BJP’s Demographic Dividend in the 2014 General Elections: An Empirical Analysis

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
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Subject:	Election \| India \| states

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2014-06
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; R19 - General Regional Economics. Other
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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