Tomorrow I vote in what is the world's largest democracy. Except that not everyone votes tomorrow. Mumbai where I'm from goes to the polls tomorrow. It is Phase 4 of the 7 phased elections. And the counting of all 7 phases will happen simultaneously on May 23rd.
The idea of this blog was to give an understanding of the scope and complexity of the Indian election system. And like in most things, found that others had already done much better a job than I could hope to. Here are a few that will give a very good sense of the Indian elections.
India Lok Sabha election 2019: How the world's largest democracy votes
Global News
India elections: All you need to knowhttps://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2019/04/indian-elections-190410185739389.html
The world’s largest election, explained
Milan Vaishnav and Jamie Hintson
https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/interactive/india-elects-2019
India election: World's biggest voting event explained
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-26847432
2019 Indian general election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election
And for those of you who have Netflix, do watch Hasan Minhaj's take on the Indian election. And while I disagree with several of his points as untrue, you don't need to agree with everything to like the episode. A definite must watch.
https://youtu.be/qqZ_SH9N3Xo
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