Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:37am on 04 Jun 2024,Tuesday Politics
India set a world record with 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participating in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced. The massive electoral exercise involved over 68,000 monitoring teams and 1.5 crore polling and security personnel. Additionally, nearly four lakh vehicles, 135 special trains, and 1,692 air sorties were utilized. Addressing memes calling election commissioners 'Laapataa Gentlemen', Kumar humorously noted, "We were always here, never went missing." The Chief Election Commissioner emphasized the unprecedented scale and coordination required to conduct the world's largest democratic exercise.
