India Announces Dates for General Elections

India’s Election Commission has announced the dates in which the general elections will be held for a new lower house.

The dates will be spread out over five days beginning on April 16 and ending on May 13 with counting of the ballots scheduled on May 16. The remaining election dates include April 23 and 30 as well as May 7.

With more than 828,000 polling stations to be set up for the elections the Election Commission said the five phases were necessary to ensure staff and security personnel were able to travel to various areas to monitor the voting of nearly 714 million eligible voters.

The states of Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir will hold elections in five phases. Uttar Pradesh is India’s largest state while Jammu and Kashmir pose issues that will require a strong security presence.

The Lok Sabha (India’s lower house) is currently led by a Congress party coalition, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but will face a fight with the Hindu nationalist Bharativa Janata Party led by Lal Krishna Advani. Several smaller parties are expected to play a role in forming the new government.

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