TNPSC Thervupettagam

India’s UN Voting Pattern 2025

July 24 , 2025 16 hrs 0 min 74 0
  • On more than 5,500 different resolutions in the United Nations, India had voted on between 1946 and June 2025.
  • The recent data shows that the annual percentage of ‘yes’ votes by India has fallen to 56%, the lowest since 1955.
  • On the other hand, the annual percentage of abstentions has increased to 44%, the highest share in India’s history at the U.N.
  • The data also show that this change in voting patterns began around 2019.
  • The percentage of annual ‘yes’ votes swung between 20% and 100% during this period.
  • The percentage of abstentions also fluctuated between 0% and 40% during this period.
  • Between the mid-1990s and 2019, India’s voting patterns in the U.N. became even more stable, with the share of ‘yes’ votes ranging between 75% and 83%.
  • The share of abstentions ranged between 10% and 17%.

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