Election Commission
International IDEA - 30 years of supporting
Democracy Worldwide
CEC Gyanesh Kumar to assume Chairship of International
IDEA on December 3, 2025 on Behalf of India
प्रव तथ: 01 DEC 2025 6:05PM by PIB Delhi
1. As a global acknowledgement of free, fair and transparent elections held by the Election
Commission of India and all the election staff of the country, CEC Gyanesh Kumar is...
Election Commission International IDEA - 30 years of supporting Democracy Worldwide CEC Gyanesh Kumar to assume Chairship of International IDEA on December 3, 2025 on Behalf of India प्रव तथ: 01 DEC 2025 6:05PM by PIB Delhi
1. As a global acknowledgement of free, fair and transparent elections held by the Election Commission of India and all the election staff of the country, CEC Gyanesh Kumar is set to assume the Chairship of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) on December 3, 2025 at Stockholm, Sweden, on behalf of India.
2. International IDEA, established in 1995, is an inter-governmental organisation with a current membership of 35 countries and the United States and Japan as Observers. (List of Member Countries and respective electorate in Annexure).
3. International IDEA also holds an observer status in the UN General Assembly since 2003.
4. India is a founding member of International IDEA and has participated actively in governance processes and collaborated on electoral research, capacity building and training programmes.
5. As the world’s largest democracy with more than 90 crore electors, India will leverage its extensive experience in electoral administration when it assumes the Chairship of International IDEA for 2026, contributing to the strengthening of Election Management Bodies across the world.
********** PK/GDH/RP ANNEXURE India to Chair International IDEA - 2026 (35 Member and 2 Observer Democracies) Sl. Country Registered Sl. Country Registered No. Electors No. Electors 1 India (to chair 991,000,000 20 Dominican Republic 8,145,548 IIDEA - 2026) (Member) 2 United States 234,504,358 21 Tunisia (Member) 7,853,447
(Observer)3 Indonesia 204,421,612 22 Sweden (Member) 7,775,390
(Member) 4 Brazil (Member) 155,557,422 23 Benin (Member) 6,769,817 5 Japan (Observer) 103,880,749 24 Switzerland 5,585,212
(Member) 6 Mexico (Member) 98,214,289 25 Finland (Member) 4,540,437 7 Philippines 68,431,965 26 Norway (Member) 4,058,875
(Member) 8 Germany (Member) 60,490,603 27 Costa Rica (Member) 3,491,078 9 France (Member) 43,328,470 28 Panama (Member) 2,757,823 10 Spain (Member) 37,467,458 29 Uruguay (Member) 2,727,120 11 Canada (Member) 28,525,638 30 Mongolia (Member) 2,089,935 12 South Africa 27,782,081 31 Namibia (Member) 1,449,569
(Member) 13 Peru (Member) 25,287,954 32 Botswana (Member) 1,038,275 14 Ghana (Member) 18,774,159 33 Mauritius (Member) 1,002,857 15 Australia (Member) 18,098,797 34 Estonia (Member) 966,129 16 Chile (Member) 15,779,102 35 Cabo Verde 392,899
(Member) 17 Netherlands 13,589,128 36 Luxembourg 286,711
(Member) (Member) 18 Portugal (Member) 10,850,215 37 Barbados (Member) 266,330 19 Belgium (Member) 8,368,029 Total 2,225,549,481
Source:https://www.idea.int/datatools/data/country?country=239&database_theme=293Total electors across International IDEA member and observer countries = 2,225,549,481 (222.5 Crores) (रलीज़ आईडी: 2197112) आगंतुक पटल : 3504 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Bengali , Urdu , ही