Changes proposed or enacted to improve the fairness, efficiency, and integrity of the electoral process. This can include reforms related to voter registration, campaign finance, delimitation of constituencies, and the conduct of elections.

The power or authority of a legislature to make laws on a particular subject matter. In India, legislative powers are divided between the Parliament and State legislatures as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.

A system of government where supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodic free and fair elections. Key features include popular sovereignty, political equality, and majority rule with minority rights.