India's recent election, billed as the world’s largest may also have been the world's most expensive, costing an eye-watering 8.7 billion dollars to woo some 900 million voters.
India's recent election, billed as the world’s largest may also have been the world's most expensive, costing an eye-watering 8.7 billion dollars to woo some 900 million voters.
Publicity and logistics were said to have taken the lion's share of expenditures.
In particular, polling stations had to be set up on remote islands or in jungles because of regulations that stipulate a maximum distance of two kilometers from voters' residences to polling stations. As many as one million polling stations were erected.
Publicity and logistics were said to have taken the lion's share of expenditures.
In particular, polling stations had to be set up on remote islands or in jungles because of regulations that stipulate a maximum distance of two kilometers from voters' residences to polling stations. As many as one million polling stations were erected.
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