**Executive Summary**
This document announces that CEC Gyanesh Kumar will assume the Chairship of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) on December 3, 2025, on behalf of India. It highlights India's role as a founding member and its contribution to International IDEA. The document includes a list of member countries and their registered electors.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Chairship Appointment:**
* CEC Gyanesh Kumar will assume the Chairship of International IDEA on December 3, 2025.
* **International IDEA Overview:**
* Established in 1995, International IDEA is an inter-governmental organization.
* Currently has 35 member countries plus the United States and Japan as Observers.
* Holds an observer status in the UN General Assembly since 2003.
* **India's Role:**
* India is a founding member of International IDEA.
* India has actively participated in governance processes.
* India will leverage its experience in electoral administration when assuming the Chairship for 2026.
* **Electorate Data**
* The document includes a table with a partial list of registered electors by country (members and observers).
* The total number of electors for the member and observer countries listed is 2,225,549,481.
**Impact Analysis**
**Election Commission of India and all the election staff of the country:**
* **Impact:** Acknowledgment of free, fair, and transparent elections held by them.
* **Action Required:** None specified.
**CEC Gyanesh Kumar:**
* **Impact:** Will assume the Chairship of International IDEA on December 3, 2025, on behalf of India.
* **Action Required:** Preparation for assuming the Chairship role.
**India:**
* **Impact:** Opportunity to leverage its extensive experience in electoral administration, contributing to strengthening Election Management Bodies globally.
* **Action Required:** Leverage extensive experience to strengthen international Election Management Bodies across the world, prepare and work with IDEA to facilitate a smooth transition.
Key Entities Referenced
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA): An inter-governmental organisation with 35 member countries and United States and Japan as Observers, focused on democracy and electoral assistance.
Election Commission of India: The Election Commission of India is mentioned as holding free, fair and transparent elections and contributing to India assuming the Chairship of International IDEA in 2026.
India: India is a founding member of International IDEA and will assume the Chairship of International IDEA in 2026.
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.
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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)
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