Universal Adult Franchise (Article 326)
- Every citizen who has reached the legal voting age of 18 is entitled to cast a ballot in Lok Sabha elections.
Seats Reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- Some constituencies are set aside for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. These are referred to as Reserved Constituencies.
- Only candidates belonging to the SCs or STs, as the case may be, are eligible to run for office in each reserved constituency.
- The reservation is provided for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the Lok Sabha based on population ratios.
Single-Member Territorial Constituencies
- The whole nation divides into a number of territorial constituencies equal to the number of Lok Sabha members to be elected.
- One MP is chosen from each constituency.
First Past The Post System
- The candidate who receives the most votes out of all the candidates in a constituency is chosen to serve as the Lok Sabha representative for the people of that constituency.