“Voting was held across India in five phases over successive weeks [2010], to allow the election commission to shift 2.1 million police around the country to monitor 714 million potential voters.” ─ India, a Portrait, Copyright © 2011 by Patrick French, Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Page 94.

When the votes were counted nationwide in May [2010] ─ a remarkably quick process since it was electronic; no hanging chads here ─ Congress and its allies won a strong victory….” ─ India, a Portrait, Copyright © 2011 by Patrick French, Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Page 95.