Constituencies

Opinion

Randomizing women's reservation in India

Empowering women through reservation alone will yield no success

3 min read13 May 2014
Specials

Are high-profile constituencies better off?

An analysis of 12 such constituencies shows most of them perform poorly on a wide range of indicators

4 min read21 Apr 2014
Politics

How valuable is your vote?

Identifying India's big and small constituencies, and examining which states have disproportionate representation in Parliament

4 min read20 Feb 2014
Politics

How valuable is your vote?

Identifying India's big and small constituencies, and examining which states have disproportionate representation in Parliament

4 min read10 Apr 2014
Politics

Election metrics: Bellwether constituencies

34 constituencies have been lucky with their representative being part of ruling coalition for each of last 4 governments

3 min read23 Jul 2013
Politics

Election analysis: Decoding ‘corners' of contests

How many significant candidates usually face off against each other in a particular constituency?

2 min read22 Jul 2013
Politics

A worrisome disconnect

The so-called VVIP constituencies perform poorly on social and health indicators

1 min read7 Sep 2012
Politics

Repoll to be held at 34 booths in 11 Manipur constituencies

Repoll to be held at 34 booths in 11 Manipur constituencies

1 min read31 Jan 2012
Politics

60% turnout in 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls, Naxals kill 18

60% turnout in 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls, Naxals kill 18

1 min read16 Apr 2009
Politics

Polling for 1st phase of LS elections tomorrow

Polling for 1st phase of LS elections tomorrow

2 min read15 Apr 2009