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CNN . . Polls in the worlds largest democracy India will open on April 19, the countrys election commissioner announced on Saturday, setting the stage for a nationwide election expected to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi clinch a rare third consecutive term.. ..
An estimated 960 million people in a country of 1.4 billion are eligible to vote in the widely anticipated polls that will take a month to complete.. . Modis Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to secure another five years in power, ruling an India that has become increasingly polarized along religious lines.. . Polling will unfold over seven phases around the country ending on June 1.. . Indians will be voting for 543 seats in the 545-seat lower house of parliament, called the Lok Sabha, and the other two seats in the house are nominated by the president.. ..
All the votes from the countrys 28 states and eight union territories will be counted on June 4, the commission said at a press conference in New Delhi.. ..
Going against Modi is the main opposition Indian National Congress, which has governed the country for much of the 77 years since independence and last year formed an alliance with other parties..
Weeks later, it launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying the sun.. . India hosted the Group of 20 (G20) in September, presenting New Delhi with an opportunity to extend its leadership beyond the countrys borders at a time of increasing political turmoil.. ..
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