UN voting record · Asia
How India votes at the UN
India votes with the developing world, not with any great power. In 2025 it agreed with Pakistan on 94% of recorded General Assembly votes, with China on 93%, with Russia on 84% and with the United States on 12%. When a vote pits Russia against the West, India abstains.
- 94%
With PakistanAs often as with China - 93%
With ChinaIn 2024: 82% - 84%
With RussiaIn 2024: 68% - 12%
With the USIn 2024: 40%
Share of recorded General Assembly votes on which India and each country voted the same way, 2025.
Does India vote more with the US or with Russia?
With Russia, by a wide margin. In 2025 India agreed with Russia on 84% of recorded votes and with the United States on 12%.
The 2025 gap is partly the United States' doing: it voted no on 174 of the year's 192 votes, many of them texts India supported. Even in 2024, India sided with Russia on 68% of votes and with the US on 40%. That was still the closest India had come to Washington since the Cold War ended.
Why does India abstain so often?
India calls its foreign policy strategic autonomy. It buys weapons from Russia and the West, trades with both, and will not choose between them. Russia supplied 40% of India's arms imports in 2021-25.
At the UN this shows up as abstentions. India abstained on 26 of the 192 recorded votes in 2025, and on every main General Assembly vote on Ukraine since the invasion, including the February 2025 resolution that the United States voted against.
On the Middle East India sits closer to the majority. It abstained on the June 2025 call for a ceasefire in Gaza, but voted for the September 2025 declaration backing a Palestinian state.
- Mar 2022Condemning the invasion141 yes, 5 no, 35 abstainedAbstained
- Oct 2022Rejecting Russia's annexations143 yes, 5 no, 35 abstainedAbstained
- Feb 2023Principles for peace in Ukraine141 yes, 7 no, 32 abstainedAbstained
- Feb 2025A just and lasting peace93 yes, 18 no, 65 abstainedAbstained
Which countries vote most like India?
Compare with any country →Most of the countries India agrees with are developing countries that vote together in the Group of 77. The few it disagrees with most are the United States and its closest partners at the UN.
Eswatini99%
Bolivia98%
Grenada97%
Syria95%
Azerbaijan94%
Barbados94%
- United States12%
Israel28%
Argentina37%
Nauru56%
Paraguay69%
How did India vote on the big votes?
| Vote | India | United States | China | Russia | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A just and lasting peace in UkraineFebruary 24, 2025 | Abstained | No | Abstained | No | Adopted 93–18 |
| Demanding a permanent ceasefire in GazaJune 12, 2025 | Abstained | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 149–12 |
| The New York Declaration on two statesSeptember 12, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 142–10 |
| Ending the US embargo on CubaOctober 29, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 165–7 |
Where does India sit?
India sits in the middle of the developing-world crowd, next to Pakistan, and a long way from the United States.
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