International Desk: The Election Commission of India claims that this year’s Lok Sabha elections have broken all the records in the world. He said that the total number of votes cast in this election in seven phases is more than 64 crores and 2 million. Which is an all-time world record.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar said that after seven phases of voting, the final results of the 18th Lok Sabha elections are being counted on Tuesday (June 4). Results are coming from the centers one by one.
There were about 97 crore registered voters in this election. Among them, more than 64 crore (2 million) voters voted. And this number has surpassed all previous records.
The commissioner said that the number of voters in India is one and a half times more than the total number of voters in G-7 countries. It is two and a half times more than the 27 countries of the European Union.
He also described the election as a’miracle’. In his words, ‘There is no comparison in the whole world.’
Note that the total number of seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is 543. This time, the election was held in 542 constituencies. 272 seats are required to form the government.
