marathon general election voting is staggered over six weeks and it comes with a guarantee that no voter must travel more than two kilometers to reach a polling place and voters reminds you will elect a new parliament and prime minister the ranger modi from the ruling hindu nationalist b j p no he is seeking a second term his main challenger is leader of the opposition congress party you see him right here who gandhi now the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million eligible voters they will elect five hundred forty three in peace to the lower house of parliament which is known as the local sabah the polling is spread out across the country in several phases today voters went to the polls and nine states and that brings us to the topic of women in politics for one political