Indian Politics

The politics of India takes place within the framework, in which the President of India is head of state and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President and the power of  India is divide into two chambers of , the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The highest national court being the Supreme Court of India.

India is the largest democracy in the world. India has the biggest number of people with franchise rights and the largest number of political parties, which take part in election campaign. In the 1996 national elections, almost 600 million people voted and an average of 26 candidates competed for each of the 543 territorial constituency seats.

Elections are held at different levels. The two major election levels are at national level, after which the national government is established and at state level after which the state government is established. Elections are also held for city, town and village councils.

There are different political issues in Indian politics. Some are national level and some regional level. Some communities just demand more economical and social rights for their communities. While others demand more autonomy for their cultures within the Indian states. Some demanded autonomous states within the Indian Union, while the others demanded to be independent from India.

With all its problems India survives as a single state with democratic character. But a number of political problems still exist and remain unsolved in India.