S.Y. Quraishi

S.Y. Quraishi is a Former Election Commissioner, an IAS officer from the Haryana cadre, and the author of ‘An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election’.

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‘Parliament must recognise one principle: representation delayed is representation denied.’

Parliament’s historic law, an extended wait for women

‘The Census will measure India’s population; delimitation will measure its democracy’

Delimitation after 2027, redrawing power in India

TOPSHOT - A voter wearing a face mask and gloves amid concerns over the covid-19 novel coronavirus exits a booth to cast a ballot during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Seoul on April 15, 2020. - Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, and special polling times for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls on April 15 with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)

Conducting elections during a pandemic

Modern Map - Karnataka IN

When defection is a mere detour for an MLA

India democracy political process selecting president or parliament member with election and referendum freedom to vote vector

A welcome debate on electoral reforms

An idea whose time may not have come

NEW DELHI, 23/05/2019: ECIpersonnel carrying EVM machine into the counting centre at the NP Bengali Girls Senior Secondary School, Gole Market in New Delhi on Thursday, May 23, 2019. . Photo by Shiv Kumar Pushpakar / The Hindu

It’s time to take stock of the electoral process

New Delhi, 12/04/2019: FOR INDEX: A view of Election Commission of India, in New Delhi on Friday . Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma / The Hindu

The Election Commission must act tough

A crisis of credibility?

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Proving a point on audit trail

Nigeria’s difficult democratic journey

Should elections be state-funded?

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