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How Mamata won woman vote

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 7, 2021

The Indan Express
By Proma Ray Chaudhury

Drawing upon Gilles Verniers’ and Maya Mirchandani’s study on gender representation in the Trinamool Congress, which argues “the party’s policy of promoting women as candidates is located in its strategic recognition of the winnability of women candidates instead of ideational commitments to gender parity.”
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Assam verdict: 29 charts that show just how polarised the election was

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 7, 2021

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By Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Massive Support From Female Electorate Secured Big Win For Mamata’s TMC: Post-Poll Data

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 6, 2021

Shethepeople.tv
By Tanvi Akhauri
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The new Bengal assembly in 28 charts: Fewer Muslims, more Scheduled Caste MLAs – and not much youth | Breaking down the numbers

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 6, 2021

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By Gilles Verniers, Avishek Jha, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Bengal verdict: 25 charts show how the Trinamool conclusively beat the BJP

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 5, 2021

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By Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Opinion | Decoding women’s representation in the 2021 state elections

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 5, 2021

Hindustan Times
By Avishek Jha and Gilles Verniers
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Analysis | In state elections, when incumbents had a high success ratio

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 5, 2021

Hindustan Times
By Basim-U-Nissa, Ananay Agarwal and Gilles Vernier
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India’s ruling party just lost a key election. It’s worrying that they even stood a chance.

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 4, 2021

Vox
By Zack Beauchamp

Gilles Verniers and Neelanjan Sircar on the BJP’s performance in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections
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Battlegrounds: Analyzing national and state level parties’ performances in Assam and West Bengal in the 21st century

Post author By Shoaib Mirza
Post date May 4, 2021

Aishwarya Sunaad and Shoaib Mirza 4 May 2021 | 4 min read The 2021 assembly elections attracted much discussion across the country, especially with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trying […]

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Despite Mega-Modi Push, Why BJP Lost Bengal | Reality Check

Post author By TCPD
Post date May 4, 2021

“Heard from multiple people that during the lockdown, it was Mamata Banerjee who saved them and not PM Modi,” says Nilanjan Sircar, senior visiting fellow, CPR, and Assistant Professor at Ashoka University.