India elections 2024: Vote to be held in seven stages | BBC News

India’s general election will take place in seven phases over April and May, the country’s Election Commission has said.

With some 968 million eligible voters, India's election will be the largest the world has seen.

Opinion polls predict a win for Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, which is eyeing a record third term in power, while a coalition block of more than two dozen opposition parties has been formed.

Voting will be staggered, beginning on 19 April and ending on 1 June, and the results will be announced on 4 June, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told a news conference.

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[ayushmansingh]

Bbc sources 😂😂
they don't even know how many people will vote 980 million people will vote

[dilipchaudhari]

198 million? What's wrong with you, BBC?

[wqszvtw]

The BBC have always fallen short on facts, figures and licence fee payments!

[chandu_dh]

If Hindu nationalist modi ?then Cristian woke nationalist western president ?

[ken]

980 million will vote.correct ur figures

[kunalsinghal]

They can't give one 100% accurate news of India, can they? 🙄

[subratjain]

Dear BBC, Time to go to school please and study hard !

[_kartik_chauhan]

its 97 Cr
970 Million about 10 Million Govt officials will facilitate the elections

[speed]

These BBC reporters and producers earn top dollar for inaccurate reporting. This is U.K. for you.

[chanbasappa]

BBC has no idea how many people are there in India and how many are eligible to vote.but they are experts in spreading distaurted facts and analysis of India.

[MeAjaysingh]

Around 970 MILLION people are registered to vote in this years election but as usual BBC is misinformed 😅

[ashhroyofficial]

What ?? 198 million?? It's not only one state, it's the whole country. The BBC needs to get proper data before publishing such immature news. It's 970 million eligible voters.

[Unknownjakqjqgsuqoq]

0:18
Wtf Seriously 198 million people, I think u should correct your data.

[kirtigupta]

198 mn eligible voters 😂. Are you high, BBC ? Your reporting is beyond shameful.
It's 968mn eligible voters.

[abc-_-xyz]

😂 In South India, BJP has more seats and vote share compared to Congress. And they call BJP Hindi Belt party.

[darshgowdagm]

Election Commission: 980million eligible voters and 198million voters within the age bracket of 20-29 years.

BBC: 198million eligible voters...

[SNVlog]

198 million?? WTF, both correspondent & the anchor repeated this no.

[sabhachandrabiswal]

Bjp: information
Bbc: misinformation 😂

[bhupendrasengar]

Approximately 970 million Voters not 198M.. Strangely both Anchor and Reporter got wrong

Edit - Now they added 968 Million Voters in Description of the video but still....

[Govind-M-]

Jesus christ the standards of journalism are down in hell.