The longer answer involves India’s geography, election rules, security apparatus, holidays and electronic voting machines — a complicated choreography for a big, complicated nation.

India, the world’s most populous democracy, is set to hold its next general election over a seven-phase period that will last 44 days. On March 16, the Indian Election Commission announced that ...

At the center of this election is Narendra Modi, India's prime minister for the past decade, who is seeking a third term. Voters will elect members to the 543-seat lower house of parliament ...

By Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi After more than six weeks of voting across the country, India’s general election will reach its conclusion on Tuesday as the votes are counted and the ...

After a hard-won Independence, India soon faced another gargantuan challenge — ensuring free and fair elections in a populous democracy still reeling from the after-effects of colonial rule.

Insight: India’s opposition leveraged caste and constitution to shock Modi in election A seminal moment in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unsuccessful campaign to retain his parliamentary ...

India’s election officials counted 640 million votes on Tuesday to declare the results of the country’s mammoth seven-phase election. The vote count started at 8am local time (02:30 GMT), and ...

This once again positions India as the fastest growing economy in the G20, and retains bragging rights for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he prepares for elections in the next few months.

India, the world's largest democracy, is almost always in election mode. With 28 states, eight union territories and nearly a billion eligible voters, polls are a constant feature of the nation's ...

India. Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The election date for the world’s largest democracy is set to begin April 19 and last six weeks. What would the results of a third term for Prime Minister Modi ...

The opposition bloc spearheaded by the Indian National Congress performed far better than predicted with its appeal to voters who felt left out of India’s growth story. At stake in the election ...

helped stitch a new coalition called the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) last year, hoping to wrest power from Modi through a united opposition. Elections were held in ...