In a big year for elections, India is literally the biggest with nearly a billion people registered to vote. Narendra Modi, who has boosted foreign investment, is favored to clinch a third term as prime minister.
Indians begin voting today to choose their next parliament in the first of seven voting days that end on 1 June; Almost a billion people are eligible to cast their ballot
A substantial number of Indians voted in the first phase of the world's largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.