nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/437dce66bdbeba17 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250819s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/437dce66bdbeba17 doi eng 342 23 Devadasan, Vasudev Author aut Eroding Independence - Why India’s Election Commission Needs Urgent Repair Devadasan, Vasudev Verfassungsblog 2025-08-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 7 August 2025, India’s Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi made serious allegations of large-scale voter fraud. Examining electoral rolls covering approximately 650,000 voters in one state assembly constituency within a parliamentary constituency, Gandhi claimed that over 100,000 voters had significant irregularities that hinted at manipulation. This post does not discuss the veracity of these allegations. Rather, the goal here is to contextualise these allegations against the backdrop of a sharp decline in the independence and trustworthiness of the Election Commission of India. CC BY-SA 4.0 Election Commission Indian Constitution Indian Supreme Court Indien (DE-588)4026722-2 gnd Indien Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/eroding-independence/ raw object