Dear MEL Topic Readers,
India election: A visual guide to voting in the world’s largest
democracy
With a population of over 1.4 billion, India is the most populous and largest
democratic country in the world. There are over 960 million eligible voters for
this year’s general election. In India, voters must be Indian citizens, 18
years of age or older, and be on the electoral register. Voter turnout in the
last general election in 2019 was around two-thirds, roughly the same as the 2020
US election. Women’s turnout has been higher than that of men’s and more women
voted than men in the 2019 election. 543 MPs will be elected for a five-year
term in the lower house of parliament, and an individual party or coalition
needs at least 272 seats to form a majority to govern. There are 131 seats
reserved for MPs from so-called "scheduled castes" and
"scheduled tribes". These are groups officially recognized as
disadvantaged, and make up about a quarter of India's population. There are no
fewer than one million polling stations across the country, the highest one being
at 4,650 meters above sea level. Voting is taking place in different parts of
India on seven polling days between April 19 and June 1. The results will be
announced on 4 June. How does India register and implement this large-scale
election without fraud or flaw?
Read the article and learn about the scale and mechanisms of the world’s
largest general election.
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