Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, said that the world should look into how the “neutral and independent” Election Commission runs the world’s biggest democracy election.
In an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, PM Modi talked about how big and complicated India’s election process is and how involved its people are in politics.
“The Election Commission in India is neutral and independent. It runs elections and makes all the decisions.” “This is such a great story in and of itself that top universities all over the world should study how it was run,” Mr. Modi said.
He said that because of its size and political importance, India’s voting system should be looked at by people all over the world.
Mr. Fridman said that Indian elections show a lot of interesting sides, and he asked Modi if there was one story in particular that struck a chord with him.
In reference to the 2024 election, Mr. Modi said that 980 million people had registered to vote, which is more than twice as many people as live in North America and more than the whole population of the European Union put together.
“Even though it was very hot in May—some places reached 40 degrees Celsius—646 million of the 980 million registered voters went out to vote,” the Prime Minister said in the podcast that came out on Sunday.
PM Modi talked about how complicated India’s elections were by saying that more than 2,500 political parties and more than 1 million voting booths were set up across the country.
He also talked about the importance of the media in making democracy stronger. More than 900 TV channels and 5,000 newspapers help with this.
“Our country’s poorest citizens have quickly adapted to technology, voting through electronic voting machines, and we are able to declare results within a day,” he said.
He said that India was committed to improving democracy by always working to get more people to vote and make the voting process more open.
