"Largest Electoral Exercise Ever": Shashi Tharoor On Lok Sabha Polls 2024
NDTV
Shashi Tharoor said that a total of 96.8 crore people have registered to vote. However, the most significant fact is that out of these, 23 crore people between the age of 18-29 will be voting.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, Congress' Lok Sabha candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala, Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday collaborated with India's International Movement to Unite Nations (IIMUN) and launched their campaign aimed at first-time voters.
He took to social media platform X and wrote, "India, the world's largest democracy -- as we all wish it to remain! -- goes to elections starting next month."
"This election will be the largest electoral exercise ever conducted in the world. Citizens will cast their vote across 543 constituencies in 7 phases at over 10.5 lakh polling stations to elect the 18th Lok Sabha. This exercise will employ 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff, 55 lakh EVMs, and 4 lakh vehicles," he further stated on X.
