How India runs the world's biggest election - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

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India will host the world's biggest election this year when nearly one billion people will vote.
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Organisers have vowed to set up polling stations within 2km of every citizen, but India's vast size means this will be a challenge. The country's 15 million election officials must travel to coastal towns, mountain villages, remote islands and dense jungles to reach every voter.
Katya Adler speaks with BBC journalist and presenter Devina Gupta and India correspondent Soutik Biswas to break down the big numbers and discuss how it is possible to organise an election on this scale.
00:06 Introduction
01:45 Nearly a billion voters
03:06 Remote voters
04:41 Staffing the election
05:11 Where most voters are
05:55 First-time voters
06:06 Women voters
06:37 Length of election
07:01 Cost of elections
07:33 Who pays for elections?
09:10 Free and fair?
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@AbhishekKumar-td7mr Ай бұрын

INDIA- World Largest Democracy ✅️ INDIA - Mother Of All Democracies ✅️

@sbd03 Ай бұрын

Lmfao

@rupeshtashildar Ай бұрын

Louda ka democracy

@manigonuguntla2890 Ай бұрын

After 4 th June India is going to dictatorship

@SenorSol 21 күн бұрын

LOL!!! That's an odd description for feudal patronage politics!

@josealexander1674 Ай бұрын

We are proud of the Indian Elections with 970m people who are voting.

@SenorSol 21 күн бұрын

Rubbish.

@user__100 Ай бұрын

Britain killed 4 million Indians in Bengal in 1943 by imposing a famine

@jaibholenath6900 Ай бұрын

& other 2 million post 1st War of Independence against Brits in 1857

@jackyjones5626 Ай бұрын

4 million in Bengal..they were other famine created by them which are assam famine, Bangalore famine,Chennai famine,another Bengal famine,

@amareshroy7732 Ай бұрын

British made india a perfect English knowing advanced nation.

@jaibholenath6900 Ай бұрын

@@amareshroy7732 .....Brits savage fools (which they themselves agree they were) came to Bharat coz it was advanced civilization and wanted and did loot it.

@prakharshankar3064 Ай бұрын

@@amareshroy7732 lol

@Xuy788 Ай бұрын

India will remain secular and democracy till peaceful community population below 40% after that no democracy like Pakistan, Afganistan.. We want UCC, strict population control law with voting rights cut above 2 children...

@fullaranag Ай бұрын

Shuv shuv bolo bhai

@shivamkumarmishra Ай бұрын

Damn True

@A_Rajput108 Ай бұрын

@@fullaranag bhai kdwi sachai hai kb tk isse bhagoge

@SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx Ай бұрын

We are proud of our election ❤️

@anirbanchakravarty1419 Ай бұрын

It's just terrible that the Indian journalists don't know that the Election Commission of India finances the entire election and they get the money from the Contingent Fund of India! They are talking of electoral bonds. Electoral bonds finance political parties, not the election itself!

@pissupehelwan Ай бұрын

These so called self-styled "experts" are really embarrassing to watch.

@suyogmundhe475 Ай бұрын

He doesn’t no anything

@neo26 Ай бұрын

Exactly..the interview went shockingly well till that moment though

@offred6013 Ай бұрын

Thats why he is in BBC

@zyxraoxyz Ай бұрын

So let me see if I understand. If one political party is hugely popular with the electorate, and other parties are not -- then it is not a fair election? What? I mean WTF? That is the whole point of an election -- that the most popular and the first choice of the people gets to win. That is the definition of what FAIR is. You can't just say that the BJP is very popular and so it is not a fair election. That is idiotic.

@chansuable Ай бұрын

Chill, they just cant get over the fact that a humble “tea seller” has reached such heights of popularity and made India reach such growth. In their dictionary only rich entitled English speaking suited buffoon who apes the West and be puppet in the hands of US, should be India’s PM. How dare ordinary Indians feel proud of their roots and Hindu culture! Not acceptable for them!

@shivamsinghnegi1192 Ай бұрын

This is why the. West is suffering from peacefull ...😂they exploit their system

@hkiajtaqks5253 Ай бұрын

If the political left loses elections, they call it the death of democracy. They prefer Chinese style 1-party system.

