In April and May 2024, India will hold the largest elections in recorded history. Over six weeks, nearly 950 million voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise and determine the composition of the next government as well as the fate of incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). India Elects 2024 presents sober, data-driven research and analysis from the world’s best young India scholars on the key drivers animating this massive democratic exercise. The initiative takes readers beyond the horse race, focusing on deeper questions about India’s political economy.
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On June 4, the ballots of roughly 650 million Indian voters will be counted in the culmination of the country’s eighteenth general election. Join this expert panel as they analyze the results of the election and its implications for India’s future.
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Six decades of election data shed light on the hollowing out of political representation in India.
By offering women norm-compliant ways to engage with politics, the ruling BJP has reversed its historic disadvantage with women.
India will soon hold the largest national election in recorded history and it is likely to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi in office for a third term. The last ten years in India’s history have witnessed conspicuous transformations. What do the next five years hold for India’s trajectory?
In the lead-up to the general elections, India’s rising status on the world stage is a big win for Modi in the eyes of many Indian voters.
Despite the progress on women’s turnout heading into the 2024 elections, a persistent gender gap colors many other forms of political engagement.
Despite wide vote swings and party switching from election to election, India’s 2024 contest may well be decided by the substantial segment of partisan loyalists who offer unwavering support to their parties.
Social media and messaging have become influential in Indian electoral politics—but they’re no replacement for in-person campaigning.
Although Muslims have increasingly voted in a unified way since the 2019 general elections, political and social mobilization highlights divisions along sub-identities like caste and sect.
As India’s political parties scramble to build their platforms for the 2024 general elections, new research illuminates how and when welfare schemes win over Indian voters.