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A general election is taking place in nine phases, the longest election in the country's history, from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha in India. Voting will take place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India to elect members of parliament in the Lok Sabha.[1] The result of this election will be declared on 16 May, before the 15th Lok Sabha completes its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014.[2]

According to the Election Commission of India, the electoral populations in 2014 is 81.45 crores, the largest in the world.[3] There is an increase of 10 crores newly eligible voters.[4] This also will be the longest and the costliest general election in the history of the country with the Election Commission of India estimating that the election will cost the exchequer Rs 35 billion, excluding the expenses incurred for security and individual political parties.[5] Parties are expected to spend 305 billion (about US$5 billion) in the election, according to the Centre for Media Studies. This is three times the amount spent in the previous election and is the world's second highest after the US$7 billion spent on the 2012 US election.[6] Though unelected, incumbent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is retiring and has