2204, 2014

Indian election 2014: Domestic economic constraints and the external impacts of the world’s greatest exercise of democracy by Lawrence Saez and Elena Hoyos Ramirez

By Lawrence Saez |April 22, 2014|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Corruption, Economy, Foreign Policy, Indian National Congress (INC), Opinion Polls|

Starting in 7 April and continuing for five weeks, Indians are casting their votes to elect the representatives to the 16th Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament. Early voter sampling suggests that this general election may be one of the most atypical elections in India’s political history given the high number of young, first time voters. Such voters are demanding a change amidst the inability of the Congress Party-led

1604, 2014

‘The Muslim Vote: A View from Delhi’ by Heewon Kim

By Sana Shah|April 16, 2014|Policy Issues, Religious Minorities|

On 10th April 2014, on a hot and sultry summer’s morning, Delhi’s Muslims queued up outside polling station at Jamia school of Jamia Millia Islamia, a public central Muslim university located in Jamia Nagar (Muslim-concentrated area of Delhi), to cast their vote. While it has been said that Indian elections are colourful and festive, the road to Jamia Nagar was peaceful and quiet. One after another Muslim men and women

0904, 2014

‘Development’ and the Indian General Elections by Subir Sinha

By Subir Sinha|April 9, 2014|Development|

‘Development’ has become a key criterion for a substantial and vocal section of the Indian electorate to decide for whom they will vote in the Indian general elections. Particularly for the supporters of Narendra Modi, the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, his USP is that during three continuous terms as Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat, he has been an exemplary developer, and that this makes him the right man