@vaibhavkhatri 11 күн бұрын

Exactly, congress dominated the resources and was elected so many times, no one said its not fair.

@user-gz2qh2fm1m Ай бұрын

India is a Democracy and Republic while UK is a Monarchy where all the powers are vested with the Christian monarch. While India is a secular country, UK is a Christian country

@SenorSol 21 күн бұрын

Yawn, another numbnuts who doesn't know what a constitutional monarchy actually is. It was the Brits who taught Indians about democracy, and it's why your bicameral system is a direct copy of the UK parliament. Sigh. The Indian definition of 'secular' is not what the rest of the world recognises the word to mean, it's compromised, whereas at the last official UK census 52% of the population said they were atheist, so a majority! It's religion and superstition that helps to keep India backwards!

@SaisunilSahu Ай бұрын

Funny news channel name - BBC World service 😂😂😂

@santanugmail Ай бұрын

Funny that you found it funny. Most find it informative.

@A_Rajput108 Ай бұрын

@@santanugmail if you follow news regularly from different sources and you see pattern of BBC then you will find how smoothly they propagate propaganda;;;;

@praveenbharati5250 Ай бұрын

@@santanugmailah! You mean a well packaged one sided propoganda news network to bash India. Even British calls them out loud.

@tarangabarua3915 Ай бұрын

its like usain bolt wins every time ..he is free to win...but , is is fair that he beats others by a big margin every time....not fair....😂

@S1996V Ай бұрын

Each and Every voter can vote and choose thier leader but west lecture India about democracy 😅

@Sleepyirishcoffee Ай бұрын

Whats the point of having an election when your freedoms are being eroded

@gnyanray101 Ай бұрын

During bengal famine ships were loaded with wheat and rice to fill the British well fed tummies. 😮

@SenorSol 21 күн бұрын

And during seven decades of Indian independence corruption was, and is, endemic! How many Indians live in poverty?

@user__100 Ай бұрын

Once M population reaches 51% in India, will the country remain secular?

@prateeksharma6706 Ай бұрын

Ofc not

@enlightnedsoul4124 Ай бұрын

Nope it won't

@enlightnedsoul4124 Ай бұрын

Modi will again... That's all that matters to me❤

@debarghyaroy9948 Ай бұрын

Nope

@fullaranag Ай бұрын

Shuv shuv bolo

@aroundandround Ай бұрын

Surprised BBC isn’t talking about Muslims being persecuted as it would appear like there is literally nothing else to talk about about India.

@chansuable Ай бұрын

I think they fail to find anything like that happening at grass root level, so cant really say that!

@Drbheemsenshuklaofficial Ай бұрын

India is in top 3 economy that is USA, china & India 🇮🇳

@manigonuguntla2890 Ай бұрын

But per capital income ranks 143 Rd place 😂😂😂😂😂

@shobhitdagur1086 Ай бұрын

@@manigonuguntla2890Joker there is something cost of living

@jerinantony106 Ай бұрын

@@shobhitdagur1086 bro we are literate😂

@harleenkour4376 Ай бұрын

@@shobhitdagur1086 per capita income is a more accurate reflection of a country’s overall well-being

@rollsroyce4249 Ай бұрын

@@harleenkour4376Maldives has a higher gdp per capita than China. Any comparison?

@user-qd8hs6xx4t Ай бұрын

❤❤❤ MODI ❤❤❤❤ 💕💕💕 ANNAMALAI 💕💕💕 ❤❤❤❤BJP ❤❤❤❤❤

@jerinantony106 Ай бұрын

Only Congress

@user-qd8hs6xx4t Ай бұрын

@@jerinantony106 khangress in your home 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@deepakbalu7491 Ай бұрын

We are happy with our beloved Prime minister Modiji. Modiji placed our country in top position.

@kousikSarma-kq8dd Ай бұрын

It's free and fair.. if some part doesn't have resources that's not the fault of the other party

@PramodTan Ай бұрын

After a long time I saw an objective reporting about India from this tabloid.

@chansuable Ай бұрын

The whole nonsense about electoral bonds being spent on election expenses was embarassing. That so called expert doesnt even know the difference between party’s own campaign expense and the election expense which is handled solely by PM contingent fund of India!

