CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP’s sustained loss in women’s vote
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP’s sustained loss in women’s vote

The Hindu  

As Table 1 shows, 37% men and 36% women voted for the BJP this time. During the 2019 general elections, the BJP’s success was linked to its popular welfare schemes, particularly those that targeted women voters. Second, the BJP was known as a party of the socially privileged sections and thus had a somewhat skewed social support base. In other words, despite its expanded social support base, the BJP still faces loss of support among women.

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BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes
5 days, 13 hours ago

BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes

The Quint  

This is the second of a two-part reflective analysis drawn from the observations made in the BJP’s performance across recent Assembly elections. India’s electoral history and political landscape is perhaps witnessing a tectonic shift, wheeled under the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and at its heart lies a ‘silent’, quiet, yet powerful revolution. Women voters, often overlooked in most …

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics
1 week, 5 days ago

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:40 IST - 10 MINS READ After a decades-long silence following the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the 1990s, the discussion on women’s political representation and political participation has been revived now. As a result, there was only a slight difference between the Congress and the BJP in terms of women …

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?
1 week, 5 days ago

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:39 IST - 11 MINS READ After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. Maharashtra has 4.6 crore women voters, of which 2.34 crore were already beneficiaries of the scheme by the time the State went …

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme
3 weeks, 1 day ago

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme

The Hindu  

The large turnout of women voters and a State scheme to provide financial aid to women were among the factors that led to the BJP’s resounding defeat in the recent Jharkhand Assembly election, according to an internal review of the party’s poll debacle conducted over the weekend in Ranchi. Cash transfer for women Party sources said that during the meeting, …

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand have highlighted the significant impact of women voters on the political fortunes of both the National Democratic Alliance and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. The alliance promised to provide Rs.2,500 per month to women starting December if re-elected, in addition to the existing Rs.1,000 given to poor women aged …

Election Results: 5 reasons behind BJP’s best-ever show in Maharashtra – from ‘ladki bahin’ to ‘ek hai to safe hai’
1 month ago

Election Results: 5 reasons behind BJP’s best-ever show in Maharashtra – from ‘ladki bahin’ to ‘ek hai to safe hai’

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has put up a stellar performance in the ruling Mahayuti dispensation's expected victory in Maharashtra. Apart from the BJP, the Mahayuti alliance comprises Ajit Pawar-led NCPand Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Here's a look at 5 reasons for the BJP's best-ever performance in Maharashtra: 1- Ladki Bahin Yojana In the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the …

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women
3 months, 1 week ago

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women

Hindustan Times  

Fifty-one women candidates have been fielded by major political parties for the October 5 elections of the 90-member Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the battlefield from where former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had begun her illustrious political journey in 1977. Now, as over 2 crore voters of Haryana are gearing up for the elections of the 15th Vidhan Sabha, ruling BJP’s …

Do women prefer the BJP/NDA over other parties?
4 months ago

Do women prefer the BJP/NDA over other parties?

The Hindu  

The role of women voters in Indian elections has become a matter of discussion and analysis over the past decade. Table 3 shows the share of women voters in States where the BJP/NDA gained support among them in the 2024 general elections. Click to subscribe to our Data newsletter The UPA/INDIA bloc gained support among women voters across many States. …

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years
6 months ago

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years

Firstpost  

Making just 13.63 per cent of the elected strength, the 18th Lok Sabha will comprise only 74 women compared to 469 men, even lower than the previous House India recently concluded its 2024 general elections, which took place in seven phases—from April 19 to June 1—to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Making just 13.63 per cent of …

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?
6 months, 1 week ago

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?

Al Jazeera  

The pitch was clear — the results mixed for Modi’s BJP. Critics point out that semiformal and informal sectors dominate when it comes to India’s labour force – offering far fewer protections to workers, especially women. Overall, India’s female labour participation ratio has fallen in recent years – meaning that fewer women are even seeking employment. Women’s Reservation Bill: Passed …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP faces minor challenges in Gujarat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP faces minor challenges in Gujarat

The Hindu  

Gujarat continues to be under the spell of the BJP. The BJP has a uniform and robust vote share both in rural and urban areas with almost two in every three voters supporting it but the Congress was able to register a slightly better support of voters from rural areas than in urban areas. Though as reported during the campaign, …

BJD’s bold move to boost women’s representation fails to meet expectations
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BJD’s bold move to boost women’s representation fails to meet expectations

