Indian Political CompassElections · 5 steps · ~22 min
How Indian elections work
The mechanics of the world's largest democratic exercise — from voter registration and the role of the ECI to seat allocation and government formation.
- 1Article 324 — The Election Commission→
Constitutional basis for India's independent electoral authority and why its autonomy matters.
~4 min read - 2Lok Sabha 2014 — The BJP's decisive majority→
How the 2014 election ended 25 years of coalition politics and what drove the BJP's 282-seat win.
~5 min read - 3Lok Sabha 2019 — An even larger mandate→
Why the BJP's margin grew in 2019 despite five years in power, and how the opposition fragmented.
~5 min read - 4Lok Sabha 2024 — Coalition returns→
The BJP fell short of a majority for the first time since 2014 — how the INDIA alliance changed the outcome.
~5 min read - 5Political Atlas — visualising the results→
See how each state voted across three elections on the interactive map.
~3 min read