India will hold a general election starting April 11 in the world's largest...
NEW DELHI - India will hold a general election starting April 11 in the world’s largest democratic exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second straight term.
The process is conducted by the Election Commission of India , an autonomous constitutional authority, with a staff of more than 300 full-time officials at its headquarters in New Delhi. For such a mammoth exercise, nearly 5 million government officials and security forces were deployed in the last election, traveling by foot, road, special train, helicopter, boat, and sometimes, elephant.
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