India is a federal republic with a very strong centre.
The world’s largest democracy, it has universal adult suffrage above
18 years. General elections are scheduled every 5 years when the
entire country participates in electing members to the Lower House
of Parliament called the Lok Sabha. Members to the upper house are
elected indirectly.
The head of state is the President. The head of
government is the Prime Minister. In 2004 elections, NDA, the
coalition lead by the Bhartiya Janta Party was defeated by the
Congress. The Congress is currently the governing party and the
Prime Minister is Dr. Manmohan Singh.
