India kicks off the world's largest elections this week. Here’s what you need to know

Key Facts

• Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty Images Indians head to the polls on Friday in what will be the world’s largest democratic election, as close to one billion voters pick their next government and decide whether to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third term in office.
• Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty Images This time, the BJP’s coalition bloc is widely expected to once again trump the opposition parties and win a historic third term win thanks to the political stability in the last decade, analysts said.
• “This will be a significant year for India, and I have a feeling that whoever be the government in India, the foreign policy direction and the economic policy direction are going to remain broadly unchanged,” he told CNBC.
• Modi reportedly said in March that he was confident the BJP and NDA will secure a total of 400 seats.

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