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Are Congress’s EVM allegations a legitimate concern or a strategic diversion?
5 days, 23 hours ago

Are Congress’s EVM allegations a legitimate concern or a strategic diversion?

The Hindu  

After the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the echoes of alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulation has once again reverberated through political spaces, particularly from the Congress party and its allies. The Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s strong demand to reintroduce ballot papers by replacing the EVM highlights a recurring scepticism about the established electoral process. Understanding how much people trust EVMs provides crucial …

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How Modi won back India’s big economic prize five months after losing it
1 month ago

How Modi won back India’s big economic prize five months after losing it

Al Jazeera  

The BJP’s record win in Maharashtra underscores how it has bounced back from its setback in parliamentary elections, even as the opposition has lost the momentum it appeared to have gained. New Delhi, India – An alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept elections to India’s second-largest state, Maharashtra, on Saturday, dramatically regaining ground it had …

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The verdict of 2024, its amplified message
5 months, 1 week ago

The verdict of 2024, its amplified message

The Hindu  

The final turnout in the 2024 general election is a clear indication of the continued interest in, engagement with and participation of the Indian voter in India’s democratic processes. The turnout in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was only 1% lower when compared to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but this was still the third highest turnout ever in an …

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Why did exit polls go off the mark? | Explained
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why did exit polls go off the mark? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Ahead of election results on June 4, several exit polls predicted the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance to power, with a tally of more than 300 seats for the BJP alone. The CSDS-Lokniti post poll predicted that the NDA would receive a vote share of 46% while that of the INDIA bloc …

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CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Campaigns play key role in shaping choice
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Campaigns play key role in shaping choice

The Hindu  

In a democracy, electoral campaigns play a significant role in mobilizing the voters’ choices. Campaigning as a political strategy accomplishes three necessary tasks — it connects the parties and their leaders with the electorate; it introduces the voter to the party manifesto and candidate’s/party’s vision; and it builds a perception about who will win the election based on engagement with …

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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. …

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Why BJP-led NDA Seems to Have Advantage in 2024 Elections
7 months ago

Why BJP-led NDA Seems to Have Advantage in 2024 Elections

News 18  

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections have entered midway with the completion of four phases and only three phases remaining. Despite Dissatisfaction, Modi Remains Popular Coming to the 2024 elections, Lokniti-CSDS released a pre-poll survey in April where the data pointed out that the satisfaction level towards the Modi government has seen a dip of around 8.1 per cent — a …

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CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | There is no clear and close challenger to the BJP this time. ‘Ifs and buts’ apply
8 months, 1 week ago

CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | There is no clear and close challenger to the BJP this time. ‘Ifs and buts’ apply

The Hindu  

On June 4, 2024, the day of counting of votes of the Lok Sabha elections, will India witness anti-incumbency? We show that voters’ assessment of the government’s performance combined with the impact of the leadership factor may help the BJP weather the storm that economic distress may cause. And perhaps more significantly, it is to the BJP’s credit that even …

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CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Despite the economy, how is the BJP sitting pretty?
8 months, 1 week ago

CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Despite the economy, how is the BJP sitting pretty?

The Hindu  

Reports based on the pre-poll survey of the Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, published in these pages on April 11, focused on the factors that had the potential to work in favour of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha elections. But above all, the strengthening of Hindu identity and the BJP’s clear identification with the Ram Mandir issue …

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CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Nepotism, Defections and Alliances: BJP need not worry about its realpolitik
8 months, 1 week ago

CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Nepotism, Defections and Alliances: BJP need not worry about its realpolitik

The Hindu  

Political leaders are often seen switching allegiances, leaving their parent parties to join others, in pursuit of personal or strategic interests. On the other hand, supporters of the BJP and those of its allied parties tend to view the party as less nepotistic than the Congress. A little less than half of the voters believe that the BJP should refrain …

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BJP spruces up poll apparatus with major focus on Hindi belt
11 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP spruces up poll apparatus with major focus on Hindi belt

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With an eye on the forthcoming general election, the BJP has begun sprucing up its organisational apparatus. Responding to the agency's questionnaire, 38 per cent of voters in Chhattisgarh, 39 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and 51 per cent in Rajasthan seemed to be “fully satisfied” with the performance of the Modi government in the last five years. …

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How accurate were 2018 exit polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram?
1 year ago

How accurate were 2018 exit polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram?

