NEW DELHI — The world's biggest and longest-running national election starts Monday, with two states in northern India beginning the competition between the country's ruling Congress party and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
815 million registered voters are expected to cast their ballots, an increase of 100 million new voters compared with the 2009 election.
Various armed separatist groups, currently active in India's northeast region, have not threatened to boycott national elections as they have in the past. The Election Commission of India has made all the preparations for the month-long election in which Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used to cast votes.
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