Overview
- The declaration commits election authorities to cooperation across five pillars: clean electoral rolls, conduct of elections, research and publications, responsible technology use, and training and capacity building.
- Participants emphasized roll accuracy and encouraged issuing photo identity cards to every eligible voter to strengthen credibility.
- India’s ECINET platform was launched during the conference and offered as a model for adaptation within each country’s laws and languages.
- Delegates agreed to produce an Encyclopaedia of Democracies, including an EMB-verified atlas of electoral systems and thematic reports coordinated by International IDEA and IIIDEM.
- The three-day conference in New Delhi drew heads of 42 election bodies and nearly 1,000 participants, with progress reviews set annually and the next meeting scheduled for December 3–5, 2026 at IIIDEM.