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ECI Announces IICDEM 2026, Global Election Management Meet Set for Jan 21–23

The three-day program centers on cooperation among election bodies with a formal launch of ECINET.

Overview

  • Nearly 100 international delegates from over 70 countries, along with international organizations and foreign missions, are slated to attend at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
  • Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alongside Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, will open the inaugural session on January 21.
  • The agenda features an EMB Leaders’ Plenary, working group meetings, and thematic sessions on global electoral challenges and model international standards.
  • Thirty-six thematic groups led by State and UT chief electoral officers will draw on experts from four IITs, six IIMs, 12 National Law Universities and the IIMC.
  • ECI plans over 40 bilateral meetings, an exhibition on India’s election operations, the Day 1 screening of the docuseries India Decides, and the formal launch of ECINET.