The inference that people deliberately vote differently in the national and assembly elections is a bit trite...

While the former is a familiar headline to close observers of Indian elections, the latter is perhaps not. Neither statement is false or incongruous with each other...

There is an opinion poll blitzkrieg in the run-up to every Indian election. But an analysis of 82 electoral surveys since 1996 shows that not one has been fully accurate...

“I am ready to consume poison to crush the snake of communalism,” said Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav...

Any analysis of past outcomes is not an indicator of future trends, neither is this an attempt to posit explanations for electoral results...

Would a different electoral system have produced different results, and is there a pattern over multiple elections of the current system disproportionately impacting one party vis-a-vis others?...

The conventional wisdom is that the people of TN are yearning for a change from the Dravidian parties...

Before pronouncing that verdict and doling out punishment, weed out the errors and inconsistencies in the EC’s database of voters...

A summary of Amit Shah's master strategy that helped the BJP emerge victorious in the recent Assembly elections...