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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Google Doodle marks the start of polls with index finger voting symbol
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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A total of 16.63 crore voters, including 8.4 crore men and 8.23 crore women, are eligible to cast their vote across 1.87 lakh polling stations in the country on Friday.
India on Friday, April 19, started voting for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, with as many as 102 parliamentary constituencies spread across 21 states and Union Territories going to polls in the first phase.
To mark the occasion, tech giant Google has released a Doodle, which replaced the ‘Google’ logo on its homepage with one that shows an uplifted index finger marked with indelible ink – a symbol which represents the democratic process of elections in India.
A total of 16.63 crore voters, including 8.4 crore men and 8.23 crore women, are eligible to cast their vote across 1.87 lakh polling stations in the country on Friday, according to reports.
Upon clicking on the link, users are directed to search results related to “India national elections 2024,” providing all the latest updates regarding the poll process.
Over the next 44 days, a whopping 969 million registered voters will be exercising their right to vote to shape the future of the world’s largest democracy for the next five years.
A temporary modification of the ‘Google’ logo on its homepage, the Google Doodle usually appears to mark a holiday or a festival, or it commemorates the contributions of individuals on their respective birth and death anniversaries.
2024 Lok Sabha elections
The 2024 general elections in India to elect a total of 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha will be conducted across seven phases starting from Friday and will go on till June 1. Voting for the second phase will be held on April 26, followed by the third phase on May 7, Phase 4 on May 13, the fifth phase on May 20, the sixth on May 25 and the last phase on June 1. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
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Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is eyeing a third consecutive term at the Centre, while the opposition INDIA bloc, led by the Congress party, is hoping for a rebound.
Besides polling on the 102 Lok Sabha seats, voting on Friday is also taking place for 92 Assembly constituencies in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim simultaneously.
The results of Assembly elections for the two states will be declared on June 2.
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