# Sansad — Indian Election Strategy Game

> A browser-based turn-based political strategy game set in 2024 India. Command a real party, manage alliances, place candidates across 543 Lok Sabha seats, and try to win a parliamentary majority.

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## What Is This?

Sansad is a work-in-progress political simulation game built around the 2024 Indian General Election. You pick a real party — BJP, Congress, AAP, TMC, SP, and more — and fight your way to 272 seats across 7 turns of campaign decisions. Every action has a cost, alliances are fragile, and an AI advisor comments on your strategy turn by turn.

This is a solo side project. Not affiliated with any political party or institution. The goal is to make Indian politics legible and interesting — like a Civilization game but set inside the actual Lok Sabha framework.

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## Gameplay Overview

### Party Selection

![](public/screenshots/01_party_setup.png)

Choose from all major real Indian parties with their actual 2024 seat counts, alliance blocs, ideologies, and regional strongholds. Play Historical 2024 mode with a real party, or Quick Play with generic factions. Three difficulty levels: Simple, Realistic, Complex.

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### Pre-Campaign Setup

**Solo mode** — pick exactly which of the 543 Lok Sabha seats you want to contest. Your 2024 seats are pre-highlighted. A cold-start penalty applies in states where you have no existing footprint.

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**Alliance mode** — form coalitions with other parties. Seat-sharing negotiations run round by round. Deadlocked seats go to both_contest — both parties campaign and the vote splits.

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### Candidate System

Over 5,000 candidates across all 543 constituencies, each with 30+ attributes including popularity, loyalty, betrayal risk, ground network, and incumbency.

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The AI pre-assigns candidates. You lock strong picks, swap weaker ones, and review risky seats before declaring.

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Denied candidates defect — switching parties, going independent, or demanding alternate seats. Media backlash events fire for high-profile denials.

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### Campaign Launch

A Flash News modal fires at campaign start with categorised breaking headlines — party switches, rebels, ticket denials, new alliances.

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### Campaign Map & Turns

Full interactive India map with all 543 constituency polygons. Click any seat for its detail panel. Box-drag to select regions. 7 turns across 4 phases. 12 action types: rallies, sabotage, caste outreach, bribery, candidate poaching, and more.

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An AI advisor lives in the right panel — commenting on your position each turn, answering questions, and tracking your playstyle archetype over time.

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### Alliance Management

The Alliance HQ panel shows coalition composition, majority progress, and affinity indicators. Negotiate vote support agreements mid-campaign. If tension gets too high, the coalition collapses and rebels form new fronts.

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### End Game

Win condition: 272 seats out of 543. The result screen shows a full declared-seats ticker, alliance bloc breakdown, and final seat map.

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## What Is Planned

### Gameplay
- State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) elections
- Coalition government formation — ministries, confidence votes
- Economic policy layer — budgets, inflation shifting voter sentiment
- Regional leader personas with evolving personalities
- Explicit caste, urban/rural, income, and generational voter bloc modelling
- Mid-campaign by-elections triggered by defections
- Ground-level Intel tab — rumours, leaked polls, opposition strategy

### Technical
- Multiplayer — turn-based online play across opposing parties
- Mobile layout
- Save/Load system
- Replay mode
- Historical scenarios — 2019, 2014, 2009
- Mod support via external JSON config

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## Interested in Playtesting or Contributing?

The source is currently private while the game is in active development. That will change.

In the meantime — if you want to playtest, suggest a mechanic, report a bug you spotted in these screenshots, contribute data improvements, or just talk about the idea:

**Email:** parthrainchwar@gmail.com

When source opens up, priority areas for contributions will be:
- Data accuracy (candidate attributes, constituency demographics, party affinity scores)
- Balancing (vote-share math, action economics)
- Mobile UX
- Hindi and regional language strings
- New scripted scenarios based on real election events

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## Notes

- No data collected. The game runs entirely in your browser.
- Uses real party names and 2024 election data for educational and entertainment purposes only. Does not represent or endorse any political position.