Praveen Chakravarty, in this piece for Bloomberg Quint explores the data on per capita income, literacy rate, median age and life expectancy, to see if redistribution from richer to poorer states has helped in reducing the gap between the state's ...

The inference that people deliberately vote differently in the national and assembly elections is a bit trite.

The evidence is mixed on whether the country's electorate rewards parties that deliver high economic growth.

District-wise analysis of how the voters of Bihar voted for the BJP and Modi in this election

Exactly why did the BJP suffer such a brutal reversal?

Vivek Dehejia writes in Mint: "Modi projected himself as the BJP’s electoral face in Bihar, he campaigned tirelessly, and the campaign was masterminded by his trusted aide, Amit Shah—and they lost".

"Women voters outnumber men in Bihar polls" - Is there more to this statement than what meets the eye?

A curious axiom: the BJP garners more votes in ‘strong Muslim’ districts. Bihar was an exception, so the tactic changes.

There is a clear decline in percentage of voters choosing the RJD or JD(U) or Congress combined in every election since the 2005 October Vidhan Sabha elections.