elections

Why Even the Best Exit Polls in India Are Useless

Hartosh Singh Bal

Conclusions about caste and community vote patterns in Indian elections are all based on erroneous data. At best we can only make qualitative assessments, but if political ‘scientists’ were to admit this, what would they do?

Can’t the Congress Think Straight?

Dhirendra K Jha

For all its talk of a lack of regional structure in UP, the party is destroying the one that exists in neighbouring Uttarakhand

Television as Political Theatre

Mihir Srivastava

...and the splendid isolation of talking heads doing election analysis in TV studios

Down in UP

arindam

State politics as seen by the general public of Uttar Pradesh

It’s Not Always Better in Goa

Haima Deshpande

And certainly not in the arena of politics. However, with Remo Fernandes crooning to get Goans out to vote, the state’s poll scene is far from dull

Tourism Is Now an Election Issue

Haima Deshpande

A few candidates are taking up the resentment of local residents against backpackers seen as contributing little to the Goan economy

Why Do Voters Bother?

Hartosh Singh Bal

For three elections in a row, Punjab has seen the same set of politicians make the same promises and deliver the same disappointments. Yet, the voting percentage continues to rise