Indian Voting Behavior Project, 1952-1967 (ICPSR 5904)

Version Date: Jan 12, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Myron Weiner

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05904.v1

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Summary

This study contains data on legislative assembly general and mid-term election returns for all states in India in the period 1952-1967. The legislative constituency is the unit of analysis. Data are provided for the year of election, state and party names, eligible voters, number of seats, number of candidates, total votes, valid votes, caste or tribe indicator, and ranking of parties according to total votes cast.

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Weiner, Myron. Indian Voting Behavior Project, 1952-1967  . [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05904.v1

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Time Period(s)

1952 -- 1967

Data Collection Notes

  1. The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.

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Universe

All states in India in the period 1952-1967.

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Original Release Date

1984-06-20

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Weiner, Myron. INDIAN VOTING BEHAVIOR PROJECT, 1952-1967. ICPSR version. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05904.v1

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 10 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

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