A staggering 642 million people cast ballots in just the last six weeks of voting, according to India’s election commission, on Monday ( Jun 3 ) one day before the results that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely anticipated to win.
Almost all observers think that Modi’s appeals to Hindu nationalist sentiment may allow him to win a second term in office, ten years after taking office.
Enter polls show 73- year- ancient Modi is well on track to triumph, with the premier saying he was convinced that” the people of India have voted in record numbers” to re- appoint his government.
Infighting and what they claim are politically motivated criminal cases aimed at hulking opposition to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) have been a source of contention for Modi’s supporters.
However, Rajiv Kumar, the chief election commissioner, praised the complicated logistical structure of the vote on Monday, claiming that the “voter is the actual winner.”
Attendance appeared to have decreased significantly from the previous general elections, despite the increase in overall voter turnout.
Based on the agency’s figure of an voter of 968 million, 66.3 per share of eligible voters turned out so far, down about one percentage point on the 2019 voting, when participation hit 67.4 per share.
Only the most recent voter participation results will be released on Monday following re-polls in two West Bengal state facilities.
” We have created a world report of 642 million American voters, it is a historical moment for all of us”, Kumar told reporters, adding that almost half of those- 312 million- were people.
Kumar said that “voters chose actions over apathy, idea over skepticism and in some cases, the vote over the bullet”, the committee said.