In India, voters sweat their way toward the end of the election

As India nears the end of the world’s largest election, extreme heat may be keeping voters from showing up at the polls.

NEW DELHI — As India nears the end of the world’s largest election process, extreme heat may be keeping voters from showing up at the polls.

Temperatures soared as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday in New Delhi, as the capital and other parts of the country voted in the sixth phase of the seven-phase election, in which almost 970 million people are eligible to vote. 

Voters were few and far between at one polling station set up at a Masonic lodge in the Janpath area of New Delhi, where more than a dozen police officers sipped chilled bottles of Coca-Cola as sweat streamed down their foreheads.

Mohammed Yusuf, 65, was already wiping sweat off his face as he walked up to the polling station about a quarter-mile from his home.

“It’s our responsibility,” he said after casting his vote.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-election-heat-wave-voter-turnout-rcna153871

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