A spatial analysis of India’s election results shows a unique geographical footprint of the BJP vote and how its recent progression follows obvious geographic patterns.
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Articles on India elections
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Despite branding himself India’s ‘watchman’, Modi has a mixed record when it comes to keeping India secure.
India’s re-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a victory speech that presented himself as a selfless and humble ascetic. This vision goes far to promote a Hindu nationalist ‘new’ India.
In Narendra Modi, India has found a development messiah.
The Bharatiya Janata Party of Narendra Modi has claimed victory in the world’s biggest democratic exercise.
Narendra Modi looks poised to win the Indian election, even though India’s long-standing economic and social problems haven’t been tackled to any great extent.
Women are vastly outnumbered in India’s parliament but there are some key names to look out for.
Anti-caste and Dalit movements have emerged as a voice to count on as India’s 2019 legislative elections unfold.
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Part six of The Anthill podcast's India Tomorrow series focuses on the concerns of young Indians.
As the rich get richer in India, many voters seem willing to overlook their everyday struggles, hoping that the trickle-down effect of a “business friendly” government will help the overall economy.
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, rode to power in 2014 promising economic transformation.
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Part five of India Tomorrow takes a look at India’s economy.
India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls.
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The world's largest democracy will see its biggest young voter turnout since gaining independence 72 years ago, with millions delivering their verdict on Narendra Modi's BJP government.
Explaining the equipment and the process by which hundreds of millions of ballots are collected and counted in India.
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We focus on Kashmir in the third part of our India Tomorrow podcast series: its history, the lives of its people, and the conflict over its future.
This is a transcript of episode three of The Anthill podcast series India Tomorrow on Kashmir.
India’s parliamentary elections, now underway, will show how social media is affecting Indian society and government.
New study finds food insecurity is negatively linked to learning outcomes in reading, English, maths, and local language vocabulary.
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The second part of this series from The Anthill podcast looks at the trajectories of Hindu nationalism in India.
Listen to academics from around the world in this seven-part podcast series on India ahead of the 2019 Indian elections.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor and Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Head of department, Staffordshire University
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Professor of History, Royal Holloway University of London
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Associate Professor, Department of Humanity and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of Northern Colorado
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Reader in Agrarian and Labour studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Gender & Development, University of East Anglia
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Chair of Contemporary Indian Studies, The University of Melbourne
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PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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Professor of Politics and Director of the Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
