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 ...

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 ...

Former Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa, IAS (retd.), says the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar was “abrupt, aggressive and ambitious” ...

Ongoing Controversy Surrounding the SIR Process The Special Intensive Review (SIR) process has faced criticism from opposition parties throughout the year, and the debate continues. Questions are ...