A political self-portrait, in seven dimensions
Indian politics does not fit on a left–right line.
Every question here is a real trade-off already being argued in India — who pays, who is covered, who decides. Answer them and you get a seven-axis reading of where you actually stand, not a label someone else picked for you.
Choose your lengthWhat a finished reading looks like — seven scales, one position on each.
Choose your length
Both use the same scoring. The longer one is steadier per axis.
Concrete trade-offs
No questions like “do you support development”. Each one names a cost, a target, or a decision-maker.
Five ordered positions
Not agree/disagree. Five fully written stances per question, plus an honest way to say you don’t know enough.
No match percentage
You get seven positions, each on its own scale. No single party is declared to own you.
The seven axes
Each is scored on its own, from one pole to the other. You can sit anywhere on any of them.
Welfare
Who the state should support, and how far that support should reach.
Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provisionMarkets
Whether growth is best steered by the state or by competition.
State-led developmentMarket-led developmentRecognition
How the state should answer inherited disadvantage.
Formal equalityGroup remediesNation
What holds India together, and who gets to define it.
PluralistMajoritarianAuthority
How much power the state may take to keep order.
Civil libertiesStrong stateCulture
Where personal choice ends and shared custom begins.
Personal autonomyTraditional normsFederalism
Whether Delhi or the states should hold the deciding vote.
CentreStates
Questions people ask
What LokDisha measures, how it scores, and what it does with your answers.
What is LokDisha?
LokDisha (लोकदिशा, “the people’s direction”) is a free political self-discovery quiz built for India. It maps your views across seven dimensions of Indian politics — welfare, markets, caste recognition, nationhood, state authority, culture, and federalism — using real policy trade-off questions, and shows which Indian parties and leaders sit nearest to your answers.
How is LokDisha different from the Political Compass test?
The classic political compass squeezes politics into two Western axes: economic left–right and libertarian–authoritarian. Indian politics doesn’t fit that grid — caste recognition, religious nationhood, Centre–state power and welfare-versus-markets each move independently. LokDisha measures seven India-specific dimensions instead, with questions about MSP, reservations, UCC and the choices Indian politics actually argues about.
Is LokDisha free?
Yes. LokDisha is completely free — no account, no payment, no sign-up. It works in English and Hindi, on phones and desktops.
How does LokDisha’s scoring work?
Every question offers five real policy positions running from one pole of an axis to the other. Your answers on each axis average into a score from −10 to +10, computed on our servers. An honest “Not familiar enough to say” option drops a question instead of guessing for you — and an axis with too many skips says “not enough info” rather than faking a number.
Which parties and leaders does LokDisha compare me with?
Nine major parties — BJP, Congress, AAP, CPI(M), TMC, DMK, SP, BSP and Shiv Sena (UBT) — plus twelve current leaders and nine historical figures, from Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ambedkar to Periyar and Savarkar. Each is placed on the same seven axes from their public record, with the evidence shown for every placement.
Does LokDisha tell me who to vote for?
No. LokDisha shows proximity, not advice: which parties sit nearest to your answers on each axis, with no match percentages and no endorsements. Most people discover no single party owns them — their nearest party changes from axis to axis.
Do I need an account? What happens to my answers?
No account, name, email or phone number is ever needed. Answers are stored anonymously and used in aggregate — to power features like comparing your reading with everyone else’s — never sold and never tied to who you are.
How long does the test take?
The quick version is 21 questions — about 4 minutes. The full version is 42 questions — about 8 minutes — and gives a steadier reading on every axis.