India was elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections. There were 192 Member States present for voting and the two-thirds required majority was 128. India garnered 184 votes. Canada lost the elections.
India will sit in the most powerful UN organ, for two years beginning January 1, along with the five permanent members China, France, Russia, U.K. and the U.S. as well as non-permanent members Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
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