diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/localmongodb/schema.py b/bigchaindb/backend/localmongodb/schema.py
index 1ad88928..9bb3fbad 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/localmongodb/schema.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/localmongodb/schema.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def create_indexes(conn, dbname):
     create_utxos_secondary_index(conn, dbname)
     create_pre_commit_secondary_index(conn, dbname)
     create_validators_secondary_index(conn, dbname)
+    create_elections_secondary_index(conn, dbname)
 
 
 @register_schema(LocalMongoDBConnection)
@@ -133,6 +134,11 @@ def create_validators_secondary_index(conn, dbname):
     conn.conn[dbname]['validators'].create_index('height',
                                                  name='height',
                                                  unique=True,)
-    conn.conn[dbname]['validators'].create_index('election_id',
-                                                 name='election_id',
-                                                 unique=True,)
+
+
+def create_elections_secondary_index(conn, dbname):
+    logger.info('Create `elections` secondary index.')
+
+    conn.conn[dbname]['elections'].create_index('election_id',
+                                                name='election_id',
+                                                unique=True,)
diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/schema.py b/bigchaindb/backend/schema.py
index 04c1bdd0..1daacbbd 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/schema.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/schema.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Tables/collections that every backend database must create
 TABLES = ('transactions', 'blocks', 'assets', 'metadata',
-          'validators', 'pre_commit', 'utxos')
+          'validators', 'elections', 'pre_commit', 'utxos')
 
 VALID_LANGUAGES = ('danish', 'dutch', 'english', 'finnish', 'french', 'german',
                    'hungarian', 'italian', 'norwegian', 'portuguese', 'romanian',
diff --git a/tests/backend/localmongodb/test_schema.py b/tests/backend/localmongodb/test_schema.py
index 2481cd60..6996a127 100644
--- a/tests/backend/localmongodb/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/backend/localmongodb/test_schema.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def test_init_creates_db_tables_and_indexes():
     collection_names = conn.conn[dbname].collection_names()
     assert set(collection_names) == {
         'transactions', 'assets', 'metadata', 'blocks', 'utxos', 'pre_commit',
-        'validators'
+        'validators', 'elections'
     }
 
     indexes = conn.conn[dbname]['assets'].index_information().keys()
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ def test_init_creates_db_tables_and_indexes():
     assert set(indexes) == {'_id_', 'pre_commit_id'}
 
     indexes = conn.conn[dbname]['validators'].index_information().keys()
-    assert set(indexes) == {'_id_', 'height', 'election_id'}
+    assert set(indexes) == {'_id_', 'height'}
+
+    indexes = conn.conn[dbname]['elections'].index_information().keys()
+    assert set(indexes) == {'_id_', 'election_id'}
 
 
 def test_init_database_fails_if_db_exists():
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ def test_create_tables():
 
     collection_names = conn.conn[dbname].collection_names()
     assert set(collection_names) == {
-        'transactions', 'assets', 'metadata', 'blocks', 'utxos', 'validators',
+        'transactions', 'assets', 'metadata', 'blocks', 'utxos', 'validators', 'elections',
         'pre_commit'}
 
 
@@ -116,6 +119,10 @@ def test_create_secondary_indexes():
     assert index_info['utxo']['key'] == [('transaction_id', 1),
                                          ('output_index', 1)]
 
+    indexes = conn.conn[dbname]['elections'].index_information()
+    assert set(indexes.keys()) == {'_id_', 'election_id'}
+    assert indexes['election_id']['unique']
+
     indexes = conn.conn[dbname]['pre_commit'].index_information()
     assert set(indexes.keys()) == {'_id_', 'pre_commit_id'}
     assert indexes['pre_commit_id']['unique']