Election 2027
Assembly elections 2027: seven states, 940 seats and the calendar so far
Five assemblies run out of time between March and May 2027, and two more follow at the end of the year. Here is where each state…
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Voter Guide
Voter list revision 2027: how to check, add or correct your name before 4 January
The Election Commission is updating electoral rolls in 17 states and union territories, including UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa an…
UP Election 2027
UP Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2027: 403 seats, 13.39 crore voters and the road to May
Uttar Pradesh elects the country’s largest state assembly. The current house ends on 22 May 2027, the voter list has been rebuilt…
Punjab Election 2027
Punjab Election 2027: what the 117-seat assembly looks like before the vote
Punjab’s 16th Vidhan Sabha ends on 16 March 2027. AAP won 92 of 117 seats last time; Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJ…
Uttarakhand Election 2027
Uttarakhand Election 2027: 70 seats, two regions and a pattern that broke in 2022
For two decades Uttarakhand changed its government at every election — until 2022. The fifth assembly ends in March 2027. Seats b…
Goa Election 2027
Goa Election 2027: a 40-seat assembly and its shifting majorities
Goa’s 40-member assembly ends on 14 March 2027. No party won a majority in 2022, and defections reshaped the house twice in five…
Manipur Election 2027
Manipur Election 2027: from President’s Rule to the polls
Manipur’s assembly has the earliest deadline of the 2027 states: 13 March. It spent almost a year under President’s Rule before a…
Gujarat Election 2027
Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh 2027: the two states that vote at the end of the year
Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh last voted in late 2022 and are due again in late 2027. One has re-elected the same party since 1995…
Explainers
What is a Vidhan Sabha? How India’s state assemblies work
India has 31 legislative assemblies with 4,123 elected MLAs between them. What they do, how big they can be, how a government is…
Presidential Election
Presidential election 2027: why the state results matter, and how MLA votes are counted
President Droupadi Murmu’s term ends on 24 July 2027. Her successor will be chosen by an electoral college of MPs and MLAs in whi…