NEW DELHI — India’s national elections will begin on April 7 and continue on nine separate dates until May 12 with results expected to be announced May 16, according to the Election Commission of India.
New York Times: India sets dates for nationwide elections
A Kashmiri fisherman paddles his boat on Dal Lake in Srinagar on March 5, 2014. India, the world's largest democracy, announced Wednesday it would stage a five-week election from April 7. The biggest election in history will see 814 million adults eligible to vote, from the remote Himalayas in the north to India's tropical southern tip -- 100 million more than last time in 2009. The Election Commission chose the dates taking into account the availability of security forces to guard the nearly one million polling booths, as well as the onset of India's scorching summer.AFP/Tauseef MUSTAFA
