New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, June 3, held a press conference on the eve of vote counting in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Highlighting several historic milestones, the EC announced that India set a world record with 642 million registered voters in this polling season. A record-breaking 312 million women also participated in the voting process in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Addressing the press conference, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said, “We have created a world record of 642 million voters. This is 1.5 times voters of all G7 countries and 2.5 times voters of 27 countries in EU.” He also gave a standing ovation to all voters who took part in Lok Sabha elections 2024.
All eyes are on June 4 when the Election Commission of India will announce the Lok Sabha election 2024 results for the 543 Parliamentary constituencies that went to polls over seven phases from April 19 to June 1. With the official announcement of the winner still hours away, most exit polls have predicted a landslide victory for the ruling BJP and its NDA allies, leaving the Opposition India bloc trailing by quite a margin.