The world’s largest single exercise of the democratic franchise will take place over a staggering 37 days in nine “phases,” some a week apart, from April 7 to May 12. Some 814 million eligible voters will elect, for the 16th time, a new parliament and government, casting their ballots at more than 930,000 polling stations – after choosing from an estimated 15,000 candidates belonging to more than 500 political parties.
新德里—上周，印度独立选举委员会公布了下一次大选的日期。世界上最大规模的民主授权实践将在令人瞩目的37天中（从4月7日到5月12日）分九个“阶段”展开。大约8.14亿合格选民将参与选举，在930,000多个投票站填写选票，选出第十六届政府新议会。候选人据估计多达15,000人，分属500多个政党。