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Pranav Gupta

ARTICLES BY PRANAV GUPTA

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia offering prayers at Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place after Aam Aadmi Party swept the Delhi Assembly elections (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Why India’s political parties are embracing Hindu rituals

3 min read . 09 Mar 2020

Whether AAP gets to keep the poll ‘localized’ could determine if Delhi continues with sharp one-sided verdicts (Photo: ANI)

Can Aam Aadmi Party retain Delhi?

3 min read . 03 Feb 2020

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren meets general pubic at his residence in Ranchi. The Indian voter has distinct preferences for state and national elections, and the Jharkhand verdict fits in with the trend (Photo: PTI)

What led to BJP’s loss in Jharkhand

3 min read . 30 Dec 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with CM Raghubar Das and other BJP leaders during an election campaign rally for the Jharkhand Assembly polls, in Palamu. For around a decade after the first state polls in 2005, Jharkhand has been marked by political instability (Photo: PTI)

Can the BJP hold on to Jharkhand?

3 min read . 26 Nov 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in Rohtak. The BJP’s vote share in the Haryana assembly polls had almost quadrupled from 9.1% in 2009 to 33.2% in 2014 (File photo: PTI)

It's advantage BJP in Haryana polls

3 min read . 07 Oct 2019

Allahabad: A sadhu offer prayers at outside his tent during the ongoing Kumbh Mela. (PTI)

How religiosity transcends class divides in India

2 min read . 06 Feb 2019

Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

The electoral math behind the upper caste quota

4 min read . 16 Jan 2019

A massive upsurge in rural support was instrumental in the BJP’s victory in 2014. The next few months will reveal if it has done enough to retain this expanded support. Photo: PIB

Elections 2019: Will welfare schemes help BJP retain rural votes?

3 min read . 20 Dec 2018

A substantial section of the Indian electorate decides whom to vote for during the campaign period or just on the eve of voting. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Why last leg of campaigning is crucial in Indian elections

3 min read . 26 Nov 2018

A file photo of people protesting against the SC/ST Act in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Photo: HT

Why tribal votes are pivotal in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan elections

3 min read . 18 Oct 2018

The voice of youth from peasant castes demanding reservation is likely to grow louder as the 2019 general elections approach. Photo: PTI

Are Marathas, Jats and Patels economically weak?

3 min read . 20 Sept 2018

Indian youths take a written entrance exam for a government job in Bhopal. Photo: AFP

What Young India wants: ‘Sarkari Naukri’

3 min read . 22 Aug 2018

With 2019 Lok Sabha elections less than a year away, both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have started reaching out to regional parties for alliances. Photo: Mint

The alliance conundrum ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections

3 min read . 18 Jun 2018

BJP supporters hold cut-out photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign rally in Bangalore on Tuesday. Photo: AP

The arithmetic behind the Karnataka electoral contest

3 min read . 09 May 2018

BJP president Amit Shah. The Dalit vote is critical for the BJP if it seeks to repeat its 2014 performance. This is especially true for states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh where it had witnessed a significant swing in Dalit votes in its favour. Photo: PTI

Why retaining the Dalit vote is a tough challenge for the BJP

3 min read . 26 Apr 2018

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party’s Mayawati. How the Congress engages with the SP-BSP alliance could also have an impact on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Elections 2019: What the political realignment in Uttar Pradesh means

3 min read . 24 Mar 2018

Unless the BJP is able to enthuse its core urban votebank to come out in support of the party in large numbers on voting day, repeating the performance of 2014 will not be possible for the party in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Photo: PTI

Why BJP can’t afford to take its middle class votebank for granted

2 min read . 01 Mar 2018

It will be interesting to see what choices Arun Jaitley makes in the last full budget of the NDA government before it faces the electorate in 2019. Photo: Bloomberg

Why the BJP needs to reach out to rural voters

3 min read . 30 Jan 2018

Politicians are increasingly focusing on women voters. Photo:

The growing importance of women as an electoral constituency

3 min read . 27 Dec 2017

The other backward classes (OBCs) constitute a little less than half of India’s electorate and are a vastly heterogeneous group. Photo: HT

The politics of reservations and the OBC vote

4 min read . 15 Nov 2017