Articles by Nishant Ranjan
The limits of anti-Congress politics
The first non-Congress government at the Centre was sworn in soon after Emergency, in 1977. It lasted less than three years. What followed was a rather misleading triumph for the Congress, however. The 1984 election would, in fact, mark the end of single-party dominance for a long time in India.
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 01:37 PM IST
The making and unmaking of Indira Gandhi
Let three charts narrate the story of one of the most influential politicans in India's modern history.
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 01:35 PM IST
Number Theory: What explains BJP’s love for Charan Singh?
Charan Singh began his political career in the Congress party and only parted ways with it after the 1967 elections when he was not made the chief minister.
Published on Feb 21, 2024 01:42 PM IST
Number Theory: Can the BJP win 370 seats in Lok Sabha polls?
One way to answer this question is to look at how much the BJP will have to gain compared to previous elections to achieve this target.
Updated on Feb 07, 2024 12:32 AM IST
Number Theory: Will Hemant Soren’s ST pitch aid JMM prospects?
The BJP performed much better than the JMM even in ST-reserved Lok Sabha constituencies during the 2019 general elections
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 07:39 AM IST
Number Theory: Will the BSP play a role in this year's elections?
With the BJP becoming a dominant party, a lot of the non-SC support, and perhaps even non-Jatav SC support the BSP enjoyed, has gone back to the BJP
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Number Theory: A look at urban migration amid language riots in India
Is fear of migrants taking over the most lucrative segments of Karnataka’s economy fuelling such violence in India’s biggest urban centres?
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 09:39 AM IST
Number Theory: 4 charts that capture 2024’s biggest political questions
The BJP’s first full-term government at the Centre was formed after the 1999 elections. That victory came on the back of a broad-based alliance.
Published on Jan 01, 2024 10:25 AM IST
Number Theory: Are state poll verdicts becoming clearer now?
Twenty-seven of 30 state elections (90%) from 2019 to 2023 ended in a clear verdict
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 01:14 AM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Number Theory: Decoding BJP’s improved showing in state elections
The BJP’s record in the last two Lok Sabha elections continues to be better than its performance in state elections in most cases
Updated on Dec 19, 2023 01:11 AM IST
Number Theory: Why is 2023 different from 2018? And what of 2024?
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won elections in three out of the four states for which results were declared on Sunday.
Published on Dec 04, 2023 07:44 AM IST
Assembly polls: The inability to retain mandate haunts Congress
The Congress’s loss in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh this time is symptomatic of a bigger crisis facing the party.
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 02:12 AM IST
Decoding the mechanics of the Congress win in Telangana
BRS has lost almost ten percentage points in vote share between 2018 and 2023 which exactly how much Congress has gained in the state between the two elections.
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 02:20 AM IST
Number Theory: Results may go beyond states that went to polls
The results of the assembly elections in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana will be announced today
Published on Dec 03, 2023 07:20 AM IST
Number Theory: Will Telangana elect BRS for the third time?
An HT analysis of past results shows that any opposition party will have to really outperform its previous best
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 07:53 AM IST
Number Theory: The importance of Scheduled Tribe vote for the BJP
Here are the some charts that explain the importance of the ST outreach by the Prime Minister
Published on Nov 29, 2023 07:55 AM IST
Rajasthan’s electoral contest explained
A look at some charts that explain the nature of the electoral battle taking place on November 25
Published on Nov 24, 2023 09:14 PM IST
Number Theory: The largest of the five-phase poll cycle
What is at stake in the election today?
Published on Nov 17, 2023 10:23 AM IST
Can BJP win back Karnataka by turning to Yediyurappa, Deve Gowda?
Six months after it lost the Karnataka election, the BJP state unit has got a new president in B Y Vijayendra, the son of veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa.
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 08:07 AM IST
Number Theory: Bihar's poverty hurdle, explained in six charts
What explains Bihar’s poverty? The answer to this question is not as simple as it sounds. Here are six charts which try to explain this
Published on Nov 10, 2023 10:10 AM IST
Number Theory: What Bihar caste census data does not tell us
Without taking away anything from the importance of the data which has been released, here are some aspects which have been left unaddressed
Updated on Nov 09, 2023 01:05 PM IST
Number Theory: Decoding the 1st phase of assembly elections
The voting on November 7 is the first and smallest of four phases of voting in the current round of elections
Updated on Nov 07, 2023 09:56 AM IST
Number Theory: How bipolar are the MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh polls?
An HT analysis shows that the answer varies depending on which indicator one is looking at. Here are four charts which explain this in detail.
Published on Oct 27, 2023 11:43 AM IST
How will BJP-JD(S) alliance impact Karnataka?
The JD (S)’s decision to join the NDA comes just about six months before the 2024 general elections.
Updated on Sep 23, 2023 08:18 AM IST
10-year analysis puts spotlight on boat capsizing deaths in Bihar
Between 2012 and 2021, Bihar accounted for 12.2% of all deaths in incidents involving capsizing of boats
Updated on Sep 16, 2023 05:03 AM IST
Nishant Ranjan, New Delhi
Number Theory: Behind the top court's pendency challenge
The Supreme Court of India will now be a part of the National Judicial Data Grid, the Chief Justice of India announced on Thursday
Published on Sep 15, 2023 08:55 AM IST
Number theory: OBC chief ministers in India; deep dive into social patterns
This piece will look at the data on OBC chief ministers in detail. It will focus on three key questions to examine this issue.
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 01:33 AM IST
Number theory: A caste-wise analysis of all chief ministers in India
A look at the overall, intertemporal and state-wise caste breakup of chief ministers.
Updated on Aug 17, 2023 07:11 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh has the highest crime rate against Dalits
MP had the highest crime rate against people belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) groups in 2021, according to NCRB data.
Updated on Jul 25, 2023 04:45 AM IST
Number theory: Is Congress today where Jan Sangh was in the ‘60s and ‘70s?
A look at how Cong is trying to achieve what the Jan Sangh did by forming a diverse opposition grouping against a dominant party.
Published on Jul 07, 2023 09:09 PM IST
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