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Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa was a data journalist at Hindustan Times.

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Modi factor, internal strife in Opposition behind BJP rise in Haryana

Haryana is not the only Hindi speaking state which gave an overwhelming victory to the BJP in 2019. Even in states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, where the BJP lost assembly elections in December 2018, it managed overwhelming victories in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally ahead of Haryana Assembly elections, at Thaneshar in Kurukshetra, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.(PTI file photo)

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Updated on Oct 16, 2019 06:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRoshan Kishore and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

How BJP gained ground in Haryana

Even as the BJP had been contesting both general elections and assembly polls in Haryana over past four decades, it was a laggard until October 2014, when it won a majority in the state assembly for the first time.

This surge in the party’s strength in the Haryana assembly came just months after it managed to win seven of the eight parliamentary seats it contested in the state in the 2014 general elections.(HT image)

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Updated on Oct 07, 2019 07:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Google searches on Kashmir peaked after Article 370 move

The tool helps analyse the relative frequency of any search term over time on a scale of zero to 100, where 100 represents the highest level.

Google Trends also gives data on the most related queries that users search for. Users across the globe actively searched for news from Kashmir in August.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 13, 2019 06:20 AM IST

New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Stress, apathetic attitude taking toll on policing: Study

More than one-third of police personnel would be willing to give up their profession if they were given a chance to join another job with the same salaries and perks, the survey found.

An average police officer works 14 hours a day.(HT File)

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Updated on Jun 22, 2020 06:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

The electoral impact of bifurcation of J&K

Will the proposed bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh impact the electoral arithmetic of the region? Looking at the results of 2014 assembly elections and 2019 Lok Sabha elections can throw some light on the issue.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 25 ACs in Jammu and Kashmir in the 2014 assembly elections. The total strength of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly is 87.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 10, 2020 08:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa and Roshan Kishore

Delhi has highest share of inter-state migrants

Among all states, however, Delhi has the highest share of inter-state migrants in its total population, an indicator of the attraction it holds for outsiders.

The share of migrants in Delhi from UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand increased between 1991 and 2011(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2019 02:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

What the 2011 census data on migration tells us

Most women migrate due to marriage, and distance is a critical factor in determining the gender gap in migration for work and education.

The number of interstate migrants in Delhi and Mumbai (Mumbai and Mumbai suburban districts) in 2011 was 9.9 million, or one-third of the total population of 29.2 million in these cities.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 26, 2019 04:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAbhishek Jha and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Religion just one facet of India’s population explosion debate | Analysis

Expressing concern over a “population explosion” in India, Union minister Giriraj Singh last week suggested, for the second time, that Indians with more than two children be deprived of their right to vote.

Image for representation(REUTERS FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2019 06:15 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Workforce to expand in size, more jobs needed: Economic Survey

The slowdown in fertility rate along with an increase in life expectancy is ageing the population – the share of working and older population is increasing while the share of younger population is declining.

This change in the age composition of the population comes with certain implications.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 28, 2020 06:26 PM IST

New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

End of SP-BSP alliance may help BJP strengthen position in Uttar Pradesh

The BJP won 62 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections with a vote share of 49.6%. Compared to 2014, this is a decline of nine seats despite an increase of seven percentage points in vote share.

The BJP won 62 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections(Bloomberg File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2019 08:18 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRoshan Kishore and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

The widening gap between Kashmir, other parts of state

Even the BJP’s victories in Ladakh in 2014 and 2019 have been with much smaller margins than in the two PCs in the Jammu region.

Jammu and Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state, has delivered a split verdict in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. (Representative Image)(PTI)

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Updated on Jun 12, 2019 07:59 AM IST

New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha election results 2019: South only silver lining in Congress flop show

Both in 1989 and 1977, when the share of southern states in Congress’ Lok Sabha tally was more than 2019, the absolute number of Congress MPs from the rest of India was significantly higher than what it is today.

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Updated on May 25, 2019 08:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Sabarimala stir boosted UPA, not BJP

The Left parties have recorded their worst ever parliamentary performance, with just five Lok Sabha seats, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Devotees participate in a march 'Walk for Ayyappa' in relation to violence faced by devotees at Sabarimala's Ayyappa temple.(PTI photo)

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Updated on May 25, 2019 07:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRoshan Kishore and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Results repeat the 2014 story in Maharashtra

The BJP-SHS won 41 out of the 48 seats in the state with a vote share of 48% in the 2014 elections.