@sahilsc1 Ай бұрын

If one is to soutiks point to be true that bjp has friendly media, then congress has the bbc, dw, france24,nyt, wapo on it's side

@mohan02 Ай бұрын

Here comes British Bull-crap Corporation.

@jerinantony106 Ай бұрын

There come street shiter 😂😂😂

@silverghost5752 Ай бұрын

@@jerinantony106Here comes streeshiteater...🤭🤣🤣

@ambedkarkorapati3870 Ай бұрын

What Mr. Soutik means is Uttarpradesh is the most populous state of India ( not popular)

@2010anilshukla Ай бұрын

Well covered and fair assessment 👍

@ken5197 Ай бұрын

That guy says most of it is illicit money..can he prove ir in any way

@gsamarakoon6643 Ай бұрын

Honourable Madame the India the next global superpower in the world thanking your honour all of your staff from Sri lanka

@PappuYadav-jq6zd Ай бұрын

What was the source of funding before 2014? These Journalists are pathetic to say the least.....

@debusukla Ай бұрын

When asked if it is fair , the reporter should have said largely fair from the point of who people can vote , but he choose to say some thing else -Congress ruled for 50 years , had much more resources than any one, media was largely controlled by them, DDnew carried 25 minuted news of Congress in a 3o minutes news cast -are these elections not fairer than those days

@manabendrap9019 Ай бұрын

Its FREE and absolutely FAIR.

@madhusudanjeurkar3178 Ай бұрын

How do you define fairness in elections? Is it free and fearless chance to vote the Party one wants or the resources with opposing parties? Where do you find the "Fair" elections by your defination?

@chansuable Ай бұрын

Really that was such a bogus remark from that self proclaimed expert! In hia opinion, a party is popular so election is unfair! 😂

@swordofdurga Ай бұрын

9.48 - I was just waiting for BBC to take potshots and make negative comments... didn't have to wait long. You must have a very special and specific mythology to select such India haters and spreaders of negativity and one-sidedness. BBC deserves a special Oscar or whatever for it.

@nadeem1211 Ай бұрын

Democracy is all about majority..........

@pandora8478 Ай бұрын

You don’t say!

@prajwal1341 Ай бұрын

minorities have more rights than majority.

@yte549 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Then kingship is very good lol....😂😂😂😂😂

@robox9225 Ай бұрын

Leave the country and move where u have the majority.

@debarghyaroy9948 Ай бұрын

Cope. The way Hindus cope in Pak.

@jigneshraval0609 Ай бұрын

I urge the international media to study India first before talking about India, Please.

@Yadavendra. Ай бұрын

Prime Minister Modi ji is continuously working for the development of India. During his tenure of last 10 years, India's image has been positively affected in every field.

@ken10137 Ай бұрын

Can agree whether it's gonna be fair .....the big ???....

@saisumanthg5025 Ай бұрын

According to him people's mandate for BJP is not fair😂😂😂

@doodle7639 Ай бұрын

get ur cameraman out of chandni chowk..that is 1980 india

@Peehu808 Ай бұрын

Election should be under art 324 to 329 of Indian constitution.

@koteswar009 Ай бұрын

9:33 This point that there is no level playing field by the current party in government and its competitors reminds of the days since 1947 to 1997 when Indian National Congress was in the lead far ahead than its competitors atleast till 1984 elections when it won over 400 seats. Ofcourse now the tables have turned but after all its the people's choice that matters at the end of the day irrespective which party has more resources as in elections its possible to see underdogs win as well. Lets wait for June 4 to know what people decided through their free choice.

@ritesshhahuja6102 Ай бұрын

You are generally negative on India and call such people.

@pranavgandhar4604 Ай бұрын

that why we buy russian oil

@user-bm8zz7bb9f Ай бұрын

Very good

@shankarbalakrishnan2360 Ай бұрын

We are having a large turn over of voters and I voted it was simple clean and we'll policed thks to the government❤❤🎉🎉

@l.d.agarwal3893 28 күн бұрын

Listen to Voters in Villages of india ! Under Modi government, their confidence is soaring and even poor are saying india 🇮🇳 is growing fast !

