India elections
The legislative elections in India are the largest elections on the planet with 970 million eligible voters, or one human in eight. Explanation in videographic VIDEOGRAPHIC
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00:06 The legislative elections in India,
00:08 the world's most populous country,
00:10 are the largest elections on the planet,
00:13 with 970 million eligible voters, or one human in eight.
00:19 They will choose 543 members of parliament
00:23 in a one-round, first-past-the-post system.
00:29 The party which gains a simple majority of 273 seats
00:33 will form the new government.
00:36 Hundreds of parties will run for election, but many are tiny.
00:41 The two major national parties are the Hindu nationalist
00:44 Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, of Prime Minister Narendra
00:49 Modi, and the Congress Party.
00:52 Most experts predict another win for Narendra Modi.
00:56 These elections represent an immense logistical exercise.
01:00 Constituencies vote in seven different phases,
01:03 staggered over six weeks, with ballots
01:06 cast using electronic voting machines.
01:09 The voting machines are then placed in vaults
01:11 and guarded by police until they are counted,
01:15 which occurs on the same day, with the official results
01:19 announced in the evening.
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