The Hindu  

The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal’s attempts to send more women to the State Assembly and Lok Sabha came out a cropper with only five out of 41 women candidates winning the election, halting the trend of party’s successful run with women candidates. As the saffron party swept, none of BJD Lok Sabha women candidates could win their seat. BJD’s …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: The BJP’s pro-rich skew becomes moderate
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: The BJP’s pro-rich skew becomes moderate

The Hindu  

In the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the gap between the poor and the rich with regard to their support for the BJP was very wide — that is, more among the rich and middle class voted for the BJP compared to the those belonging to the poor and lower class. The findings of the Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey indicate …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP maintains advantage among young voters
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP maintains advantage among young voters

The Hindu  

In a country as large and diverse as India, voter choices, especially of the youth can be a Pandora’s box requiring careful unpacking and understanding. In contrast, the BJP received substantial youth support in 2019, with 40% of young voters backing them, a clear pattern that stood them apart from the older voters. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 21% …

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results

Hindustan Times  

Most exit polls have predicted a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance. The BJP surged ahead of the Congress in terms of vote share among upper castes in the 1996 elections. In 1996, the BJP’s vote share among OBC, SC and ST groups was 54%, 40% and 60% of its support among non SC-ST-OBC voters. …

Women, youth and Scheduled Castes emerge as important segments in the Lok Sabha election’s outcomes
7 months ago

Women, youth and Scheduled Castes emerge as important segments in the Lok Sabha election’s outcomes

The Hindu  

The ongoing Lok Sabha election is beyond the half-way point, and while the central question of the polls remains the same — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and whether he gets a third term — there are three significant mini narratives within this meta narrative on which the election hinges, namely, women, the youth, and the Scheduled Castes. It was in …

BJD, BJP vie for women voters to tip the scales in Odisha
7 months ago

BJD, BJP vie for women voters to tip the scales in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

At the heart of the contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal in Odisha is the scramble for winning over the women voters who, leaders of both the parties admit, are key to determining the poll outcome in the state. Women voters have outnumbered men in turnout since 2000, and this is perceived as a key …

Out of 543, no women MP on 349 Lok Sabha seats in last 20 years. Check party-wise analysis
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Out of 543, no women MP on 349 Lok Sabha seats in last 20 years. Check party-wise analysis

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections are underway in the country. Out of the total declared candidates so far, women candidates share in the saffron party is 16 per cent while Congress has 14 per cent. This means that there is one woman candidate in every 7 in the BJP and one woman representative in every 6 candidates in the 'Grand Old Party'. …

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters

Hindustan Times  

India has experienced a decade of political churning. However, in Congress–aligned households, only 68% of women followed men’s political preferences, with 25% aligning themselves with the rival BJP instead. The BJP’s traction among women was also pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, as evidenced by community-specific, gender-disaggregated patterns from exit polls conducted by Axis-MyIndia in that state’s 2022 assembly elections. Despite Hindutva’s …

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in …

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu
8 months ago

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Phase 1 of the General Elections 2024 is over. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, women were only 9% of the candidates. In Uttar Pradesh, with 80 parliamentary seats, the first phase has seen only seven women contesting compared to 80 men. Rajasthan, with 25 Lok Sabha seats, has 10 women candidates, while Gujarat with 26 seats has so far …

Lok Sabha elections: How women voters emerged as a decisive factor in polls | EXPLAINED
9 months ago

Lok Sabha elections: How women voters emerged as a decisive factor in polls | EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: It is often said that Indian politics is highly patriarchal, but over the last few decades women voters have changed the scenario by playing a decisive role in forming the government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the AAP government's Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana to give Rs 1,000 to all women above 18 years of age …

India’s women voters will surpass male voters in 2029 Lok Sabha polls: Report
1 year ago

India’s women voters will surpass male voters in 2029 Lok Sabha polls: Report

Live Mint  

A major shift in India's electoral landscape is anticipated by the end of this decade. A report by the SBI has claimed that women voters in India will surpass male voters from 2029 onwards. In the upcoming general election in 2024, the SBI report has projected a total voter turnout of around 68 crore, of which women voters could be …

Nari Hai to Mumkin Hai: How women voters propelled BJP to victory
1 year ago

Nari Hai to Mumkin Hai: How women voters propelled BJP to victory

Firstpost  

In the three Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the BJP went all out to woo women voters. Women voted in large numbers and put their faith in the saffron party “Behnon aur bhaiyon,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post on X after election results in four states – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan Chhattisgarh, and Telangana …

