India, the world’s most populous democracy, is set to hold its next general election over a seven-phase period that will last 44 days. On March 16, the Indian Election Commission announced that ...

The world's biggest election begins in India on Friday, with around 970 million registered voters eligible to cast their votes in a mammoth seven-phase poll starting April 19 and lasting six weeks.

The opposition bloc spearheaded by the Indian National Congress performed far better than predicted with its appeal to voters who felt left out of India’s growth story. At stake in the election ...