India commission says 642 million voted in election
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New Delhi: A total of 642 million Indians voted in the just concluded six week long polls, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters on M...
New Delhi: A total of 642 million Indians voted in the just-concluded six-week-long polls, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi widely expected to win a third term.
"We have created a world record of 642 million Indian voters, it is a historic moment for all of us," Kumar said, adding that nearly half of those -- 312 million -- were women voters.
"It shows the incredible power of voters of India," he said.
"People should know about the strength of Indian democracy."
Based on the commission's figure of an electorate of 968 million, 66.3 percent of eligible voters turned out, slightly down on the last general election in 2019.
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