Assembly election results: How BJP’s gambit paid off in Rajasthan
1 year ago

Assembly election results: How BJP’s gambit paid off in Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

The fact that Rajasthan’s voters like change every five years is almost a truism of Indian politics. Rajasthan BJP leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje celebrating the party’s victory in the assembly elections with her supporters in Jaipur on Sunday. It was not to be, for as Sunday’s results showed, the BJP won comfortably, despite not having projected any …

Assembly election results: How BJP’s gambit paid off in Rajasthan
1 year ago

Assembly election results: How BJP’s gambit paid off in Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

The fact that Rajasthan’s voters like change every five years is almost a truism of Indian politics. Rajasthan BJP leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje celebrating the party’s victory in the assembly elections with her supporters in Jaipur on Sunday. It was not to be, for as Sunday’s results showed, the BJP won comfortably, despite not having projected any …

No ticket, only sops: women still fall behind in the electoral sweepstakes
1 year, 1 month ago

No ticket, only sops: women still fall behind in the electoral sweepstakes

The Hindu  

Cash assistance, subsidised LPG cylinders, free education from kindergarten to postgraduation, and free rides on urban public transport — it is election season in five States and political parties are bending over backwards to woo women voters with a slew of promises. Swing voters While in some States, the gap has closed, in many other States the voting percentage of …

Politics and sexism: What have parties really done on women empowerment?
1 year, 3 months ago

Politics and sexism: What have parties really done on women empowerment?

India Today  

“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. There were ludicrous claims of a tunnel running between her and a senior leader's home, writes journalist Nidhi Sharma in her recently published book ‘She, The Leader -- Women in Indian Politics’. Also, …

‘Daily Sops’ on Air for Women: It’s Prime Time for BJP, Cong Schemes Ahead of MP, Raj Polls - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Daily Sops’ on Air for Women: It’s Prime Time for BJP, Cong Schemes Ahead of MP, Raj Polls - News18

News 18  

Women voters more so. Listen to know@_pallavighosh with details#GasCylinder #PMModi | @AnushaSoni23 pic.twitter.com/DgtI7q0OfQ — News18 August 30, 2023 WOO-MANIA In the upcoming polls in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, both the BJP and Congress are in a race to announce more sops for women. For example, in Madhya Pradesh, Congress chief and CM aspirant Kamal Nath launched the ‘Nari Samman Yojana’, …

Lokniti-CSDS survey | How the Congress won an absolute majority in Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Lokniti-CSDS survey | How the Congress won an absolute majority in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Since 1985, Karnataka has never voted back a ruling party. It is clear that the Congress received more or less uniform support across age groups, while the BJP drew greater support from younger voters. The Congress drew greater support as compared to the BJP from those with different educational achievements, except those who had a college degree — a section …

Male voters take BJP to a landslide victory in Gujarat
2 years ago

Male voters take BJP to a landslide victory in Gujarat

The Hindu  

When a party posts a landslide victory, its vote among most social sections also ordinarily records an increase. Yet, in BJP’s victory in the Gujarat Assembly election recently, we can note an extra share of men voters. Improved figures However, in comparison to 2017, the performance of the BJP has improved significantly among male voters, with the party registering a …

Why more women voted for the BJP in 2022 elections | Analysis
2 years, 9 months ago

Why more women voted for the BJP in 2022 elections | Analysis

India Today  

The story of women voting in India has added one more puzzle for social scientists to decipher. In many states too, the party gained some advantage with women voters - the trend was very visible in the 2020 Bihar and 2021 Assam assembly elections. Very simply, learn from leaders such as Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar, and make concerted outreach …

Women voters behind BJP big victory in U.P.
2 years, 9 months ago

Women voters behind BJP big victory in U.P.

The Hindu  

The women’s vote in Uttar Pradesh has clearly emerged as a crucial determining factor behind the BJP’s comfortable victory. Lokniti’s post-poll survey data affirms that the BJP managed a huge vote lead of 13 percentage points over SP+ among women voters. The BJP’s lead over the SP alliance was the sharpest amongst the youngest and the oldest women voters. In …

Assembly poll results 2022: BJP wins a famous victory, but AAP’s rise is alarming
2 years, 9 months ago

Assembly poll results 2022: BJP wins a famous victory, but AAP’s rise is alarming

Firstpost  

The fact that AAP has now won the restive border state of Punjab is disturbing. An AAP-run Punjab will be, I fear, a prime target for subnational diplomacy as promised by Joe Biden’s ambassador-designate to India, Eric Garcetti It is a positive sign that in the recently held elections, the BJP won the states that it is currently ruling, for …

