By Tarushi Aswani India’s policy toward Myanmar is shaped by a combination of geography, security dependence and economic interests that do not always align. For Rohingya refugees in India, that means an uncertain life. New Delhi: Mohammed Salim is watching a video of Myanmar’s Senior General Min Aung Hlaing shaking hands with
Overview This election comes in the wake of the unexpected resignation of India’s Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on 21 July 2025, nearly two years before the completion of his term. Dhankhar, 74, cited health reasons and stated in his letter to President Droupadi Murmu that he was stepping down “to prioritise health
OVERVIEW The 2025 Delhi Assembly elections marked a major political shift in India’s National Capital Region. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which first gained power with a historic mandate in 2013 and returned even stronger in 2015 after a year of Lieutenant Governor’s (LG) rule, once aimed to redefine Indian politics with
OVERVIEW The ongoing elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, are the first Assembly polls since the revocation of the region’s special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and the subsequent reorganisation of the state. On August 5, 2019, J&K was downgraded from a state to two Union Territories—J&K and
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE: "Asian Electoral Review: Advancing Electoral Democracy through Electoral Reforms" The year 2024 has been dubbed as the year of elections with more than 50 countries and territories around the world set to hold national and regional elections.1 In the first quarter of the year alone, Bangladesh and
The “Asia & the Pacific Roundtable Discussion on Boundary Delimitation & Malapportionment: Practice & Solutions”, concluded after two days of discussion on 28th and 29th October with the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Apportionment and Boundary Delimitation. It was jointly organised by The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), The
PDF Version: Open_Letter_-_Kashmir_-_August_2019_Final-WITH SIGNATORIES-Updated 13.08 (1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi New Delhi 12 August 2019 Dear Prime Minister Modi, We, the undersigned civil society activists and organizations, human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, and academics from around the globe, write to express our deep concern regarding the recent actions your government has taken over
Professor Sanjoy Hazarika, a well-known Indian Novelist and Journalist working from the Center for NE-Studies at Jamia Milia Islamia University (New Delhi) with ANFREL Foundation Executive Director Ichal Supriadi, Coordinator Bidhayak Das and Achan Mungleng, an Independent Researcher and former ANFREL observer. The purpose of the meeting with Professor Hazarika was to do
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) recently released a chart assigning a score for political rights and civil liberties to 30 countries in Asia. The chart can be viewed below.
A round-up of the day's events: Tarun Gogoi-led Congress swept the polls bagging a near two-thirds majority to retain power in Assam, making it a straightforward result right from the onset. And Gogoi is expected to take up the position as CM for the third-time in a row.
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