The world’s largest democracy heads to the polls today with voting set to last 44 days to give nearly a billion people (969 million, to be exact…) the chance to have their say. There are 545 seats in India’s Parliament and voting is staggered across different regions so 15 million polling officials can manage the mammoth vote. PM Narendra Modi is standing for a rare third term in power and has boldly declared he’s aiming for his coalition to win “400 seats” – a feat that’s only been managed once in the country’s 77-year history since independence. His main rival is Rahul Gandhi (grandson of former PM Indira) – but his Indian National Congress Party has struggled to deal with Modi’s popularity. And yep, you’ll need to wait a while to find out what happens – results come in on 4 June.