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People watching the exit polls of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, at a TV showroom in Visakhapatnam on June 1.

Exit polls have morphed from research tools into media spectacles that chase ratings and drive market bets

To become reliable again, they require strict regulation and methodological overhaul.
Ashish Ranjan,Atul Kumar Pandey
At Kharkhri Sohan village in Bhiwani district on September 20, Dharambir Singh Chaudhary, BJP’s MP from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, campaigning for the party’s candidate for the Tosham Assembly constituency.

BJP’s triumph in Haryana goes beyond social engineering against Jat dominance

A third consecutive term can also be attributed to addressing the specific needs of deprived communities and fielding fresh faces.
Ashish Ranjan,Atul Kumar Pandey
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah addresses an election campaign for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election, in Kupwara on September 29.

Kashmir’s split verdict: Democracy or division?

Valley backs NC alliance, Jammu stands with BJP as the region’s first Assembly election in a decade highlights distinct regional choices.
Ashish Ranjan
 Villagers after casting their vote in the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, at Sehar village along the Line of Control in Nowshera, Rajouri district, on September 25.

Kashmir election: Quest for electoral autonomy versus social engineering-led development

The crucial question is which of these will weigh uppermost in voters’ minds.
Ashish Ranjan
At a brick kiln in Anandapuram, some 30 km from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Millions of people migrate from rural areas to cities and suburban areas every year in search of work.

How the Lok Sabha election 2024 bust the urban-rural myth

The BJP has lost more ground in rapidly urbanising areas—places witnessing faster rural-to-urban transition—than in areas seeing slower urbanisation.
Shamindra Nath Roy,Ashish Ranjan
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in New Delhi on June 5. The SP, which won 37 seats in Uttar Pradesh, played a crucial role in halting the BJP juggernaut.

Rise of the regionals

The biggest takeaway from the 2024 election is that regional parties, whose future had been written off during the saffron wave, are back with a bang.
Ashish Ranjan
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