In India, legislative elections will begin on April 19. The Hindu nationalist Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, hopes to win a third term.
The date of April 19 has been selected for the first phase of the vote, which will extend over several weeks. The Indian electoral commission has set this Saturday, March 16, as the start of the next legislative elections in the largest democracy in the world. The vote will take place over a period of several weeks, starting on March 16 and ending on March 31.