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The exit poll results for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Mizoram and Rajasthan assembly elections will be released today. Axis My India and India Today predicted a neck and neck fight giving 111 seats to the BJP and 113 seats to the Congress. India News- NETA gave 106 seats to the BJP and 112 to the Congress. Axis My …

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Congress’s online campaign more robust in Madhya Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress’s online campaign more robust in Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh has mostly been a Bharatiya Janata Party -ruled State since 2003, with the Indian National Congress forming the government for a brief period between December 2018 to March 2020. The most active informants in the BJP sample in Madhya Pradesh were the Chief Minister’s handle accounting for 33% of posts, senior party leaders followed by the official party …

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Lokniti CSDS Survey | Clear contrast in Congress and BJP’s social media strategies in Rajasthan
1 year, 1 month ago

Lokniti CSDS Survey | Clear contrast in Congress and BJP’s social media strategies in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

As Rajasthan State elections are just around the corner, social media platforms have become sources of information dissemination and political campaigning. In comparison, the Congress party’s State account, @INCRajasthan on X, was the source of 21% of total Congress posts recorded. Comparatively, only 21% of the BJP’s total recorded posts were from its party workers; 11% of the posts from …

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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 …

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CSDS-Lokniti Survey | What contributed to the BJP’s massive victory in Gujarat?
2 years ago

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | What contributed to the BJP’s massive victory in Gujarat?

The Hindu  

The voters of Gujarat have created electoral history in the State by delivering a historic mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party. An analysis of aggregate data indicates that the BJP’s impressive performance was the by-product of an increase in vote share from 2017 by a mere three percentage points. Seven of every 10 of the BJP’s voters focused on the …

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CSDS-Lokniti survey | A month before polls, what is on the Gujarat voter’s mind?
2 years, 1 month ago

CSDS-Lokniti survey | A month before polls, what is on the Gujarat voter’s mind?

The Hindu  

When Narendra Modi entered the national political arena in 2013-14, he was portrayed as the mascot of the Gujarat model of development. Responding to an open-ended question, two-thirds of the voters spontaneously mentioned two issues that they would consider at the time of voting: price rise and unemployment. Five years ago, when the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Assembly elections, …

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A poll win needn’t mean approval of a government’s performance
2 years, 7 months ago

A poll win needn’t mean approval of a government’s performance

Live Mint  

The winning of an election by the incumbent government is often seen as an endorsement of the work done by it. Despite people’s critical views on price rise and unemployment, Bharatiya Janata Party governments retained power in all the four states under its rule. The survey’s findings indicate that in all five states where polls were held recently, there is …

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The Aam Aadmi Party, cutting across categories
2 years, 9 months ago

The Aam Aadmi Party, cutting across categories

The Hindu  

Among the five States that went to polls, if the outcome in Uttar Pradesh will prove critical in terms of bolstering the BJP’s ambition of a third term at the Centre, the outcome of Punjab will be of equal importance in terms of throwing up a possible challenger to the BJP in the Lok Sabha election. Secondly, it cuts into …

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Advantage BJP even as AAP stuns everyone
2 years, 9 months ago

Advantage BJP even as AAP stuns everyone

The Hindu  

The elections to the five State Assemblies saw two trends. Net satisfaction It is clear that except Punjab, voters were more satisfied with the Central government than they were with the State governments. In Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa, the net satisfaction of voters with the Central government was way higher than the net satisfaction with the State government. Net …

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What explains the communal campaigns in UP polls
2 years, 11 months ago

What explains the communal campaigns in UP polls

Live Mint  

Voters in Uttar Pradesh are all set to participate in one of the most significant state elections ahead of the Lok Sabha polls of 2024. View Full Image Muslim population share in UP Muslim voters are spread across Uttar Pradesh, but more so in the Ruhelkhand and western regions, where the community has a 35% and 32% population share, respectively. …

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Real Chance of Win in Punjab, Registering Presence in Other States: Will 2022 Be AAP's Breakthrough Year?
2 years, 11 months ago

Real Chance of Win in Punjab, Registering Presence in Other States: Will 2022 Be AAP's Breakthrough Year?

News 18  

For the Aam Aadmi Party, 2022 promises to be the breakthrough year when it can finally cross the hump of being a ‘Delhi-centric’ regional outfit and spread its wings in the five election-bound states of Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and, later in the year, also Gujarat. The style sheet of the campaign is the same: the electioneering in Punjab, …

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Getting a handle on the battle for Uttar Pradesh
3 years ago

Getting a handle on the battle for Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

If one is to go by the number of political parties contesting elections in Uttar Pradesh, it may be seen to be a multi-cornered contest. The BJP has also managed to form alliances with smaller regional parties which would only help the party in consolidating its support base. When compared to the 2017 Assembly elections, the support base of the …

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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 …

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