And: Go, NOTA!
I should point out that the BJP is strongly nationalist, and has been tied in the past to numerous outrages, mostly against the muslim minority in India. If and when they take control this time around, there’s a good chance there will be protests and maybe riots, and at least a possibility that those riots will eventually go cross-border and include Pakistan. There are almost certainly going to be incidents along the LOC, as the Pakistani ISI steps up its rhetoric against the (perceived) anti-Islam position of the new PM.
The last time the BJP was in charge, India ended up in the Kargil War.
we had electronic voting for a bit, remember hanging chads? now we use scantrons and paper ballots. In my area, there are no polling places at all - it’s done by mail.
543 representatives for 1+ billion people is not a whole lot. Probably only a tenth or so of the ratio in Western countries.
OTOH, a 5000+ member parliament would be hard to manage efficiently.
With that large number of voters, that’d pretty much rule out any effects of voter fraud.
The Indian election will be conducted over a month. Strange. They just had “the first phase”.
The good guys are expected to seize power from the leftist Congress Party. Narendra Modi is expected to be the next PM, he’s been critical of Muslims and is striking Thatcher-like tones. The bad candidate for PM is Rahul Gandhi, an empty suit. Seems like the Gandhis are like the Kennedys over there, coasting on the family name.