From several directions, reports on the electronic röstningsmaskiner has stopped working. It took time to switch out the machines and some polling stations are kept open longer than planned.
In the state of Chhattisgarh, where the maoist guerrilla killed a politician and five others earlier in the week, exploded a bomb outside a polling station early in the morning. For safety reasons closed the state’s polling stations already at 15 in the afternoon.
people have the right to vote in parliamentary elections in the world’s second most populous country. Security forces and election officials are needed at many locations in each state and, therefore, carried out the elections in seven phases. The result is clear on may 23. Five years ago, the voting turnout was 66 per cent.
Rahul Gandhi along with mother Sonia and sister Priyanka. Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh
The hindunationalistiske prime minister Narendra Modi from the BJP is the favorite against the challenger Rahul Gandhi, grandson of Indira Gandhi. Modis campaign promises is about försvarssatsningar and anti-terrorism. The indian national congress Rahul Gandhi wants to give the poorest fifth of India’s population has a wage guarantee at the equivalent of 800 dollars a month.
is the requirement on the millions of new jobs the most powerful electoral factor. India has the world’s fastest economy , while unemployment is on the rise.
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