1. Indian General Elections of 2014
Interesting Facts from World’s largest democracy

2. Lok Sabha (The people’s assembly elections in
India are held every 5 years

3. 2014 elections will constitute the 16th Lok Sabha in India

4. 2014 general elections are going to be the longest running elections
in the history of the nation

5. 7 April – 12 May
2014 elections will be held in
9 phases

6. 814 million people will be eligible to vote

7. A number larger than the population of Europe

8. That makes it
THE BIGGEST elections world has ever seen

9. Everyone gets to exercise their right to vote
426 million males
387 million females
And 28,341 citizens from the third gender, classified as “Others”

10. 23 Million citizens will vote for the first time

11. Indian General Elections of 2014
Most Expensive elections in the history of the country
2014 elections will cost the exchequer $579 Million
INR 35 Billion

12. $ 500 Million is the expected spending by the political parties

13. That is 3 times the amount spent in the previous elections

14. That’s 2nd highest election spending by a country
US$7 Billion were spent on the 2012 U.S. Presidential elections

15. 930,000 polling stations across the country will be setup

16. 1.7 Million Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) will be deployed during the polls

17. 11 MILLION people will be deployed for the duty
8 Million Civilians & 3 Million Security Personnels

18. None of the Above (NOTA) option will be used for the first time in a parliamentary poll.

19. India is the 12th country to use None of the Above (NOTA) option

20. Now that is seriously Epic

21. As world’s largest democracy votes
DO YOUR PART WELL

22. This time Get Inked for the Nation
And don’t forget to spread the word