Elections in India
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Elections in India gives information on election and election results in India.
India elects on federal level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president - is elected for a five year term by an electoral college. Parliament or Sansad has two chambers. The House of the People or Lok Sabha has 545 members, 543 members elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies and 2 members appointed to represent the Anglo-Indian community. The House of the States or Rajya Sabha has 245 members, 233 members elected for a six year term, one third every two years, by the elected members of the legislatures of the states and territories and 12 appointed members. India has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
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