Key details of India’s national elections, which ended Thursday with a fifth and final phase of voting:
_ About 714 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots at more than 828,000 polling stations. Overall turnout was 59 to 60 percent.
_Major political players: Left-of-center Congress party which, since independence from Britain in 1947, has governed India for a total of more than four decades; Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party; Third Front: An alliance of communists, socialists, regional parties and caste-based parties.
_Main campaign issues: No central issues resonated with voters and most campaigning revolved around vague promises of jobs and prosperity.
_First phase of voting, April 16: 143 million eligible voters; voter turnout 60 percent.
_Second phase, April 23: 19.4 million eligible voters; voter turnout 55 percent.
_Third phase, April 30: 144 million eligible voters; voter turnout 52 percent.
_Fourth phase, May 7: 9.46 million eligible voters; voter turnout 57 percent.
_Fifth phase, May 13: 108 million eligible voters; voter turnout nearly 62 percent.
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