India has announced the dates for a national election in what is being dubbed as the world’s biggest ever democratic exercise.

900 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at almost a million polling booths across the nation, electing 543 Members of Parliament to India’s lower house, the Lok Sabha.

It is also reported that Ghandi is looking like “a serious challenger” against current Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is running for his second term.

The counting of votes will be held on May 23.