On July 21, 2025, the monsoon session of India's Parliament kicked off with routine proceedings, but the day took a dramatic ...

The Election Commission has begun the process to elect the next Vice President of India, appointing Rajya Sabha Secretary ...

India’s marathon national elections held every five years are coming to a close, with the last section voting on Saturday. The voting was done in seven phases, a week apart. Of the close to 970 ...

India’s first national parliamentary elections, from 1951 to 1952, lasted over 120 days. In 1977, they took five days. But, generally, they have taken weeks or months, even without primary ...

India's massive electoral process culminated on June 4, 2024, with the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections. Involving over 900 million eligible voters, the world's largest election was a ...

India Begins Its 6-Week Election Process: Here's How It Could Impact Stocks. ... Millions of Indian citizens started the voting process Friday in what will be a six-week-long election process.

India is just weeks away from general elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party facing what looks like an increasingly close contest.

The future of India: secular or Hindu? Modi’s BJP party was victorious in the 2014 elections, winning 282 seats compared to the opposition Indian National Congress Party’s (INC) 44.

That would be twice what was spent in India’s 2019 elections – 600 billion rupees ($7.2bn). The total spending on the US presidential and congressional races in 2020 was also $14.4bn.

In previous elections, this has included setting up the world’s highest polling station at Tashigang, located at an altitude of 15,256 feet in the mountainous North India state of Himachal Pradesh.

The Election Commission of India has continuously backed the concept of simultaneous elections, showing its support on multiple occasions, such as a meeting in 2022 with the 22nd Law Commission.