2.  The 2014 general election is taking place in nine
phases in India, the longest election in the
country's history, from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to
constitute the 16th Lok Sabha. Voting will take
place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies of
India to elect members of parliament in the Lok
Sabha. The result of this election will be declared
on 16 May, before the 15th Lok Sabha completes
its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014.
 According to the Election Commission of
India, the electoral population in 2014 is 814.5
million, the largest in the world. There is an
increase in newly eligible voters of 100 million
since the last general election in 2009. This
will be the longest and the most expensive
general election in the history of the country.

3.  By constitutional requirement, elections to
the Lok Sabha must be held at most every five
years or whenever parliament is dissolved by
the president. The previous election, to the 15th
Lok Sabha, was conducted in April–May 2009, and
its term will naturally expire on 31 May 2014. The
election is being organised and conducted by
the Election Commission of India (ECI) and are
held in multiple phases, to better handle the large
electoral base and security concerns.
Since the last general election in 2009, the 2011
Indian anti-corruption movement by Anna Hazare,
and other similar moves by Baba
Ramdev and Arvind Kejriwal, have gathered
momentum and political interest.[8] Kejriwal went
on to form a separate political party of Aam Aadmi

4.  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was chosen to be
the Prime Ministorial Candidate and He will lead
the BJP’s campaign. Murli Manohar Joshi and Sushma
Swaraj were part of team for the campaign. Rajnath
Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani were
the mentors for the BJP's campaign.

5.  MODI WAVE : in support of the BJP campaign
slogan that were premised on "Aab ki baar,
Modi sarkar“. By the last day of campaigning on
May 10, Narendra Modi would have undertaken
the largest mass outreach in India's electoral
history by travelling about 300,000 km for 437
public meetings in 25 states besides 1350
innovative 3D rallies.
In regards to foreign relations of India, Modi in a
rally in Arunachel Pradesh, bordering China
with a history of disputes, sweared to protect
the country and criticised "Chinese
expansionism." Elsewhere, he also said that
issues like trade facilitation and promoting
Indian business abroad should be given
importance.

6.  The Indian National Congress had announced, on the
fourth anniversary of the second United Progressive
Alliance government, that its campaign for the election
would be led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, INC
chairperson Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul
Gandhi.
 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ruled himself out
as a prime ministerial candidate. Rahul Gandhi
told Dainik Bhaskar that he was "ready to take charge"
of any responsibility the party gave him. At the party
meeting it was decided not to name a prime ministerial
candidate amid fears it would turn the election into a
presidential one.

7.  Following an electoral win from the 2013 Delhi election,
the Aam Aadmi Part will be contesting from contested
from 424 constituencies in India.
 Days after Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister of
Delhi in mid-February, the AAP announced its first 20
candidates. It would also contest 350 of the 543 seats in
the election.
 Party founder Kejriwal will compete against the BJP's
prime ministerial candidate Modi from Varanasi. The AAP
has also questioned the BJP campaign funding and
alleged Modi had links with business tycoons who were
sponsoring his campaign.

8.  In total there were 14 lakhs electronic voting
machines.
 On 16 April, India's Election Commission
announced over 68% of eligible voters had casted
their vote in the first four phases, compared to
58% observed overall voter turnout in the previous
election.