India 's general election will take five weeks and is the biggest election in history . Comment: The race pits a controversial but popular Hindu nationalist against a member of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty . Analysts are describing the vote as India 's most significant in decades .
India 's general election will take five weeks and is the biggest election in history . 814 million -- more than combined populations of the U.S. and Western Europe -- are eligible to vote . The race pits a controversial but popular Hindu nationalist against a member of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty . Analysts are describing the vote as India 's most significant in decades .