Modi seeks new term as elections to begin
China Daily | Updated: 2019-03-12 07:20
Opinion poll shows India's BJP-led coalition could win a simple majority
NEW DELHI - National elections in India will begin on April 11, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party seeks a second term.
About 900 million citizens will be eligible to vote, 15 million of whom aged 18 and 19, in a mammoth exercise lasting more than a month, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said at a news briefing in New Delhi on Sunday.
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