Overview
- Gyanesh Kumar opened the three-day International IDEA Stockholm Conference with an inaugural keynote highlighting electoral integrity challenges
- The conference agenda spans disinformation, digital disruption, climate-related risks and the growing role of AI in elections
- Kumar has held bilateral talks with around 20 election chiefs from nations including the UK, Netherlands and South Africa to strengthen democratic cooperation
- The Election Commission of India has rebutted opposition allegations of rigging and inflated voter rolls in the 2024 Maharashtra polls following Rahul Gandhi’s public critique without formal complaint
- India’s V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index ranking fell to 108th and its India International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Management is emerging as a centre of excellence in electoral training