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Indian government announces six-week general election will begin on April 19
Leaders of the opposition alliance, (from left to right), Farooq Abdullah of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Uddhav Thackeray of Shivsena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge of Indian National Congress, and Sharad Pawar of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) raise their arms in a show of unity at the conclusion of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Mumbai, India, Sunday, March 17, 2024

INDIA’S six-week-long general election will begin on April 19, the government announced on Saturday.

According to most surveys, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his far-right Hindu chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party are likely to win a third consecutive term.

Voting will stretch over seven phases, with different states voting at different times, and the results will be announced on June 4. 

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