Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate

Announcements
* Can one buy an election? * * Can bad politics make for good economics? * * Empowering India wins World Summit Award 2011, in the e-governance and institution category. * * Empowering India receives Manthan Award 2009 *

Welcome to Empowering India

With over 715 million registered voters, India is not just the largest democracy in the world, it is a democratic miracle! In the 15th general election to the Lok Sabha, in 2009, over 400 million turned out to elect 543 Members of Parliament. Follow the progress of this miracle of democracy at state and national levels on Empowering India. Know the candidates, constituencies and political parties, and understand the electoral process using the unique analysis feature. Active citizenship makes democracy meaningful.

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Results

Assembly Elections 2011

Assam Assembly Election 2011
Kerala Assembly Election 2011
Pondicherry Assembly Election 2011
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2011
West Bengal Assembly Election 2011

15th Lok Sabha Election Results - 2009

"I am happy to see this initiative. Voter awareness is key to a successful democracy." S Y Quraishi, Chief Election Commissioner

Our objective

The Liberty Institute, an independent, non-profit think tank, leads Empowering India, an initiative that attempts to empower voters with information about their candidates, constituencies, and political parties. The objective is to encourage citizens to actively participate in the democratic process, as well as promote transparency and accountability in politics. Empowering India is an outcome of a realization at the Liberty Institute that good public policy ultimately originates from a better understanding of the processes that shape democratic politics and influence governance.