The 2019 results in Maharashtra are almost a repeat of 2014. The combined vote share and seat share of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena (SHS) are almost the same.(Rajesh Kumar / Hindustan Times)

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Updated on May 24, 2019 08:59 AM IST

New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In 2019 polls, women look to bridge historic turnout gap

Historically, in terms of voter turnouts, women have lagged behind men by a wide margin.

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Updated on May 17, 2019 12:29 PM IST

New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: More crorepatis, people with criminal cases in 2019 poll fray

Out of 1500 candidates with declared criminal cases, 1070 (13% of all candidates) have criminal cases of serious nature against them. This includes cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, hate speech, rape and other crimes against women.

The number of candidates with criminal cases fielded by the two biggest parties, the BJP and the Congress, has increased over time(Arun Mondhe/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on May 23, 2019 09:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Phase 6: All eyes on Delhi in 6th round of polling for Lok Sabha elections

Among the 18 seats in the four cities, increase in voter turnout was the highest in South Delhi, 15.5 percentage points. The turnout dropped in just two seats, Chennai North and Chennai South.

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Updated on May 12, 2019 10:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, New Delhi

Congress spending caught up with BJP’s in last round of state polls

The BJP’s victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections had a positive juggernaut effect on the party’s political fortunes.

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Published on May 04, 2019 07:24 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019 polling phase 4: High stakes for Congress, BJP in Madhya Pradesh swing seats

In the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the Congress faces the challenge of retaining its support in select pockets of Madhya Pradesh that have historically not been its strongholds but where it performed better in 2018.

Former BJP MLA Jitendra Daga joins Congress in presence of Congress’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Digvijay Singh in Bhopal on Sunday.(ANI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2019 07:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Kashmir sees least participative polls, voter turnout lowest in two decades

Kashmir sees least participative polls, voter turnout lowest in two decades

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Published on Apr 28, 2019 11:53 AM IST

Hindustan Times, NEW DELHI | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Kashmir sees least participative polls, voter turnout lowest in two decades

Six assembly constituencies (AC) out of the 16 in Anantnag voted on 23 April, and the remaining ten will vote on 29 April and 6 May. Voting t urnout figures for the regions which have gone to poll till now suggest that this could be the least participative election in the Kashmir valley since 2002.

Six assembly constituencies (AC) out of the 16 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag voted on 23 April.(Waseem Andrabi/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2019 09:04 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will Congress retain assembly poll gains in BJP’s Gujarat citadel?

In the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat with a vote share of 59%. In terms of vote share, the Congress was 26 percentage points behind the BJP.

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Updated on May 02, 2020 09:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times, | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha polls: 11 states vote in phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls, Oppn alliances hold the key

In the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 27 out of these 95 seats. Another six seats of these 95 went to its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners. The Congress won just 12 out of these 95 seats in the 2014 elections, while other United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners won three seats.

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Updated on May 02, 2020 03:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: World’s largest-ever election begins. Here is what’s at stake

55-7 to 7-32 between 2009 and 2014. The Congress also lost ground to other parties such as the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh. Of the 91 seats,57 are in states where assembly elections have been held after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

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Updated on Apr 11, 2019 08:04 AM IST

New Delhi | ByAbhishek Jha and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress-NCP needs more than arithmetic to better its standing

The Congress-NCP have contested all general and assembly elections in Maharashtra together since 2004, except the October 2014 assembly election.

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Updated on Apr 08, 2019 09:10 AM IST

New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Why caste trumps class in political strategy

. According to the NFHS, the population share of upper castes, OBCs, SCs and STs in India is 24%, 45%, 21% and 9%, respectively.

Activists holds portraits of 20th century social reformer BR Ambedkar during a protest in Kolkata.(AFP File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 04, 2019 08:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRoshan Kishore and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Seats with close fights will be key to outcome

Seats with close fights will be key to outcome in Gujarat

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Updated on Apr 02, 2019 08:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: NDA vote share rising in Kerala but will it win them seats?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had its first member elected to the Kerala assembly in 2016 when it won the Nemom assembly seat. Will 2019 give the BJP its first Lok Sabha member from Kerala?

A BJP supporter waves a party flag at NDA's Parivartan Rally in Bhagalpur.(PTI file photo)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2019 07:45 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Why caste numbers can mislead poll predictions

One of the hazards associated with using socioreligious population figures to predict electoral outcomes is their variation, both in numbers and other attributes, across the country.

