India kicks off the world's largest elections this week. Here’s what you need to know.

Indians head to the polls Friday in the world’s largest democratic election, as almost a billion voters decide whether to re-elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indians head to the polls on Friday in what will be the world’s largest democratic election, as close to one billion voters pick their next government and decide whether to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third term in office.

The 2024 general elections will pan out in seven phases over the next six weeks, starting April 19.

Voters will decide who fills the seats of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s parliament, for the next five years. The Lok Sabha is the more powerful of the two houses of Parliament.

Whichever party or coalition wins the majority will lead the government and pick the next prime minister. Analysts widely expect Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to score another landslide victory in the upcoming elections.

Here’s why India’s elections matter.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-kicks-worlds-largest-elections-week-s-need-know-rcna148327

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