India will have 17th Lok Sabha elections from April to May. Whole world have their eye on this elections. There are many reasons for this. In this Lok Sabha election 90 million voters will use their franchise. Elections in India will be between April 11 and May 19. Election results will be announced on May 23. 10 lakh polling booths will be created for these elections, which will be completed in seven phases. 1.5 million Young people aged 18 to 19 will use their franchise for the first time in this election. Let’s know what are the five reasons that whole world have their eye on the elections in India.
India is the world’s largest democracy
- India is the world’s largest democratic country.
- According to the population, India is second place after China.
- Voters will decide the direction of governance through voting on 543 Lok Sabha seats.
- In 2014, the Election Commission appointed 37 lakh polling staff for the Lok Sabha elections.
- At that time 550,000 security personnel were deployed for the election.
- 56 helicopters and 570 special trains were used for a five-week election.
Most political parties take part in elections
- Many parties participate in India’s Lok Sabha elections
- In 2014, 464 parties in India fielded their candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
- India spent 38.70 billion rupees for the last Lok Sabha election.
- The number of voters who voted in this Lok Sabha election was more than 83 crore.
- 4 million voters had decided the fate of 8251 million candidates.
- This number has increased to 9 0 million in the Lok Sabha elections this time.
Election symbols of political parties and many ideologies
- Election symbols of every political party in India are different.
- The Election Commission decides the election symbol for the parties.
- There are neither such parties nor any election symbol in any country in the world.
- In India, from elephant to arrow, from hand to lotus is used as an election symbol.
- Because of these election symbols, the candidates vote for their ideology party and its candidate.
- The Election Commission, among the people settling between far-flung hill areas and dense forests, elects the election.
- For election officers, food, sleeping bed, flashlight, electronic voting machine and ink are arranged.
Most young voters
- There are 15 million young voters in India between 18 and 19 years.
- These young voters will use their franchise for the first time this year.
- In any country of the world, such a large number of young voters will be difficult.
Eye on online activity in elections
- More than 43 million Indians have smart phones.
- 30 million Indians are on Facebook.
- More than 20 million Indians send messages via the WhatsApp.
- Therefore, political parties and candidates are giving the most emphasis on elections online.
- Traditional posters, banners and campaign slogans have also changed according to online.
- This is the reason why the Election Commission is also monitoring the online activity of candidates.
