Built for India, by India's developers

Politia is an open-source effort to bring transparency to Indian democracy. No corporate backing. No political agenda. Just public data, presented honestly.

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Help build India’s most comprehensive political data platform.

  • Backend engineers: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, DuckDB
  • Frontend developers: Next.js, React, TypeScript
  • ML engineers: NLP for parliamentary transcripts, OCR for affidavit PDFs
  • Data engineers: DuckDB, Parquet, ETL pipelines
  • DevOps: CI/CD, Docker, free-tier deployment optimization

204 tests. Clean architecture. Real impact.

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Sponsor Infrastructure

We run entirely on free tiers — $0/month. Your support unlocks capabilities.

  • 17,000 hours of parliament audio awaiting transcription
  • 500,000 affidavit PDFs to OCR and structure
  • Semantic search across parliamentary proceedings
  • Faster CI/CD and preview deployments
  • Database scaling for historical election data

Even a small server donation unlocks months of work.

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Contribute Data

Government data is scattered across dozens of portals and PDFs.

  • Election Commission data: candidate affidavits, results
  • State assembly records and proceedings
  • MPLADS (MP Local Area Development Scheme) spending data
  • Parliamentary question-answer records
  • Committee reports and attendance records

Your contribution directly strengthens democratic accountability.

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An effort against unemployment and corruption. Every line of code, every data point, every contribution makes Indian democracy more transparent.

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