India to hold seven-phase general election from April 19, results on June 4
Al Jazeera
PM Narendra Modi is seeking a record third straight term in the vote – the world’s largest democratic exercise.
India will hold a seven-phase general election starting April 19, with the results to be declared on June 4.
The Election Commission of India made the announcement in a news conference in New Delhi on Saturday.
Nearly 970 million people are eligible to vote, according to the poll panel’s data, making the election the largest democratic exercise in the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term in the vote. He has set a target of 370 seats for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 400-plus for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) the BJP heads in the 543-member lower house of parliament.
In 2019, the BJP won 303 seats – the best ever for the party formed in 1980.
