An attack on the integrity of the roll is an attack on the Constitution and the people. The EC is duty-bound to cooperate with the Opposition and the majority of Indians it represents.
Trump’s latest executive order follows his long-standing grievances with the American electoral system. He has, in the past, blamed his electoral defeats on voter fraud.
Existing research by CSDS-Lokniti uses a post-poll recall measure of change in household financial situation before the next election. It's problematic on two counts.
In India's ‘first-past-the-post’ system, there's a perverse incentive for political parties and candidates to overtly antagonise one section of voters to secure another section’s votes.
In 'How India Votes', CEO of Axis My India Pradeep Gupta writes that not even 10% of the crowd that claps and cheers for a leader will vote for him/her on the basis of what they hear at a rally.
Researchers from US and South Korea used data from 4,313 assembly constituencies over the years 1977-2007 to estimate the effects of droughts and heavy rainfall on Indian elections.
In a randomised evaluation in UP, researchers asked voters to discuss development issues and told them about how MLAs spent their funds. Here’s what happened.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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