Ms Harinder Sidhu visited a polling booth in Delhi on May 12 when Indian voters voted in the sixth phase of the election. She described the experience as "inspiring."
"It has been a really inspiring experience to watch the world's largest democracy going to the poll. It's a really unique experience. I come from Australia which is slightly smaller than India in terms of population. I think for most Australian we would ask how you can get so many people to the polls and voting in the way that you do. And the answer is actually how well-organised Electoral Commission and all its officials are."
Ms Sidhu was impressed by the efficacy of the electoral system and hailed it as orderly, organised and efficient.
India's election is being observed by many countries as almost 900 million voters are using their right to vote. Six phases of the elections are over, and the voting for the last phase will be on May 19.
Ms Sidhu says she is impressed by the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
"I am very impressed by the electronic voting machine. We don't have those in Australia. It is a system that is set up to support the voter coming to vote, and I think that really speaks very highly of the quality of Indian democracy," she told news agency ANI.
When asked about the controversy around EVM machines, Ms Sidhu said, "I think even with paper ballots which we have in Australia, it is always a case where there is a risk to integrity in any system. What you have to consider is what the government and electoral officials do, to make it as sound a process as possible; to address those concerns and to support the integrity and people's confidence in the election."
Opposition parties in India have expressed their concerns over the credibility of the electronic voting machines.
Ms Sidhu praised the use of VVPAT (voter-verified paper audit trail) with EVMs.
"With the EVM, I think the VVPAT is actually a very good development because it does give the voter and it does give other people confidence that it has integrity as a voting process," Ms Sidhu said.
The Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) allows voters to verify that their votes are cast to the party they wanted to.
The Supreme Court of India has ordered that random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs will take place in five polling booths per assembly segment.
