Click to play videoNew Delhi: As polling for the 15th Lok Sabha election draws to a close, CNN-IBN and CSDS have come together to bring the most comprehensive, definitive post-poll survey findings.
The findings of the National Election Study 2009 promise to offer a credible and exciting glimpse into the 15th Lok Sabha election.
With a sample size exceeding 35,000 voters, covering about 500 Lok Sabha constituencies in more than 2,000 villages and towns across the country, the post-poll survey is the most exhaustive academic study of elections undertaken anywhere in the world to deconstruct voter behaviour and trends.
"It's only when you get into these kinds of details, when you ask not just which caste the person is from but what kind land holding they, which assets they have in the family... its when get into these kinds of details that you know what politics is all about," reveals Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, CSDS.
NES 2009 evaluates not just the why of voting but the why not as well. Using the General Election as a window, NES 2009 evaluates voting behaviour, public opinion and attitudes to democracy as well.
With a randomised sample selection, the study delves into themes like economy, external relations and national security, media, democracy and religion and politics.
Conducted by the Lokniti network of scholars based in every state in the country, this is the largest collaborative exercise of political scientists in India.
"The more important part of National Elections study is a long-term understanding of political processes, how people look at democracy," says Suhas Palshikar, Co-Director, Lokniti.
Headquartered at the CSDS in Delhi, since 1967, the study remains the richest source of dependable data on Indian elections and voting behaviour for political scientists.
"This effort which has involved as many as perhaps 50 universities all over India and virtually every major language in India has done a fantastic job over the last so many years," political psychologist Ashish Nandy says.
The NES continues the decades old tradition of successfully analysing the complex processes that shape voting behaviour in India and this year is no different.
A team of about three dozen political scientists will analyse the exhaustive data over the next few months, Rajdeep Sardesai and Yogendra Yadav will release and discuss the provisional findings on Wednesday 1700 hrs IST onwards exclusively on CNN-IBN.
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