Elections in the News: April 2019

Monday 22 April 2019

The final results are now on the central election committee website
or earlier posting has links to the main observers.

Official website of campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky gives some insight into his thought and campaign
Володимир Зеленський

many reactions have discussed populism

commentary on the rise of this populist figure from European Council on Foreign relations

Euromaidan has discussion of the forms of populism in Ukraine.

the Conversation also has discussion of his popularity and its possible implications.

According to the Times of India women are likely to be the silent 'majority' as female turnout is predicted to be higher
Carnegie Endowment also has an interesting blog post discussing this
as does Asia Dialogue
However according to the IPU there are far fewer women candidates only 8.1% in 2014
see the situation and compare with other nations in 2019 using their recent infographic.

The Indian government statistical office also has some data you can download on women's participation in the Lok Sabha
For some discussion of the barriers women have faced try this articles from the Economic and Political Weekly made available via the Centre for the study of developing societies website
the IGC has also discussed the link between female politicians in India and Economic Growth

Search for more resources
on shodhganga. Indian dissertations and theses website
IPU has abstracts of journal articles on their bibliographic database

Elections are taking place in India

Google designed a special doodle to encourage voters
It is also producing political ad transparency reports on advertising in the elections

For general information on how the elections are conducted try these resources.

The Election Commission has the complicated schedule of voting as well as regulations and lists of candidates.
for data on past elections since 1952 see the India Votes website which has detailed election maps and turnout figures
Elections in India is an independent website which also has data on 2014 elections as well as mappings of 2019

News sites
good places to get started for current news, polls and analysis include:
BBC
India Today
Reuters India
Indian Express
Times of India
Hindu
Economic Times of India
New York Times has a good introductory guide
as does the Economist

Background analysis from think tanks
why are the elections important try these resources to read more.

Asia House is partnering with the University of Nottingham’s Asia Research Institute to keep you up-to-date on the Indian General Election 2019 weekly bulletins are being issued.

LSE South Asia Centre- podcasts, research and analysis

Conversation Blog - academic articles on elections 2019

The Central Election committee has results and regulations. The site is not currently available in English

Election observations

OSCE mounted an election observation mission. Find details and reports on its website