Exploratory Analysis of Indian Election Data at Open Data Camp-2014, ISB

1. EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS
OF
INDIAN ELECTION DATA
PRATAP VARDHAN
OPEN DATA CAMP 2014
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

2. OVERVIEW
Scraping the ECI’s site on
Counting Day
Wealth and Crimes
Bellwethers and Bastions Politics of non-reserved
territories
A B
C D
And, one more thing..
E

3. SCRAPING THE ECI’S SITE ON COUNTING DAY

4. HTTP://ECIRESULTS.NIC.IN/STATEWISES01.HTM?ST=S01
Python Snippet

5. PAGE SOURCE STRUCTURE
Python Function

6. HTTP://ECIRESULTS.NIC.IN/CONSTITUENCYWISES018.HTM?AC=8
Python Snippet

7. IN 2014 ELECTIONS, WHICH STATE ‘PRODUCED’
MOST NUMBER OF CROREPATI CANDIDATES?
AND
WHICH STATE HAS HIGHEST % OF CROREPATI
CANDIDATES?

8. GEOGRAPHY OF CANDIDATE WEALTH
Uttar Pradesh,
with over 400
crorepati
candidates, tops
the list.
The North-eastern
states have the
largest percentage
of crorepati
candidates.
Number of Candidates Percentage of Crorepati Candidates

9. AMONG THE MAINSTREAM PARTIES,
WHICH PARTY HAS HIGHEST % OF
CRIMINAL CANDIDATES?

10. CRIMINAL CASES
MNS seems like a winner
here. Closely followed by
RJD, MDMK
Size: Number of candidates
Color: % of criminal candidates

11. RELATIONSHIP: WEALTH AND CRIME
The percentage of criminal cases increases as wealth level increases.

12. BELLWETHERS AND BASTIONS

13. BELLWETHERS

14. BREAKING THE BASTIONS

15. DO PARTIES GIVE GENERAL SEATS TO
SC & ST CANDIDATES?

16. POLITICS OF NON-RESERVED TERRITORIES
*Assembly seats from 2004-2013
Regional heavy-weights SAD, DMK, PMK, TRS, and INLD
have not given a single non-reserved seat to any SC/ST
candidates.
SDF, AGP and JKPDP, which topped in ST candidates list,
didn’t give a seat to SC candidates in non-reserved seats.
Though, SC candidates’ participation is higher, ST
candidates’ winnability is much higher.

17. WINNABILITY IN NON-RESERVED SEATS
*Assembly seats from 2004-2013
SP lost all the general seats
where it fielded a SC
candidate and won only one
general seat where it fielded
ST candidate.
CPM, CPI, JD(U) lost all the
general seats where it fielded a
ST candidate.

18. AND, ONE MORE THING..
NAMESAKES OF 2014 ELECTIONS

19. CHANDU LALS OF MAHASAMUND
Winner’s Margin:
1,217 votes
Namesakes' polled:
60,000+ votes

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