This election takes weeks and weeks to allow every eligible Indian to vote. All the ballots will be counted on May 16 to see which party will win the most seats in the legislature and then appoint a Prime Minister. Check these statistics from Wikipedia comparing the two largest democracies.
In Katherine Boo’s book she tells that that Indian people who live in the slums will statnd inline to vote for hours to be equal for one day with the wealthy Indians. “One man, one vote. ”
| USA (1988) | India (1988) |
|---|---|
| Turnout | |
| 50.1 %[20] | 62 % |
| Income (Quinitile) | |
| Lowest 20%: 36.4% | 57 % |
| 52 | 65 |
| 59 | 73 |
| 67 | 60 |
| Highest 20%: 63.1 | 47 |
| Education | |
| No high school 38% | Illiterate 57% |
| Some high school 43 | Up to middle 83 |
| High school graduate 57 | College 57 |
| Some college 66 | Post-graduate 41 |
| College grad 79 | |
| Post-graduate 84 | |
| Community (1996) | |
| White 56 | Hindu 60 |
| Black 50 | Hindu (OBC) 58 |
| Latino 27 | SC 75 |
| ST 59 | |
| Muslim 70 | |
| Sikh 89 | |
It’s largest and longest… Which has 9 phases.. April 7th to 12th may 🙂
Indeed, the largest and longest! Thanks. . . .
Wow, if it took that long over here there would be numerous committees delegated to count the votes a dozen times and 6 months later we still wouldn’t know who won.
I am curious how box stuffing and how security works for all that time.
nicely put 🙂