A polling official marks a voter with indelible ink prior to casting a ballot inside a polling station at Bungthuam in Mizoram.(AFP File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 27, 2019 09:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Despite fall in vote share, Congress rose in recent bypolls

Between 2009 and 2014, the Congress lost more than 10 percentage points in terms of vote share and its tally came down from eight to three. The party finished third, behind the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in terms of seats.

The Congress’s gains in 2017 were spread across the Punjab, as the party increased its vote share in 75% of the assembly constituencies.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 25, 2019 08:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

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Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa was a data journalist at Hindustan Times.

Haryana is not the only Hindi speaking state which gave an overwhelming victory to the BJP in 2019. Even in states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, where the BJP lost assembly elections in December 2018, it managed overwhelming victories in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Even as the BJP had been contesting both general elections and assembly polls in Haryana over past four decades, it was a laggard until October 2014, when it won a majority in the state assembly for the first time.

The tool helps analyse the relative frequency of any search term over time on a scale of zero to 100, where 100 represents the highest level.

More than one-third of police personnel would be willing to give up their profession if they were given a chance to join another job with the same salaries and perks, the survey found.

Will the proposed bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh impact the electoral arithmetic of the region? Looking at the results of 2014 assembly elections and 2019 Lok Sabha elections can throw some light on the issue.

Among all states, however, Delhi has the highest share of inter-state migrants in its total population, an indicator of the attraction it holds for outsiders.

Most women migrate due to marriage, and distance is a critical factor in determining the gender gap in migration for work and education.

Expressing concern over a “population explosion” in India, Union minister Giriraj Singh last week suggested, for the second time, that Indians with more than two children be deprived of their right to vote.

The slowdown in fertility rate along with an increase in life expectancy is ageing the population – the share of working and older population is increasing while the share of younger population is declining.

The BJP won 62 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections with a vote share of 49.6%. Compared to 2014, this is a decline of nine seats despite an increase of seven percentage points in vote share.

Even the BJP’s victories in Ladakh in 2014 and 2019 have been with much smaller margins than in the two PCs in the Jammu region.

Both in 1989 and 1977, when the share of southern states in Congress’ Lok Sabha tally was more than 2019, the absolute number of Congress MPs from the rest of India was significantly higher than what it is today.

The Left parties have recorded their worst ever parliamentary performance, with just five Lok Sabha seats, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP-SHS won 41 out of the 48 seats in the state with a vote share of 48% in the 2014 elections.

Historically, in terms of voter turnouts, women have lagged behind men by a wide margin.

Out of 1500 candidates with declared criminal cases, 1070 (13% of all candidates) have criminal cases of serious nature against them. This includes cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, hate speech, rape and other crimes against women.

Among the 18 seats in the four cities, increase in voter turnout was the highest in South Delhi, 15.5 percentage points. The turnout dropped in just two seats, Chennai North and Chennai South.

The BJP’s victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections had a positive juggernaut effect on the party’s political fortunes.

In the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the Congress faces the challenge of retaining its support in select pockets of Madhya Pradesh that have historically not been its strongholds but where it performed better in 2018.

Kashmir sees least participative polls, voter turnout lowest in two decades

Six assembly constituencies (AC) out of the 16 in Anantnag voted on 23 April, and the remaining ten will vote on 29 April and 6 May. Voting t urnout figures for the regions which have gone to poll till now suggest that this could be the least participative election in the Kashmir valley since 2002.

In the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat with a vote share of 59%. In terms of vote share, the Congress was 26 percentage points behind the BJP.

55-7 to 7-32 between 2009 and 2014. The Congress also lost ground to other parties such as the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh. Of the 91 seats,57 are in states where assembly elections have been held after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress-NCP have contested all general and assembly elections in Maharashtra together since 2004, except the October 2014 assembly election.

. According to the NFHS, the population share of upper castes, OBCs, SCs and STs in India is 24%, 45%, 21% and 9%, respectively.

Seats with close fights will be key to outcome in Gujarat

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had its first member elected to the Kerala assembly in 2016 when it won the Nemom assembly seat. Will 2019 give the BJP its first Lok Sabha member from Kerala?

One of the hazards associated with using socioreligious population figures to predict electoral outcomes is their variation, both in numbers and other attributes, across the country.

Between 2009 and 2014, the Congress lost more than 10 percentage points in terms of vote share and its tally came down from eight to three. The party finished third, behind the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in terms of seats.

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