In the first of a five-part series on opinion polls about the forthcoming Indian elections, pollsters agree that the BJP-led coalition is poised to make gains in the east of the country. As India goes to the polls in 2019,

It started with a fun-tweet at my end, joking with Prof Yogenadra Yadav that he doesn’t take @cvoterindia’s numbers seriously. I interjected in a conversation between Dr Sanjay Kumar of CSDS and Prof Yadav. Dr Sanjay disagrees with Prof Yadav

Election season is upon us, and five states are going to polls. In the assembly election fray are Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. Chhattisgarh, in its first phase of assembly elections on Monday, 12 November, saw a 76.28

As Karnataka slips away from the hand of Congress, quite literally, it should come as no surprise. The following survey had predicted this verdict by accurately, capturing the mood of Karnataka’s voters. It showed a clear dip in the Congress’s

The Cvoter Budget Tracker 2018 confirms that people of India have great expectations on Economic front from Modi Sarkar; but it also re-confirms that these expectations are not being met. Certainly not in public perception for sure. There are always

The Cvoter Budget Tracker 2018 (see results here) confirms people have great expectations from Narendra Modi government’s major reform initiatives. But, it re-confirms these expectations are not being met, certainly not in public perception. There are always two major stakeholders

Over 12 lakh new and first-time voters will be eligible to vote in the Gujarat elections next month, says the Election Commission of India. At a time when the parties are pitched in a heated battle over the claims of

Two intimate video clips featuring Gujarat’s Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti leader Hardik Patel with a woman, and holding a drink in his hand, are being widely shared on social media this week. The emergence of the videos in the middle

Support for demonetisation has considerably waned after a year, indicated an opinion poll conducted by C-Voter. Last year as many as 80 percent Indian respondents thought the inconvenience caused by demonetisation was worth the effort for fighting black money. A

There is something about the upcoming Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh that goes beyond routine anti-incumbency. India has been witnessing some very intriguing election results ever since 2014. It started with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi winning the first-ever Assembly election