Voting polls opened in India

Polling stations were opened on Monday in two states in the northeast of India, marking the start of parliamentary elections that will last more than five weeks, the largest ever held in the world.

Hindu nationalist party is considered the favorite to succeed in the Congress Party, led by the Gandhi family, in power for 10 years.

Voters from six districts in the states of Assam and Tripura, enclave states in the northeastern countries are the first to vote on Monday.

About 814 million Indian voters are called to vote for more than five weeks and, according to the polls, the vote could end a decade of power of the Congress Party, endorsed by numerous cases of corruption and failure to revive the economy, which made no progress in the last three years.

The Hindu nationalist leader party of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Narendra Modi, is considered the favorite, but could be forced to negotiate with the powerful regional parties to form a majority coalition.

Election results will be announced on 16 May.