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India to Hold World’s Largest Elections in 7 Phases from April

The legislative elections in India will begin on April 19, when nearly a billion voters will go to the polls to cast their votes in the most populous democratic country in the world.

Many see the re-election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a foregone conclusion, both because of his strong popularity after a decade in office and because of the glaring inequality of opportunity, according to a report by The Guardian.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (73 years old) is seeking to win a third term after his landslide victories in the 2014 and 2019 elections.

All Indians who have reached the age of 18, or 970 million voters according to the Electoral Commission, are eligible to cast their votes.

In the last elections, the participation rate exceeded 67 percent, when nearly 615 million Indians voted.

India adopts electronic voting, which saves time, especially when votes are won, and the Electoral Commission confirms that the system is safe and cannot be controlled remotely or change the results.

An opinion poll issued by the American Pew Research Center last year reported that 80 percent of Indians have a positive view of Modi.

The election date arrives amidst the opposition’s internal conflicts and politically motivated judicial investigations, aiming to hinder potential rivals to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, as confirmed by non-governmental human rights organizations.

Speculations arise regarding the size of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory, with party leaders asserting they will secure a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, as reported by Agence France-Presse.

A similar outcome would enable the party to amend India’s secular constitution and proceed with longstanding ideological projects like the contentious Civil Code, aiming to unify laws on marriage and divorce across religions.

Modi aimed for his party to secure 370 seats, with the National Democratic Alliance, led by his party, holding over 400 seats in the 543-member House of Representatives. This is an increase from 303 seats for his party and over 350 seats for the National Democratic Alliance in 2019.

The performance of the party, which was founded in 1980, in the 2019 elections was the best ever.

Modi will face an alliance called (India), the Indian National Comprehensive Development Alliance, which includes about 24 opposition parties led by the main opposition party (the Congress Party), according to Reuters.

However, the alliance that was formed last year is struggling to remain united and share seats amicably in order to be able to fight a peer-to-peer confrontation with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Support for the Congress Party, which ruled India for 54 of the 76 years since its independence from Britain, fell to record lows after Modi swept to power, and the party is struggling to revive its support.

Voting will take place in India’s 28 states and eight territories. Votes will be counted across the country on June 4, and results are usually announced on the same day.

The party with a simple majority of 273 or more seats in the House of Representatives is then invited to form a government with the prime minister selected.

If neither party is able to do so, the Indian president should ask the majority party to form a coalition with smaller regional parties.

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