India: Clean elections index

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 India

Clean elections index

 Latest value 0.523
 Year 2024
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 0.743
 Min - Max 0.497 - 0.857
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.523 index points, an increase from 0.498 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.526 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for India from 1960 to 2024 is 0.743 index points. The minimum value, 0.497 index points, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 0.857 index points was recorded in 1998. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values India: Clean elections index
 2024 0.523
 2023 0.498
 2022 0.504
 2021 0.504
 2020 0.497
 2019 0.537
 2018 0.639
 2017 0.641




Definition: Measures the extent to which elections are free and fair with absence of registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation, vote buying, and election violence.

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