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Assembly Constituency Watch: Akota
During the 2012 elections, the total number of electors were 2,15,228 and the turnout stood at 68.74%, in real numbers- 1,47,945 voters. Voter engagement improved by 2017 elections, which witnessed a turnout increase; out of the 2,47,729 electors, 67.97% of voters exercised their constitutional rights which convert to 1,68,372 voters. …
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Parliamentary Constituency Watch: Gandhinagar
Gujarat’s capital, Gandhinagar, is one of the 26 seats allocated to the State that elects a Lok Sabha MP. During the 2014 elections, the total number of electors were 17,33,972 and the turnout stood at 65.49%, in real numbers- 11,35495 voters. Voter engagement improved by 2019 which witnessed a turnout increase;…
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9 Charts that Explain the Goa Election Results
The Goan Legislative Assembly elections were conducted on 14 February 2022 to democratically elect 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The results were announced on 10th March 2020. Certain basic facts were made clear with the outcome. BJP reached the half-mark and became the undisputed leader with 20 MLAs,…
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The Editor’s New Assistant- Algorithms
Journalism emerged to address the problem of information scarcity in the beginning of the 20th century. Now, the opposite problem is emerging and taking shape- the problem of information abundance. As AppliedXL’s founder, Francesco Marconi tweeted- “It’s more difficult to filter information than it is to create it.” As a civilization,…
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Political Parties and the Future of Voter Engagement in India
Supporting leaders to overcome the challenges of connecting and building a community in today’s rapidly evolving democratic landscape is Meradesh’s mission. As a data-engineering firm invested in civic-tech, we are convinced that the infrastructure we build and the services we provide matters—now more than ever. Leaders in the current competitive electoral scenario deserve…
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Enter the Data- The Emerging Revolution in Electoral Campaigning
The way elections are being conducted is rapidly changing. It’s been a day since the five-state assembly elections came to an end in India, and predictably the internet is flooded with hot-takes that explain the results and the supposed cause and effect. The one big topic that almost all commentators seem…
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Manipur Projections – 2022
The nature of electoral competition in the North-Eastern state of Manipur is rapidly evolving. Our team of data scientists processed electoral datasets and other state related data sets which represent the people of Manipur and their aspirations to come up with our projections. Phase- 1 2017PartyRank Constituency Party_Projection INC Andro BJP INC Bishnupur BJP …
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Meradesh.org Projections for the State of Uttar Pradesh
Gopal Krishna Gokhale had once said, “What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow.” For Uttar Pradesh it would be, ‘What UP thinks today, India had thought yesterday.’ As leading BIMARU state, the citizens of the state have much to hope for each time they go to practice their franchise. Well without…
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Meradesh.org Projections for Uttarakhand Elections 2022
Here is our list, and you would notice some fields are empty, as we could not determine with confidence who could win, 2017 Constituency Projected Winner BJP B.H.E.L.RANIPUR BJP BJP BAGESHWAR BJP BJP CHOWATAKHAL BJP BJP DEHRADUN CANTONMENT BJP BJP DOIWALA BJP BJP GHANSALI BJP BJP HARDWAR BJP BJP KALADHUNGI BJP…
