Indien Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: New Delhi
geographische Koordinaten: 28 36 N, 77 12 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

15 August 1947 (from UK)

Nationalfeiertag

Tag der Republik, 26 Januar (1950)

Konstitution

26 Januar 1950; amended many times

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Pratibha PATIL (seit dem 25 July 2007); Vice Staatspräsident Hamid ANSARI (seit dem 11 August 2007)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH (seit dem 22 May 2004)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections: president elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament and the legislatures of the states for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held 21 July 2007 (next to be held in July 2012); vice president elected by both houses of Parliament for a five-year term; election last held 12 August 2002 (next to be held August 2007); prime minister chosen by parliamentary members of the majority party following legislative elections; election last held April - May 2004 (next to be held May 2009)
election results: Pratibha PATIL elected president; percent of vote - 65.8%; Bhairon Singh SHEKHAWAT - 34.2%