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How the world's largest democracy casts its ballots

  • Written by Poorvi Vora, Professor of Computer Science, George Washington University

About 600 million Indian citizens are expected to cast their votes over a period of 39 days ending May 19, in the ongoing election for their country’s parliament. There are roughly 900 million eligible voters, and the country has typically seen about two-thirds of them turn out to polling places.

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