FACTBOX - Indian election: numbers, symbols & records | World | Reuters:
Mon Mar 2, 2009 11:55am GMT(Reuters) -
India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13.
Here are some interesting facts and figures:
BIG NUMBERS
Around 714 million people -- more than twice the population of the United States -- are eligible to vote in the world's biggest democratic exercise.
More than 800,000 polling stations will be set up for a five-phased vote over several weeks, watched over by 2.1 million security personnel."
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