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SRF
https://www.srf.ch/audio/echo-der-zeit/indien-waehlt-doch-viele-junge-bleiben-den-urnen-fern?partId=12585245
Author
Manish Swarup
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Parliamentary elections are taking place in India until the beginning of June, and almost 970 million people are eligible to vote. What is striking is that most first-time voters do not go to the polls. On average, less than 40 percent of young people have registered. And this despite the fact that they make up the majority of the total population in India.