Votes from the Indian diaspora will be the deciding factor in the upcoming general election in UK in May.
Almost 4 million voters — about one in 10 of the entire electorate in England and Wales — have been found to be born abroad.
Indians have emerged the largest chunk in this foreign born electorate.
As many as 615,000 Indians will vote in the upcoming election.
The second largest chunk of foreign voters will be Pakistanis — 431,000.
Records show the Commonwealth migrant communities (in particular from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa), along with the Irish Republic, will have the highest numbers of potential voters in May 2015. European Union nationals, despite their large and growing presence in the UK, will be heavily under-represented in May 2015, as a large majority have not yet acquired British citizenship.
The migrant electorate is heavily concentrated in London — 19 of the 20 seats with the largest migrant voter shares are in Greater London.
