The political battle for Dalit votes
Data from National Election Studies (NES)—post-poll surveys of several thousand respondents across the country conducted by Lokniti, a research programme at the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)—show that over the past two decades, it is the Congress party which has enjoyed the greatest support among Dalit voters among national parties. From 1996 till 2009, the Congress always managed to get at least a quarter of Dalit votes. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) typically was a close second to the Congress in these elections.
The year 2014 seemed to mark a big shift in Dalit voting. The BJP gained nearly a quarter of Dalit votes, for the first time. The BJP’s Dalit vote share in 2014 was twice that of 2009 and 10 percentage points higher than its previous best in 1998.
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The political battle for Dalit votes Data from National Election Studies (NES)—post-poll surveys of several thousand respondents across the country conducted by Lokniti, a research programme at the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)—show that over the past two decades, it is the Congress party which has enjoyed the greatest support among Dalit voters among national parties. From 1996 till 2009, the Congress always managed to get at least a quarter of Dalit votes. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) typically was a close second to the Congress in these elections. The year 2014 seemed to mark a big shift in Dalit voting. The BJP gained nearly a quarter of Dalit votes, for the first time. The BJP’s Dalit vote share in 2014 was twice that of 2009 and 10 percentage points higher than its previous best in 1998. https://www.livemint.com/Politics/olG5xKe8zJnKS3pyFmzdNP/The-political-battle-for-Dalit-votes.html
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