India has registered the world’s largest voters of 900 million in the 2019 elections.
The Republic of India on Thursday kicked off what is now set to become the world’s largest, and possibly most expensive, election exercise.
The election – which will run from April 11 to May 19, with
The vote will see 543 members of India’s Lower House of Parliament elected from the 460 political parties, who will then choose the country’s next prime minister.
Reuters on Thursday reported huge numbers of people trekked, rode bicycles and drove tractors to polling stations in the mammoth democratic exercise which will take 39 days.
The election is divided into seven phases that will go on for six weeks — from April 11 to May 19.
The election is estimated to cost 700 billion rupees ($14 billion) which is equivalent to 1.4 trillion Kenya Shillings.
There are more than 8,000 candidates from 460 political parties vying for the 543 seats to be contested in India’s lower house, the Lok Sabha.