Despite a Modi wave, the BJP finished fourth in this constituency. Here's why

Our final dispatch in the election series from Baksha village in Jaunpur.

Supriya Sharma

· Mar 12, 2017 · 09:00 am

Everyone in this Uttar Pradesh village wants to vote for the winner – but no one knows who it is

Eight takeaways from observing life and politics in Baksha village in Jaunpur.

Supriya Sharma

· Mar 08, 2017 · 09:00 am

What happens when the candidate of the Dalit-based Bahujan Samaj Party is a Yadav

Political lineage and pots of money can get you a ticket. But can they get you votes?

Supriya Sharma

· Mar 06, 2017 · 09:00 am

No matter who wins Uttar Pradesh, this caste group is always ahead

Thakurs have the highest relative share of political representation in the state.

Supriya Sharma

· Mar 01, 2017 · 09:00 am

Moving up: How caste shapes the choice of work in one Uttar Pradesh village

Many residents stick to their inherited caste occupations or allied ones – unless there is a government job on offer.

Supriya Sharma

· Feb 19, 2017 · 09:00 am

In a village in Uttar Pradesh, food is always on the minds of its residents

Botched-up beneficiary lists have denied the needy the government rations to which they are legally entitled.

Supriya Sharma

· Feb 14, 2017 · 09:00 am

This one village is enough to bust the myth of a Muslim votebank in Uttar Pradesh

Among the Muslims of Baksha village, everyone has a different opinion on who should win and why.

Supriya Sharma

· Feb 07, 2017 · 10:30 am

Talk, work, vote: The freedoms that young women in Uttar Pradesh want

The political autonomy of women voters is directly dependent on the freedoms they have in other areas of their life.

Supriya Sharma

· Jan 31, 2017 · 09:00 am

What a case of stolen buffaloes tells us about the quest for security in Uttar Pradesh

Many in the state believe their interests can be secured only by leaders from their own community.

Supriya Sharma

· Jan 24, 2017 · 09:00 am

A tale of two houses: Why people in Uttar Pradesh vote along caste lines

It isn't development versus caste, but development through caste.

Supriya Sharma

· Jan 20, 2017 · 09:00 am

The daughter of a Dalit gets a Samajwadi laptop. Will that be enough to swing her family's vote?

A view from the Harijan Basti of Baksha, the village in eastern Uttar Pradesh that Scroll.in is tracking all the way to election day.

Supriya Sharma

· Jan 16, 2017 · 09:00 am

'Cycle will go, motorcycle will come': In one UP village, many Yadavs are rooting for Akhilesh

Some admire Modi. Others approve of the Bahujan Samaj Party's candidate.

Supriya Sharma

· Jan 13, 2017 · 09:00 am