BJP's demographic dividend in the 2014 General Elections : an empirical analysis

by Basu, Deepankar; Misra, Kartik

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the 2014 General Elections in India and emerged as a single party with absolute majority, a result not witnessed since 1984. Not only did it win a majority of seats, it also managed to increase its vote share in almost all states between 2009 and 2014. Using state-level data, we show that BJP's extraordinary poll results relied crucially on attracting young, especially first time, electors.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Basu, Deepankar ; Misra, Kartik
Publisher:	Amherst, Mass. : Univ. of Massachusetts, Dep. of Economics
Subject:	Election \| India \| states \| Indien \| Wahl \| Wahlverhalten \| Voting behaviour \| Bevölkerungsentwicklung \| Demographic development

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Extent:	Online-Ressource ([30] S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	Economics Department working paper series. - Amherst, Mass. : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2407593-0. - Vol. 2014-06
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/105783 [Handle]
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; R19 - General Regional Economics. Other
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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