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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicVoters

Topic: voters

Not just political apathy, faulty electoral rolls to blame for lower Lok Sabha poll turnout

Rahul Verma -
National Election Study surveys have consistently shown that only 10 per cent electors did not vote because of lack of interest in politics.

Women voters in Indian democracy: A silent revolution

Mudit Kapoor -
Women voters in India have increased over the years and the way they vote has a strong impact on re-election outcomes, finds study.

Three simple things Election Commission must fix urgently, before solving larger problems

Shashi Tharoor -
There is more EC can do to assuage fears and problems of voters than arrange for ‘hackathons’.

For voters this election, Rahul Gandhi didn’t start the fire. That’s the problem

D.K. Singh -
Congressmen must wonder how many more elections they need to lose before their leader understands the pulse of the people.

Bandra is the new South Mumbai, and it’s nothing to be proud of

Manasi Phadke -
Mumbai North Central constituency has been recording low polling percentages for the past several elections. They are even worse than Mumbai South.

Muslim votes matter: Here’s how they voted for BJP after 2014

Hilal Ahmed -
Muslim voters have refused to be recognised as the main opponent of the BJP’s Hindutva politics.

Political parties dominate India’s national elections, not candidates

Pradeep Chhibber -
Number of candidates in each constituency has grown rapidly since Independence but an independent has a very small likelihood of winning a Lok Sabha seat.

3 charts challenge lazy thinking on voter turnout and its link to literacy & urbanisation

Pradeep Chhibber -
In 2014, the voter turnout increased considerably across the board, and the most significant increase was witnessed in large cities.

In Uttar Pradesh, the third Modi wave is as strong as 2014 and 2017

Shivam Vij -
The SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, despite its strong caste arithmetic, is unable to woo any of Narendra Modi’s voters.

Why voters don’t turn up in larger numbers in Lok Sabha elections – all politics is local

Pradeep Chhibber -
Panchayat leaders make decisions that can have a direct and immediate impact on villagers.
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Economy

Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Udit Bubna -
Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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