Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
India begins giant
general election
The largest scale democratic
election in human history is being taken place.
543 seats are going
to be elected at 930,000 polling stations, 100,000 more than the last election,
by 814 million eligible voters, an increase of 100 million from 2009, of the
total population of 1,237 million. That’s the magnitude of the India’s general
election for its lower house of parliament.
The election is
taking place by nine-phase over a five-week period, in order to save costs and
secure safety and assure proper procedures. By using electronic voting
machines, the count will be made in a day, on May 16, a week after the final
voting is made. If no party wins a majority of the house, parties need to form
a coalition government, which could take another week or weeks.
At this election, voters
can choose to press None of the Above (Nota) button, meaning no listed candidate
is chosen. Many voters waited in line even before the opening time in the first
phase of the election, whose turnout has reached as high as 75%, very high
interest. People in India seem to want a change or have someone or some party
they dare to support.
Enjoy reading and
guessing how many millions of the voters will have opted Nota.
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