Download - Exploratory Analysis of Indian Election Data
EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS
OF INDIAN
ELECTION DATA
PRATAP VARDHANOPEN DATA CAMP 2014
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
Scraping the ECI’s site on Counting Day Wealth and Crimes
Bellwethers and Bastions Politics of non-reserved territories
A B
C D
And, one more thing..
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SCRAPING THE ECI’S SITE ON COUNTING DAY
HTTP://ECIRESULTS.NIC.IN/STATEWISES01.HTM?ST=S01Python Snippet
PAGE SOURCE STRUCTURE
Python Function
HTTP://ECIRESULTS.NIC.IN/CONSTITUENCYWISES018.HTM?AC=8Python Snippet
IN 2014 ELECTIONS, WHICH STATE ‘PRODUCED’ MOST NUMBER OF
CROREPATI CANDIDATES?AND
WHICH STATE HAS HIGHEST % OF CROREPATI CANDIDATES?
GEOGRAPHY OF CANDIDATE WEALTHUttar Pradesh, with over 400 crorepati candidates, tops the list.
The North-eastern states have the largest percentage of crorepati candidates.
Number of Candidates Percentage of Crorepati Candidates
AMONG THE MAINSTREAM PARTIES,
WHICH PARTY HAS HIGHEST % OF CRIMINAL
CANDIDATES?
CRIMINAL CASES
MNS seems like a winner here. Closely followed by RJD, MDMK
Size: Number of candidatesColor: % of criminal candidates
RELATIONSHIP: WEALTH AND CRIME
The percentage of criminal cases increases as wealth level increases.
BELLWETHERS AND BASTIONS
BELLWETHERS
BREAKING THE BASTIONS
DO PARTIES GIVE GENERAL SEATS TO SC & ST
CANDIDATES?
POLITICS OF NON-RESERVED TERRITORIES
*Assembly seats from 2004-2013
Regional heavy-weights SAD, DMK, PMK, TRS, and INLD have not given a single non-reserved seat to any SC/ST candidates.
SDF, AGP and JKPDP, which topped in ST candidates list, didn’t give a seat to SC candidates in non-reserved seats.
Though, SC candidates’ participation is higher, ST candidates’ winnability is much higher.
WINNABILITY IN NON-RESERVED SEATS
*Assembly seats from 2004-2013
SP lost all the general seats where it fielded a SC candidate and won only one general seat where it fielded ST candidate.
CPM, CPI, JD(U) lost all the general seats where it fielded a ST candidate.
AND, ONE MORE THING..
NAMESAKES OF 2014 ELECTIONS
CHANDU LALS OF MAHASAMUND
Winner’s Margin: 1,217 votes
Namesakes' polled: 60,000+ votes
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