Election Studies in India

The election system is the pillar of Indian democracy. The system consists of various levels of elections to the Lok Sabha (the House of Representatives of the Union), State Legislative Assemblies, and Panchayati Raj Institutions (local self-governing bodies under State Governments). This article includes a review of studies related to the elections of Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies conducted up to the present time. Studies are divided into those based on aggregate data and those based on survey data of the individual electorate. This division has the advantage of providing data that may be used in different analytical areas. Voter turnout and votes polled by party are the two main variables to be explained. This review article thus shows what has been explained in voting behaviour in India up to the present time.

Mejora urbana barrio de Balanza. Contener-Revitalizar

"El proyecto actúa en el corazón del barrio interviniendo en la losa deportiva a través de la mejora de la infraestructura y servicios públicos y en los mímites del asentamiento con un tratamiento de borde. La intervención de losa deportiva supone la culminación del existente ""Eje de la Cultura"". Extiende las zonas verdes, rehabilita la escuela y la sala multiusos relacionándolos y se genera un graderío para el festival de teatro local Fiteca. En los límites del asentamiento se reubican las viviendas poco consolidadas que se encuentran en riesgo tras unaoperación de contención de tierras y aterrazamiento. Las viviendas surgen en torno a una caseta sanitaria semilla, creciendo progresivamente construyéndose por los mismos pobladores. Se aprovechan áreas en desuso para generar accesibilidad y servicios. Elprincipal sistema constructivo empleado es el sitema LOK BILD o TABLIBLOC que se basan en la construcción mediante bloques huecos prefabricados de hormigón."

NTDB: Thermodynamic Database for Nucleic Acids

A new thermodynamic database for normal and modified nucleic acids has been developed. This Thermodynamic Database for Nucleic Acids (NTDB) includes sequence, structure and thermodynamic information as well as experimental methods and conditions. In this release, there are 1851 sequences containing both normal and modified nucleic acids. A user-friendly web-based interface has been developed to allow data searching under different conditions. Useful thermodynamic tools for the study of nucleic acids have been collected and linked for easy usage. NTDB is available at http://ntdb.chem.cuhk.edu.hk.

The Electoral Verdict and After: The Road Ahead for India. Asia Policy Brief 2014/04, June 2014

The convincing victory of the BJP in the 2014 Indian general elections came as a surprise to many. Most opinion polls, which had predicted a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that it leads, had not anticipated the scale of the party’s victory. The BJP alone won 282 seats and the NDA 336 out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament. Two things stand out in the verdict. This is the first time in 30 years that a party won a majority on its own; this is also the worst-ever showing by India’s grand old party, the Indian National Congress, which won a mere 44 seats, 70 less than its previous all-time low in 1999.

Modi's Reform Agenda: Change You Can Believe In? Asia Policy Brief 2015/04, November 2015

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered office with a historic political mandate. For the first time in thirty years, a single party won a majority of seats in the lower house of Parliament (Lok Sabha). However, Modi faces skyhigh expectations to fulfill his campaign promises of getting India’s economy back on track. Eighteen months into his government’s term and in the wake of electoral defeats in the states of Delhi and Bihar, questions are being raised about its economic performance. While the Modi government has stabilized India’s macroeconomy and announced a series of incremental economic reforms, more sweeping changes have fallen victim to India’s nettlesome domestic politics, including roadblocks within the ruling alliance.

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Latest issue consulted: 14th Lok Sabha, 50th (2009).

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