The unsung story of the Dance of Democracy: On Foot for Democracy Polling Parties Walk Up to 46 Kms in Lower Dibang Valley
The General Elections of 2009 was the world’s largest democratic exercise so far. More than 8.3 lakh polling stations, one crore personnel on poll duty (including police personnel), 46.9 lakh polling staff and 20.9 lakh electronic voting machines were deployed to enable more than 71.7 crore registered electors to elect 543 representatives from among 8,070 …