is Four, matching the four state assemblies whose terms lined up with the 2019 Lok Sabha election cycle.

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