How India runs the world's biggest election - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

India will host the world's biggest election this year when nearly one billion people will vote.

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Organisers have vowed to set up polling stations within 2km of every citizen, but India's vast size means this will be a challenge. The country's 15 million election officials must travel to coastal towns, mountain villages, remote islands and dense jungles to reach every voter.

Katya Adler speaks with BBC journalist and presenter Devina Gupta and India correspondent Soutik Biswas to break down the big numbers and discuss how it is possible to organise an election on this scale.

00:06 Introduction
01:45 Nearly a billion voters
03:06 Remote voters
04:41 Staffing the election
05:11 Where most voters are
05:55 First-time voters
06:06 Women voters
06:37 Length of election
07:01 Cost of elections
07:33 Who pays for elections?
09:10 Free and fair?

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