Every Vote Counts: The Story of India's Elections

Navin Chawla has had a ringside view of Indian elections: as Chief Election Commissioner, he supervised the landmark 2009 general election, and several key state elections as well. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience, Every Vote Counts presents a riveting account of how the daunting task of conducting the largest electoral exercise in the world is undertaken.

The challenges before the Election Commission are many:
• How does one conduct free and fair elections when a large percentage of our lawmakers are law-breakers?
• Is the model code of conduct effective?
• How does one hold elections in Maoist-affected constituencies, or for that matter in the strife-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir?
• How reliable are electronic voting machines?
• Is it possible to implement compulsory voting? Will simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies make things any easier?

Every Vote Counts is a fascinating, informative account that gives us a kaleidoscopic view of how the electoral machinery works in the world's largest democracy. With the 2019 elections just round the corner, this is a book that every concerned and interested Indian might want to read.

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