Why do the elections in India take so long?
India is a vast country and it is the second country in the world next to China in terms of population.
There are crores of people living in different places and different states and more than 70 percent of the population are eligible voters and it is unimaginable to conduct such a huge exercise like election at one stroke taking into consideration, the security aspects, availability of requisite manpower to administer the electoral process etc., As such, the government had appointed a separate commission called – Election Commission and the commission starts conducting the elections on due dates.
You have to notice one peculiar situation. Elections for all states are conducted at one stroke; however, at different dates within a month
The parliamentary election is conducted separately
During the earlier days, they used to conduct both elections, simultaneously