Articles by Nishant Ranjan
Results show Congress still far behind BJP
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections revealed stark political polarization, with the BJP-led NDA dominating, while Congress struggles within the INDIA alliance.
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 05:10 AM IST
Number Theory: 3 things to watch out for in Maharashtra, Jharkhand poll results
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Updated on Nov 22, 2024 06:07 PM IST
Number Theory: Do Lok Sabha polls give a true idea of the state of play in Maha?
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Updated on Nov 20, 2024 08:31 AM IST
Number Theory: A complex poll contest takes shape in Maharashtra
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Published on Nov 19, 2024 09:49 AM IST
Number Theory: Why November 20 polls may be a watershed moment for Mumbai
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Published on Nov 18, 2024 08:33 AM IST
Number Theory: STs and their importance in Jharkhand politics — 2
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Published on Nov 06, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Number Theory: STs and their importance in Jharkhand politics — 1
This is the first of a 2-part series on ST population and Jharkhand politics. The 2nd part will look at differences within STs and their political implications.
Updated on Nov 04, 2024 10:22 AM IST
Number Theory: The state of play in UP’s high-stakes bypoll battle
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Published on Oct 18, 2024 01:05 PM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Number Theory: The electoral contest in Maharashtra and Jharkhand in 3 charts
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Updated on Oct 15, 2024 06:39 PM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Did PDP spoil BJP’s game plan in J&K?
A lot of anecdotal reporting was suggesting that independent candidates would damage the prospects of the NC-Congress alliance and make government-formation a complicated affair
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 04:45 AM IST
BJP lures swing voters to deepen its Haryana footprint
A statistical analysis of the results besides these headline numbers shows a more comprehensive story of a growing and deepening BJP footprint in the state.
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 04:47 AM IST
Number Theory: 3 charts that explain the Haryana, J&K election results
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Updated on Oct 09, 2024 09:55 AM IST
In Haryana, BJP exploits anti-Congress sentiment to deepen footprint
BJP’s success in Haryana is consolidating the anti-Congress vote rather than taking away the Congress vote
Updated on Oct 08, 2024 11:45 PM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Number Theory: 3 things to watch out for in the 2 assembly election results
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Updated on Oct 08, 2024 01:26 AM IST
Number Theory: Three crucial factors that will decide the Haryana elections
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Updated on Oct 04, 2024 06:43 PM IST
Number Theory: The Model Code, and its governance impact
How significant is the direct disruption because of holding state and national elections separately?
Published on Sep 28, 2024 01:16 PM IST
Number Theory: Caste calculus of the 2024 Haryana polls
Because Haryana does not have data on caste-wise population shares, it is not possible to account for their representation or lack of it.
Published on Sep 23, 2024 11:01 AM IST
Number Theory: An electoral history of Jammu and Kashmir decoded in 3 charts
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Updated on Sep 18, 2024 12:04 AM IST
Number Theory: Can Champai Soren help the BJP in Jharkhand polls?
If the BJP has to wrest Jharkhand back from the JMM, it needs to focus on the larger challenge of undoing the tribal consolidation behind the JMM.
Published on Aug 30, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Number Theory: Social representation in council of ministers
This four-part data journalism series evaluated the social representativeness or lack of it in all councils of ministers in India.
Updated on Aug 26, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Number Theory: State representation in council of ministers
Out of 25 Cabinets so far, Uttar Pradesh had the highest share of portfolios in 16 Cabinets. Andhra Pradesh had the highest share in the portfolios twice
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 10:23 AM IST
Number Theory: Caste matrix of India’s council of ministers
This is the second of a four-part series based on HT’s caste database of council of ministers in India. The first part introduced the database and methodology.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 04:25 PM IST
Number Theory: Decoding India's council of ministers, 1952 to 2024
HT has built a caste database of all persons who have ever been a part of the Union council of ministers.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 04:26 PM IST
Number Theory: Is Congress really parasitic? Here’s what numbers show
In head-to-head comparison, the BJP has had a lead over the Congress in every Lok Sabha election since 1989, except 1991 and 2009.
Published on Jul 08, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Number Theory: Can CPI (M) recover from its Kerala debacle?
While the LDF has enjoyed a vote share premium in assembly elections in the past too, this dominance reached a new high in the 2021 assembly elections.
Published on Jul 03, 2024 09:19 AM IST
Number Theory: Can RJD win back its dominance in Bihar?
This is last of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The first part explained the 2024 results in Bihar from RJD’s perspective
Published on Jun 28, 2024 10:30 AM IST
Number Theory: What do the 2024 results mean for the RJD in Bihar?
This is first of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The second part will look at past election results in Bihar.
Published on Jun 24, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Number Theory: How do the 2024 victory margins compare with past elections?
The 2024 results have taken India back to the era of coalition governments with no single party having a majority of its own
Updated on Jun 08, 2024 12:23 PM IST
How INDIA bloc constituents fared in LS polls
The member parties of the alliance failed to reach a seat-sharing arrangement mainly in the states of West Bengal, Kerala, and Punjab
Updated on Jun 06, 2024 08:37 AM IST
How Akhilesh, not Tejashwi, won Mandal battle
Mandal vs Kamandal battle in UP and Bihar shifts in 2024. NDA dominates Bihar but faces major loss in UP. Charts explain the divergence.
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 04:11 AM IST