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The 46-year-old Illinois Senator got the support of about 73 per cent of the 343 members of the group who voted in the global primary in India.
The polling, organised by 'Democrats Abroad', a global organisation of overseas Democrats, was held between February five and 12 in the national capital.
Democrats Abroad said in a statement that Obama has also won the party's global primary, the final results of which were certified by organisation's International Chair in Geneva.
In the global primaries outside the US, in which polling took place from 160 countries, Obama has bagged 65.8 per cent votes leaving his opponent Clinton far behind with only 32 per cent vote in her kitty, it said.
"A total of 343 Democrats in India cast their ballot in our polling booth in Delhi," said Carolyn Sauvage-Mar, Chairperson of 'Democrats Abroad-India'.
According to her, 23,000 members of the group have voted globally. No data with regard to the Republicans was available.
She said in this first-ever such polling, which routed the traditional absentee votes for such elections, Democrats living in India responded "excitingly" to this balloting.
"We saw a great diversity of American Democrats taking part in the polling in India, including many first time voters," Sauvage-Mar said.
She said an American woman even flew to Delhi from Mumbai "just to vote".
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RatingSenator Obama is the choice for all Indian democrats and majority Indians, in US has thumbs up for him.
Subtle racism in Australia is daily business.It will be agood idea that India should sideline the Aussies for sometime that will be the only way to put them in their senses. They can play numerous other teams in the world.
Excellent choice. The republicans have never liked Indians, and Hillary's ethics less said the better.
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