Behind BJP’s Big Uttar Pradesh Win: The Silent Women Voters
2 years, 9 months ago

Behind BJP’s Big Uttar Pradesh Win: The Silent Women Voters

News 18  

Behind the Bharatiya Janata Party’s big win in Uttar Pradesh for a historic second term, which no government could achieve in the past 37 years, is the women voter which seems to have consolidated behind the party over the free rations given for the past two years and the improved law and order. Even the promise of free electricity made …

UP 70: Impressed With Free Ration, Security, PM Modi, Will Purvanchal’s Women Vote for BJP?
2 years, 9 months ago

UP 70: Impressed With Free Ration, Security, PM Modi, Will Purvanchal’s Women Vote for BJP?

News 18  

In the newly opened ‘The Foodie Cafe’ in Mau, the land of Mukhtar Ansari, Alka and Archana are feasting on some choc-o-chip ice-cream. A senior BJP leader told News18 that not many women attend Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s rallies, with young men mostly thronging near the stage. THE ‘RATION’ CARD Visiting multiple villages in Purvanchal, News18 found tremendous recall …

Increased participation to political exclusion: The women factor in UP polls
2 years, 10 months ago

Increased participation to political exclusion: The women factor in UP polls

India Today  

Women voters have emerged in recent state elections not only as a distinct segment of the electorate but also in some cases as makers of elections. Second, while women voters' registration has seen considerable progress in recent years, there are still fewer women than men on the electoral rolls. Data available for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh election …

UP Next: The Road to Winning over Women in Uttar Pradesh Goes Via Family
2 years, 11 months ago

UP Next: The Road to Winning over Women in Uttar Pradesh Goes Via Family

News 18  

Whom will women of Uttar Pradesh vote for in the upcoming Assembly election in 2022? Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress general secretary and party’s face in Uttar Pradesh, has largely centered her campaign around women as a social group and an electoral community. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party too is sharpening its strategy of reaching out to women voters in Uttar …

Mind The Gap | Wooing the Indian woman voter
3 years ago

Mind The Gap | Wooing the Indian woman voter

Hindustan Times  

Everybody loves the woman voter Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement of a ₹1,000 monthly stipend to women above 18 in poll-bound Punjab if his Aam Aadmi Party is elected to power signals the rise and rise of the woman voter. The Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s commitment to field 40% of women candidates in next year’s Uttar Pradesh election is …

The emerging vote bank that every political party wants to tap
3 years, 1 month ago

The emerging vote bank that every political party wants to tap

Live Mint  

Last week, the Congress pledged to field women in 40% of the seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. During the 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, women’s voter turnout was 7.6 percentage points higher than men’s, the highest gender advantage in favour of women voters among all states. Women voters in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, and …

Bihar panchayat polls: Trend reverses,women emerge as ‘better half’ after 50% quota
3 years, 3 months ago

Bihar panchayat polls: Trend reverses,women emerge as ‘better half’ after 50% quota

Hindustan Times  

PATNA Woman candidates have outnumbered men in the forthcoming panchayat elections by a good margin in the first two phases. A former commissioner with Chief Vigilance Commission is set to contest the panchayat election in Bihar from Raj Singhwahini panchayat in Sonbarsa block of Sitamarhi district, which was represented for the last five years by his wife, who now wants …

BJP failed to attract Congress, Left supporters, finds CSDS-Lokniti Survey - The Hindu
3 years, 7 months ago

BJP failed to attract Congress, Left supporters, finds CSDS-Lokniti Survey - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The success of the BJP in West Bengal during the 2019 Lok Sabha election was largely made possible due to a significant shift amongst traditional Left and Congress supporters towards it. Voters who described themselves as… AITC BJP Left-Congress Traditional Left supporters 18 33 46 Traditional Cong -29 25 50 Traditional AITC 85 7 2 Traditional BJP 4 94 1 …

To Win Bengal Polls, BJP Pulls Out All Stops to Woo Women Voters Away from Mamata
3 years, 9 months ago

To Win Bengal Polls, BJP Pulls Out All Stops to Woo Women Voters Away from Mamata

News 18  

That women voters likely form the biggest support base of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her party, the Trinamool Congress, has been analysed threadbare. “We will launch Mission Atmanirbhar Mahila with a corpus of Rs 5,000 crore to help women become economically independent,” he said, also promising a 33 per cent quota for women in government jobs. Besides …

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