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Gilles Verniers
Gilles Verniers is a regular Scroll.in contributor
Verdict 2019 in charts and maps: Nearly half of India’s Muslim MPs come from only two states
Eleven of the 26 Muslim members of the Lok Sabha come from Uttar Pradesh and Bengal.
Gilles Verniers
· Jun 02, 2019 · 09:00 am
Verdict 2019 in charts and maps: Lok Sabha has more female MPs than ever before, more dynasts too
The Congress remains the more dynastic national party. But the BJP is catching up.
Gilles Verniers
· Jun 01, 2019 · 06:30 am
Verdict 2019 in charts and maps: Two-thirds of MPs who re-ran won, half the new MPs are first-timers
Going by vote share, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party actually did worse together in 2019 than they did contesting separately five years ago.
Gilles Verniers
· May 31, 2019 · 07:30 am
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Yesterday · 10:41 am
What if there’s an ancient temple under your office? Twitter parody of Ayodhya case sparks confusion
Oct 19, 2019 · 04:23 pm
IMF is ‘a little less optimistic’ about India’s growth than it was a few months ago: Gita Gopinath
Yesterday · 09:12 pm
The top IT patent filers in India include giants Wipro, TCS and one startup
Yesterday · 08:30 pm
Poll scenarios: What if the BJP falls short of a majority in Maharashtra on Sunday?
Oct 17, 2014 · 02:30 am
Verdict 2019 in charts and maps: BJP started poorly, Congress nearly drew a blank from phases 4 to 6
The grand old party fared better where it is the principal opposition to the BJP. Where regional parties predominate, it came a distant third.
Gilles Verniers
· May 29, 2019 · 06:30 am
Verdict 2019 in charts and maps: More voters turned out than ever before, more parties contested
And women finally closed the turnout gap to men.
Gilles Verniers
· May 28, 2019 · 12:30 pm
Hanging by a thread: The Karnataka verdict explained in 22 charts and maps
These elections demonstrate that opposition parties will have to come together to defeat the BJP in 2019.
Gilles Verniers
· May 17, 2018 · 07:30 am
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Yesterday · 04:54 pm
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Yesterday · 01:41 pm
Watch this Chandigarh policeman singing in the streets, inspired by Daler Mehndi and traffic rules
Yesterday · 12:10 pm
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Yesterday · 10:41 am
Watch: A woman footballer’s hijab came off during a match. This is how opponents helped her
Yesterday · 10:35 am
Opinion: It’s futile to blame political parties for using data manipulators like Cambridge Analytica
The problem will not be solved unless a legal framework for data protection is put in place.
Gilles Verniers
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Sudheendra Hangal
· Apr 05, 2018 · 08:00 am
North-East politics: The three Assembly elections underline the marginalisation of women
Tripura and Meghalaya elected only three women each, while Nagaland failed to send its first woman to the state legislature.
Gilles Verniers
· Mar 16, 2018 · 10:30 am
Nagaland verdict explained in 24 charts: How the Congress helped the BJP make inroads in the state
The Congress vote share declined from 25% in 2013 to 2%, while the BJP share went up from 1.8% to 14.4%.
Gilles Verniers
· Mar 07, 2018 · 01:30 pm
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Yesterday · 08:00 am
From ‘Bhavesh Joshi’ to ‘Upstarts’, Priyanshu Painyuli has played a ‘high risk, high gain game’
Oct 19, 2019 · 08:00 am
‘Laal Kaptaan’ movie review: Saif Ali Khan-starrer is nasty, brutish and too long
Oct 18, 2019 · 07:45 am
‘P Se Pyaar F Se Farraar’ movie review: The adults in the room eclipse the lovers on the run
Oct 18, 2019 · 07:30 am
‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ movie review: Lots of dazzle with a drizzle of tears
Oct 18, 2019 · 07:00 am
The BJP’s remarkable Tripura win (and the total collapse of the Congress) explained in 21 charts
The BJP and CPI(M) basically won the same vote share, so what accounts for the difference in seats?
Gilles Verniers
· Mar 05, 2018 · 05:33 pm
The Meghalaya hung verdict explained in 25 charts: More volatility than overall results suggest
Local factors predominate and the presence of a large number of turncoats contributes to the blurring of the lines between parties.
Gilles Verniers
· Mar 04, 2018 · 04:30 pm
Himachal paradox in eight charts: Women outvoted men – but only four were elected to the Assembly
Both the BJP and Congress are responsible for this dismal state of affairs.
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· Dec 28, 2017 · 09:00 am
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Yesterday · 11:37 pm
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Yesterday · 11:15 pm
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Yesterday · 10:49 pm
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Yesterday · 10:22 pm
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