Election

Reading Time: 3 mins This post is by Anand, Chief Data Scientist at Gramener I was on vacation in December – which is a rare occurrence, since my work is such fun that I don’t need much of a […]

Reading Time: 3 mins Are we looking at 800 million hopes of having a better living conditions, low taxes, better health care, safety etc.? Do we know their expectation of the candidate they are voting for? A million voters

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