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Reading Time: 2 mins In a country that sends one MP per 1.5 Million voters, what are the chances that candidates with similar names contest against each other? And, what are the chances that only 1 of the candidates […]
Reading Time: 2 mins In a country that sends one MP per 1.5 Million voters, what are the chances that candidates with similar names contest against each other? And, what are the chances that only 1 of the candidates […]
Reading Time: 3 mins Even simple information such as the names of candidates can provide a rich field for analysis. (For example, a few years ago, we conducted a similar analysis on the names of students in Tamil Nadu,
Reading Time: 2 mins Today, on 17 Apr 2014, 121 constituencies are going for elections.This is the day on which the largest number of constituencies are voting. Last election, by votes, these constituencies polled over 9.4 crore votes. Given
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Reading Time: 3 mins What happens if a constituency has a large number of candidates? Do the votes get split, with the winner winning with a lower margin? For example, if there are several hundreds of candidates like at
Reading Time: 4 mins A lot has changed in the 60+ years since our first elections. To begin with, the number of voters has gone up almost consistently, year on year – which is to be expected given population
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