India elections 2024: Vote to be held in seven stages | BBC News

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India announces national elections starting on April 19th, with incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi favored to win a third term. Opposition faces challenges in competing against Modi, who has dominated the northern part of the country during his decade in office. The Congress party struggles to gain traction against the BJP, while regional parties in the South have kept the BJP at bay. The elections will be closely watched globally, with concerns raised about unfulfilled promises and the need for validation of votes from lower segments of society.

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National elections in India set to begin on April 19th with incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to win a third term.

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Elections will take place in seven phases over several weeks, with 198 million eligible voters participating.

Concerns raised by voters about unfulfilled promises by the Modi government, especially regarding farmers and the poor.

Key issues such as pollution and validation of votes from marginalized communities brought to the forefront.

Opposition parties facing difficulties in competing against Modi, who has had a stronghold in the northern part of India during his tenure.

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Challenges faced by the Congress party in gaining traction against the BJP in Indian politics.

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The BJP's strong hold and effective communication strategies have hindered the Congress party's progress.

Regional parties in the South have been successful in resisting the BJP's influence.

The upcoming elections will see a government push to make progress in the southern parts of India.

The upcoming Indian elections will be closely monitored not only by Indians but also by countries worldwide due to India being the world's most populous country.

00:00in the world's biggest Democratic

00:01exercise India has announced that it

00:03will vote in national elections from the

00:0519th of April with the polls to be held

00:07over several weeks the Hindu Nationalist

00:09and incumbent prime minister Narendra

00:11Modi is strongly favored to win a third

00:14term it's the world's largest democracy

00:16in which 198 million people are eligible

00:19to cast ballots here's the chief

00:21election commissioner making the

00:23announcement we'll do it in seven phases

00:27as was done last time seven phas

00:31phase one will start from 20th March

00:35notification 5 days from

00:38now our South Asia correspondent Samira

00:40Hussein is in New Delhi where the

00:41announcement was made I asked her how

00:43long it would take before we got the

00:45results this is the world's most

00:48populous country and there are 198

00:51million eligible voters uh in this 2024

00:55election so actually it doesn't happen

00:58over one day it happens over several

01:00weeks for this particular election

01:03they've decided it's going to happen in

01:05seven phases and in total it will be

01:07about 6 weeks before we get the results

01:10now the last day for polling in a part

01:14of in a few States what they do is they

01:16divide the country into seven different

01:18areas and different areas vote all at

01:20once and in terms of when we get the

01:22results the big results day for everyone

01:25will be the 4th of June so it does take

01:28a long time to get the the pulse of the

01:31of the people in this country but I

01:34wanted to know what are people thinking

01:36about when it comes to this election and

01:38what are some of the issues that really

01:40stand out have a

01:43listen I'm going to vote for Modi and

01:46the BJP because no one stands out as a

01:48possible candidate from the

01:52opposition Modi government has not

01:54fulfilled any of their promises he

01:57promised to help the farmers but he

01:59hasn't I will vote for the one who helps

02:01the poor each and everyone even if it's

02:03someone small you know even if it's

02:05someone poor someone who doesn't come

02:07from a solid background each and

02:09everyone's right should be heard and you

02:11know the lower segment of the society

02:13they should also be they the their vote

02:15should also have a validation pollution

02:17problem which comes up every time it's

02:19going on every year and people with

02:21bronchitis elderly people young people

02:24everybody's suffering something needs to

02:25be done we just cannot treat this as a

02:27vot bank and not do anything about it

02:31and Samir we know that Prime Minister

02:33Modi is hoping for a third term tell us

02:35a little bit about the state of the

02:36opposition and what kind of chances they

02:37have to go up against

02:40him look a third term in office is what

02:44prime minister Narendra Modi is seeking

02:46he has been in office now for a decade

02:49and he has pretty much dominated sort of

02:52the north part of the country the

02:54northern part of the country What's

02:56called the Hindi belt it's been a

02:58difficult Road for or the main

03:00opposition party the congress party they

03:03have really tried to make inroads in

03:05different parts of the country but

03:07they've really been uh they haven't been

03:09able to gain that much traction part of

03:11it has to do with the prime minister's

03:15BJP that his political party that has

03:18really has a stronghold uh on the

03:21country and in terms of disseminating

03:23information but the other problem of

03:25course is the disorganization Within

03:28These this particular opposition party

03:31that said if you look at the country

03:33although I mentioned that you know the

03:35Prime Minister really pretty much

03:37dominates the north part of the country

03:39if you look at the South there's a lot

03:41of regional parties that actually are

03:44able to sort of keep the BJP at Bay so

03:48what we're going to see in these

03:50upcoming elections is certainly a push

03:53by the government to try and make

03:55inroads into the southern parts of the

03:58country so it's really going to be an

04:00interesting election to watch and look

04:02we're talking about the world's most

04:04populous country clearly evidenced by

04:07the number of people around me now and I

04:09think this is certainly a an election

04:11that only people in the country are

04:13going to be watching but it's certainly

04:15one that countries around the world will

04:17be keeping an eye on as well

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