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GENERAL ELECTIONS

1)These elections are held after a fixed time interval

2)These elections are conducted throughout the COUNTRY on same day.

3)These elections are conducted when the tenure of the present government gets over.

BY ELECTIONS

1)These elections can be held at any time whenever necessary.

2)These elections are conducted only in the required constituencies.

3)These elections can be held whenever there is a seat vacancy, death or resignation of the MP or MLA or any other emergency in the constituency

some of the DIFFERENCE between by-election and general election are as follows:-

general elections are functioning to elect a national government whereas the by-election are functioning to elect a single MP.

general election are held in all constituencies at the same time or same day or either within a few days. and by-election are held only for one constituency to fill the vacancy caused by the death or resignation of the member.

general election are held regularly after five years and by-election are held before the expiry of 6 years from the date the seat falls vacant