📚 Learn About Elections

India is the world's largest democracy with over 960 million eligible voters as of 2024.

India's first general election was held in 1951-52, spanning 4 months with 173 million voters.

EVMs were first used in 1982 in Paravur, Kerala. Nationwide adoption happened in 2004.

The highest polling station is at Tashigang in Himachal Pradesh at 15,256 feet above sea level.

In 2019, a special polling booth was set up in Gir Forest, Gujarat, for just ONE voter — Mahant Bharatdas.

NOTA received over 1.5 crore (15 million) votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections across all constituencies.

Article 324 of the Constitution vests the superintendence, direction, and control of elections in the Election Commission.

The 61st Amendment Act (1988) lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years in India.

The indelible ink used in Indian elections is manufactured exclusively by Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd., a state-owned company.

In the 2019 elections, female voter turnout (67.18%) nearly matched male turnout (67.01%) for the first time.