2024-05-28 02:42:10
BTA has a particular correspondent who covers the parliamentary elections in India on the bottom. The journalist from the Directorate “Worldwide Info” Nikolay Velev is already sending his first studies from Delhi. It can additionally mirror the announcement of the outcomes of the vote on June 4.
In 2023, the final director of BTA Kiril Valchev and the chief director of the Indian information company Press Belief in India (PTI) Vijay Joshi signed a cooperation settlement, which additionally gives for the change of journalists between the 2 businesses. In April this 12 months Kiril Valchev and Vijay Joshi, who was visiting Sofia, agreed {that a} PTI journalist would cowl the European Parliament elections from Sofia, and a BTA journalist – the parliamentary vote in Delhi.
Parliamentary elections in India – essentially the most populous nation on the planet, with a inhabitants of greater than 1.4 billion individuals – started on April 19 and can finish on June 1, that’s, their complete period is 44 days, making them the longest on the planet . Practically 970 million individuals have the correct to vote – over a tenth of the Earth’s inhabitants.
Of the 969 million registered voters – greater than the inhabitants of the European Union and the US mixed – 18 million are eligible to vote for the primary time. About 197 million are beneath the age of 30. 15 million individuals are busy organizing and guarding the electoral course of.
The outcomes are scheduled to be introduced on June 4, three days after this “gigantic train in democracy,” as political analysts name it, ends. The election will decide the brand new composition of the 545-seat Lok Sabha. Individuals will really vote for 543 deputies, and the remaining two will probably be appointed by the president, writes BTA.
In India, the higher home of parliament, the 245-seat Rajya Sabha (Council of States), is elected by the legislative assemblies of the 28 states and eight union territories, with 12 senators appointed by the top of state.