Billions spent, jungle-trekking poll workers and voting at 15,000 feet. What to know about the world’s biggest election
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The world’s biggest election kicks into gear next week when the first ballots are cast in India’s mammoth national polls, considered the most consequential in decades with the potential to shape the country’s future.
The world’s biggest election kicks into gear next week when the first ballots are cast in India’s mammoth national polls, considered the most consequential in decades with the potential to shape the country’s future. Nearly 1 billion people are eligible to decide whether to grant Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third consecutive term in office and extend the 10-year rule of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Under Modi, India has become the world’s fastest growing major economy, pushing the country of 1.4 billion people to near-superpower status. But India has also become increasingly polarized along religious lines and critics say another five-year term will give Modi’s right-wing BJP a mandate to continue its policies that have transformed the country from a secular republic to a Hindu-first nation. Here’s what you need to know about the largest election in human history: India’s national elections are a giant exercise in democracy and logistics that take over a month to complete.
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