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Why are urban and rural voters dissimilar? -Narendar Pani

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published Published on Apr 23, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 23, 2019
-The Hindu Business Line

Vote shares are generally higher in rural India, because of the centrality of political power in meeting the needs of communities

Well before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls have reached the half-way mark there has been a firm reaffirmation of the sharp differences between the urban and the rural voter. The levels of participation of rural voters in Karnataka’s polling have once again been far greater than that of their urban counterparts.

A predominantly rural constituency like Mandya recorded over 80 per cent polling, while Bengaluru South, the home to the globalised information technology industry, came in with a number that was around 27 percentage points lower. The reasons that have been cited for the urban voters’ lack of interest have ranged from the temptation of the polling holiday providing an extra long weekend to the choice of candidates. What has not been adequately recognised is the vastly different role of voting in urban and rural politics.

Rural politics functions substantially around groups. The fact that these groups are usually formed around caste and religion masks a more basic reason for their resilience. In a country that extends to a sixth of all humanity, the primary concerns of voters in different parts of the country can vary quite substantially. While voters may share some common concerns such as national security or the need for state monetary support, there would be a very large number of local issues influencing their everyday existence, including some as essential as the supply of drinking water.

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The Hindu Business Line, 22 April, 2019, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/the-way-people-vote-and-why/article26913896.ece


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