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Elections in India - Definition and Overview |
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Elections in India gives information on election and election results in India. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
- See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.
India elects on federal level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president - is elected for a five year term by an electoral college. Parliament or Sansad has two chambers. The House of the People or Lok Sabha has 545 members, 543 members elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies and 2 members appointed to represent the Anglo-Indian community. The House of the States or Rajya Sabha has 245 members, 233 members elected for a six year term, one third every two years, by the elected members of the legislatures of the states and territories and 12 appointed members.
India has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Last Lok Sabha elections
Past Lok Sabha elections
State assembly elections (by state)
State assembly elections (by year)
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