Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that India has created a world record with 64.2 crore voters participating in the Lok Sabha Polls. Briefing media in New Delhi, Mr Kumar said that the number is 1.5 times of the voters of all G7 countries – US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada. He said, in this Lok Sabha polls, 31.2 crore women voters cast their votes which is also the highest ever in the world.
Replying to a question on conducting assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Kumar said, the commission will soon start the poll process in J&K.
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