India’s Electoral Democracy

India’s Electoral Democracy, a blog series from Brookings India, unpacks the various aspects of electoral contest and focuses on previous and current research from our scholars to present insights into the functioning of India’s democratic processes.

India Why women candidates are more likely to run as independents

Geetika Dang, Prerna Sharma

May 9, 2019

India The surprising link between EVMs and electricity

Madhavan Somanathan

May 1, 2019

People queue up to vote during the state assembly election, in the town of Ayodhya, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

India What India’s 65 million ‘missing women’ mean for the state of its democracy

Geetika Dang, Prerna Sharma

April 25, 2019

India India’s electoral democracy: How EVMs curb electoral fraud

Madhavan Somanathan

April 5, 2019

Filter by

results at a time

India’s Electoral Democracy

Select experts

Select program

Select topics

Select regions

Filter by