See the elections taking place in Asia-Pacific this year. This post will be updated with outcomes as the elections are completed.

India

DATE OF ELECTION February 5

TYPE OF ELECTION Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. India’s political heart, the National Capital Territory of Delhi, is a city and union territory of India. It contains New Delhi, a municipality and the national capital of India. Delhi is a first-level administrative division and has its own unicameral legislature. This Delhi Legislative Assembly consists of 70 members serving five-year terms.

OUTCOME Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 48 seats and returns to power in Delhi after 27 years. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 22 seats — down from the 63 seats it won in the 2020 election. The AAP was in power for the previous ten years and several prominent leaders and cabinet ministers lost their seats.

As BAL reported, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in India’s 2024 general elections but lost its parliamentary majority and has had to govern with the support of regional allies. In recent months, the BJP has won state elections — now including Delhi — that will strengthen their political control. Despite BJP’s political rise under Modi since 2014, the center of political power in India had remained out of the reach until now.

RECENT IMMIGRATION NEWS Recently, India has focused on signing mobility agreements with neighboring states, and strengthening people-to-people ties, including with the United Kingdom and Australia.

Indian authorities are updating travel policies to allow eligible individuals to obtain immigration clearances more quickly and efficiently and simplify the process for visitors to boost tourism. The government recently announced the opening of a new Fast Track Immigration — Trusted Traveler Program (FTI-TTP) for Indian nationals and foreign nationals holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards.

BAL reports that Indian authorities are currently in the process of trying to get individuals to convert Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to OCI cards to facilitate quicker immigration clearance at immigration check posts and qualify more individuals for additional consular services. The government hopes to modernize immigration systems for added convenience and efficiency.

The Philippines

DATE OF ELECTION May 12

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. This is the election for local officials, district representatives to the lower house and 12 senators and is viewed as a referendum on the sitting president.

This election is also important for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. amid a disagreement with Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Australia  

Voters in Australia will have two days in 2025 to vote for their national government.

Half of the 76 seats in Australia’s Senate will be decided by May 17. All 150 seats in the House, which selects the country’s prime minister, will be chosen by Sept. 27.

DATE OF ELECTION May 17 and Sept. 27, 2025

TYPE OF ELECTION Parliamentary election – Senate

DATE OF ELECTION September 27

TYPE OF ELECTION Parliamentary election – House

Japan

DATE OF ELECTION July 27

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. The 27th general election will elect half of the 248 members of the House of Councilors, the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of six years.

The October 2024 general election resulted in the loss of majority of the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito governing coalition in the House of Representatives under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with the possibility of the ruling coalition suffering another “major defeat” at the House of Councilors election if opposition parties unite their candidates.

The upcoming upper house election will be critical for Ishiba, who heads the LDP, after the ruling coalition lost its majority in the more powerful House of Representatives in a general election last year

Singapore

DATE OF ELECTION By November 23

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. General elections are due to be held in Singapore no later than Nov. 23, 2025, to elect the members of the 15th Singaporean Parliament.

This is the 14th election since the country’s independence and the first election since Lee Hsien Loong resigned in November 2024 after 20 years as Prime Minister.