This is the story of Sukumar Sen, India’s first Chief Election Commissioner, and the massive, improbable election that ...

Female voters stand in queues to cast their ballots at a polling station in Bihar on November 6, 2025 [Sachin Kumar/AFP] The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra ...

India's opposition Congress party accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance of rigging votes to win bellwether elections in India's poorest state Bihar. But footage of a burning ...

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition won a key state election in a vote seen as a crucial test of the leader’s popularity in one of the country’s poorest yet most ...

Before India mastered the mechanics of voting, it took a historic leap of faith. Hum Hindustani revisits the chaos, courage ...

Elections in India — home to more than 1.4 billion people — are perpetual, noisy, and fiercely contested. Every few months, in the world’s largest democracy, millions line up to vote somewhere.