India elected as non-permanent member of UN Security Council for a two-year term

India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term during the 2020 UNSC elections held on 17 June 2020.
India’s two year term for the 2021-22 will begin on January 1, 2021.
The country won 184 votes out of 192 valid votes polled in 193 member UN General Assembly.
India was the sole candidate from the Asia-Pacific category.
This is the eighth time that India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Council. Its previous terms are 1950—1951, 1967—1968, 1972—1973, 1977—1978, 1984—1985, 1991—1992 and 2011—2012.
Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway were the other countries that also won the 2020 Security Council election.

UNSC Elections

UN Organ comprises five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members.
Each year the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members (out of 10 in total) for a two-year term.
China, France, Russia, U.K. and the U.S. are its permanent members.