India 2014

[Maez]

Is there polling for the AP Legislative elections? As far as I remember, Eenadu had suggested (a couple of weeks ago) that the seat count was close between the TDP and YSRCP in Seemandhra and Rayalseema combined, and I'd imagine the passage of the bill would affect if the TDP would ally with the BJP after all.

[Maez]

I found an interesting article on the Electronic Voting Machines used in these elections. My favorite part was, of course, the complaints filed by the various political parties regarding these machines:

"Occasionally, criticism of the machines takes bizarre forms. During last year's regional assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, for instance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) filed a formal complaint after an Indian National Congress party elder allegedly told tribal voters that the EVMs would electrocute them if they voted for non-Congress candidates."

theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/04/indian-democracy-runs-on-briefcase-sized-voting-machines/360554/

[Maez]

Some people had suggested that the BJP might need 40 to 50 seats from UP in order to form government with Modi at its head. Do these numbers change any equations, or are they still good enough for Modi come May 16th?

[Maez]

Constituencies are drawn within the states, for example, Andhra Pradesh has 42 Lok Sabha constituencies.

[Maez]

With regards to the Lok Sabha Maps, you can find shapefiles of the LS constituencies (after the 2008 delimitation) on Github.

github.com/datameet/maps/tree/master/parliamentary-constituencies

[Maez]

- SNIP -

Blank map of constituencies. Errors likely, simplifications in certain areas guaranteed. Feel free to use, etc.

Might I inquire as to how you got the map data? I've been trying to find blank maps for the state assemblies for some time...