Wednesday 17 April 2019

India elections get some facts

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

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