@mechandelectricalvolg7062 Ай бұрын

RAHUL ji✌️🇮🇳

@bobbush5339 Ай бұрын

Indira Gandhi and Congress divded Pakistan into two parts. Modi ji will divide India into five parts. All are Indian Hindu, Sikh, Muslim , Christians.

@sahashranshubarik9204 Ай бұрын

Dear BBC, why England can not become a dmocratic nation like India?

@Jig1313 Ай бұрын

West looks so surprise but for india its normal❤

@l.d.agarwal3893 28 күн бұрын

India 🇮🇳 Largest Functional Democracy in World ! Narendra Modi the Most Popular Leader in india 🇮🇳 and also World 🌎 !

@Indian_Rajput Ай бұрын

LoL Intro was horrific wtf

@manisherande4568 Ай бұрын

BBC so sad.. still asking if its fair.....

@rajeevbhatnagar6495 Ай бұрын

The elections in India are fair as well. Thru most of the decades Congress was was ruling. Last decade it is the BJP. However, this does not affacte the fairness of elctions held every five years.

@prasadeee235 8 күн бұрын

Better than UK, USA or any other european country.

@livingstonecon Ай бұрын

Then Sonia Gandhi also lost and sacrificed her mangalsutra for the sake of Indian nation ❤ that must be remembered while voting ❤️ Rajiv Gandhi also prime minister of India like modi, but he lost and sacrificed his life for india nation ❤️ what ever it may be they are sacrificed ❤️

@Anil-hc9mv Ай бұрын

Referendums,accept /reject.

@shashikantsrivastava4644 Ай бұрын

It is almost fair however BBC correspondents always tried to demean India. Because most of them still have ghulami tredition to British

@kgd9725 Ай бұрын

So now you can't say its not free, you come up with a new term fair. Are UK elections fair ? Who determines fairness of an election? If the West's preferred side wins the elections are fair.

@salahalselene4957 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤📖📚💪✍️

@shivamsinghnegi1192 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 they will talk about BJP's electoral bond but ignore the congress and other party bond😂😂😂 so much hypocrisy 😂😂😂

@chinmaya_x Ай бұрын

It's not BJP's problem to be level playing field

@2mrvamshi Ай бұрын

When BBC needs publicity and marketing, they make shows on India, mostly those are of degrading India. Not sure what BBC gets to constantly degrade India!

@srimanthsree2141 Ай бұрын

All religions in India but BJP government they need one religion but what about others religion that's why Congress have to come please vote good person

@BBCWorldService Ай бұрын

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@sauravjaiswal2204 Ай бұрын

BBC you are hard western agenda news channel

@truthtime2023 Ай бұрын

your best days are over as social media and citizen reporters exposes your lies.

@noushadmoideen5592 Ай бұрын

This election will have a serious impact on india if BJP comes to power for the third term. No incumbent should stay in power continously for three terms, if it does, the party starts displaying authoritarian tendencies eventually leading to dictatorship. The citizens of this country could decide if they want India to remain a democracy or not? PS: Iam not a congress fan nor a BJP hater. My only concern is about this great nation called India.

@saisumanthg5025 Ай бұрын

It's not a monarchy where the so called dictator will have power for as long as he or she wants If not by elections they will be ousted by other means if done so So no need to worry 😊

@truthtime2023 Ай бұрын

dont worry, only one party tried to do it, led by indira gandhi and failed. india is not pakistan or turkey.

@noushadmoideen5592 Ай бұрын

@@truthtime2023 neither do I prefer India to be pakistan/Turkey.

@rickgolder6818 Ай бұрын

You have no proof over just what you said. BJP have done tremendously in infrastructure and overall development, something that the previous government couldn't even think off. Policies like banning triple talak and abortion of Article 370 etc are something like a dream, but its reality now. The opposition cannot work as smoothly and efficiently like BJP does. And a coalition government will be a living hell. First ask the oposition to come up with there own parties and gain votes, then talk about moving BJP out of power. People now dont vote for fake and empty ideologies, they vite for real work development, something only BJP can give us. So theres no other option.

@fullaranag Ай бұрын

How can we vote for the Indi group when they do not even have a common manifesto?