Sweden's Liberal Democracy Index Rates India As ‘Electoral Autocracy’

Sweden-based V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute has labelled India as an 'Electoral Autocracy' alongside Hungary and Turkey in its annual report. Citing constraints on various democratic aspects, the report said, “The world’s largest democracy turned into an electoral autocracy: India with 1.37 billion citizens.” The institute called India's 23% point drop on its 0-to-1 Liberal Democracy Index scale as "one of the most dramatic shifts". Earlier, the report had classified India as an electoral democracy.