Electoral reform refers to improving a country's electoral systems to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections. In a democratic country, elections form the foundation of governance, and ensuring ...

In December 2024, the Indian government tabled two bills to align federal and state elections and facilitate simultaneous elections with legislative assemblies, laying the legislative groundwork for ...

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) co-founder Jagdeep Chhokar, who was associated with major electoral reforms in the country, died on Friday. He was 81. A retired Indian Institute of Management ...

Editor’s note: The Economist is launching a new column on India. Ashoka is named after the first ruler whose empire stretched across most of the subcontinent, and whose symbols now represent the ...

Women voters hold up their voter identification card while standing in a line to vote in local elections, Howrah, India, July 8, 2023. For more than seven decades, India’s elections have been the envy ...