NEW DELHI: India is holding the general election in May this year. Hundreds of millions of Indians prepare to cast their votes to decide who will govern the world’s largest democracy for the next five years.
Here are the key numbers to know:
875 million: The number of voters. Earlier in 2014, there were 830 million voters. Out of them, only 550 million cast their votes.
545: The number of seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament of India.
1 million: The number of polling stations
10 million: 10 million election officials will be deployed for the elections.
464: The total number of political parties that took part in the 2014 general election.
8,251: The total number of candidates in 2014 general election.
282: BJP won 282 seats in the Lok Sabha in 2014. This is the largest majority win by a single party in 30 years in India. (Agencies)
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