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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How caste and class shape election results in India -Sriharsha Devulapalli

How caste and class shape election results in India -Sriharsha Devulapalli

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published Published on Apr 26, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 26, 2019
-Livemint.com

The BJP enjoyed greater support among upper caste-dominated affluent districts in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections than in other districts of the country

One of the notable features of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in 2014 was its ability to attract support across social groups, cutting across traditional divides of caste and class. Yet, support for the party was much greater among certain demographic groups than among others, a Mint analysis of district-wise demographic and voting patterns show.

The demographic data has been culled from the unit-level data of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 released last year, and vote-share data has been aggregated at the district level from the assembly segment data for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections published by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The analysis shows that the ruling party performed far better on average in affluent districts dominated by upper castes than in the rest of the country. Support for other parties in such districts was relatively lower. Affluence across districts has been measured on the basis of the ownership (of at least six) of the following eight assets: pucca house, electricity connection, phone (landline/mobile), television, AC/cooler, refrigerator, washing machine, and motorized vehicle.

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Livemint.com, 24 April, 2019, https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/how-caste-and-class-shape-election-results-in-india-1556094792910.html


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