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Nearly a billion Indians will cast their votes over six weeks starting 19 April in the world’s biggest election to select a prime minister and members of parliament. The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections begins today.
Registered Indians will queue in lines to cast their votes in seven phases till 1 June braving the punishing summer heat.
The 44-day-long electoral process, the second longest in independent India’s history, will conclude with the counting of the votes on 4 June.
Incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi is seeking a straight third term in office and faces little to no challenge from an alliance of opposition parties led by the Indian National Congress.
Pre-poll surveys show the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies should comfortably secure victory and hold onto power for the …
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