India election 2024: When are they, why do they matter and who can vote? - BBC News

With 969 million eligible voters, India's 2024 general election will be the largest ever seen.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIndia elections 2024Image source, R. SATISH BABU / Getty ImagesIndia's 2024 general election - to be held over six weeks between 19 April and 1 June - will be the biggest the world has ever seen.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping to win a third successive term, but opposition parties say Indians face the loss of many freedoms if he stays in power.

Recent opinion polls suggest Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies will win the election for the Lok Sabha - the lower chamber of India's parliament - for a third time running.

The Lok Sabha chooses the prime minister, who in turns chooses government ministers.

In the 2019 election the BJP won 303 seats, and the coalition of parties it is in, the National Democratic Alliance, took 352 seats overall.

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