Guess what? Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, just dropped some major details about the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Get ready for some serious voting action, because a whopping 96.8 crore citizens are all set to hit the polls for the biggest election of the year!
Attention Gen Z, we've got a massive 1.82 crore first-time voters ready to make their voices heard, and a jaw-dropping 49.7 crore dudes on the electoral rolls. Plus, there are over 2 lakh voters who are like, a century old 每 now that's some serious dedication to democracy!
And check this out 每 there are a whopping 19.74 crore young voters in the 20 to 29 age group, ready to shake things up. But it's not all sunshine and rainbows 每 the poll body dropped some serious stats about cash seizures during the last election cycle, with a crazy 800% surge to Rs 3,400 crore! But don't sweat it, because they're cracking down hard on all that shady stuff.
The 2024 Lok Sabha polls are going down in seven phases, starting from April 19 all the way to June 1, and we'll be finding out who's taking the W on June 4. And get this 每 in at least 12 states and union territories, there are more girl power voters than guys! Talk about breaking barriers, right?
And yes, there's over 2,100 observers keeping an eye on things, along with 1.5 crore polling officials and a whopping 10.5 lakh polling stations? Plus, we're rolling out over 55 lakh EVMs and cruising around in more than 4 lakh vehicles. Talk about election excitement, am I right?