We are nowhere near a billion votes

Friday, April 19, 2019 11:08:42 AM View in Browser > Everything on Elections 2019 in your inbox, every day To unsubscribe this newsletter, please click here What's happening today EC view on Modi biopic to SC Modi to address traders in Delhi Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Gujarat SP-BSP joint rally in Mainpuri, UP Graph of the day: Are we anywhere near a billion votes? Given that India's population growth rate is slowing down — slowed down to 17.64% between 2001 and 2011, compared to 21.54% between 1991 and 2001 and 23.87% between 1981 and 1991 — it could be 2029 when India may actually have a billion or more people eligible to vote. Here is how it stacks up If you don't like the winning candidate, relax. In the last Lok Sabha election, 331 (61%) winners won with less than 50% of total votes polled in their constituencies; 99 (18%) winners won with less than 40% of total votes polled in their constituency; and four winners have won with less than 30% of total votes polled in their constituency. Guess this place Clue 1: It is the point of origin of 13 rivers Clue 2: It is soon to be a VVIP constituency Clue 3: It has seen the highest number of farmer suicides in Kerala Point to ponder: Pragya not the first Pragya Singh Thakur is not the first terror accused to contest for Lok Sabha. Simranjit Singh Mann, the president of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) who contested and won by a record margin in 1989, had been charged with sedition and conspiracy to assassinate then PM Indira Gandhi. Politics Water, not nationalism, resonates in border district BJP's singer-candidate Nirahua a crowd puller BJP turns heat on Congress in Karnataka's Lingayat belt Dera Sacha Sauda makes a comeback in elections FOLLOW US ON ET: About us|Advertise with us|Feedback|Sitemap|Code of Ethics © 2019 Times Internet Limited. To ensure delivery directly to your inbox, please add etnotifications@indiatimes.com to your address book today. If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please click here To unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions please click here