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Gilles Verniers
Gilles Verniers is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Bihar polls: 32 charts reveal caste, gender, religious and criminal composition of the new assembly
Most MLAs are male, fairly well-educated, rich and in contradiction with the law.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Decoding the Bihar results in 32 charts: Turnouts, vote shares, victory margins and more
Except for perhaps the Congress, all the other parties can find some reason to be satisfied with the result.
Gilles Verniers, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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In charts: How BJP swept the bye-elections in 13 states – and what it means
When the BJP wins so many seats without much resistance from its adversaries, it is revealing of the opposition’s current state of lethargy.
Gilles Verniers & Ananay Agarwal
Trending
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The Political Fix: What BJP’s rejected offer to suspend farm laws tells us about Modi’s tactics
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Munawar Faruqui bail plea: ‘Such people must not be spared,’ says Madhya Pradesh HC, reserves order
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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How BJP leaders responded to the Arnab Goswami WhatsApp leaks plus nine more weekend reads
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The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
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Delhi verdict: 30 charts and maps that help understand AAP’s ‘post-identity politics’
This model may work for the party in Delhi but is unlikely to travel well to other states, where larger political issues matter.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Saloni Bhogale & Mohit Kumar
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Maharashtra wasn’t the cakewalk the BJP thought it would be. 34 charts and maps explain the verdict
The BJP fell short of a majority, giving its alliance partner, the Shiv Sena, considerable bargaining power.
Gilles Verniers
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What tripped up the BJP in Haryana? 33 charts that decode the verdict that stunned ruling party
The strategy of sidelining dominant groups in public discourse seems to have showed its limits.
Gilles Verniers
Video
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Caught on camera: US police car rams into a crowd in Tacoma, Washington
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Watch: Leopard breaks into Bengaluru apartment complex, spotted crossing the road
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Watch: Army soldiers carry woman, newborn to safety amidst heavy snow in Lolab in Kashmir
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Watch: Delhi police installs concrete barricades ahead of farmers’ Republic Day tractor march
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Watch: Thousands of farmers reach Mumbai’s Azad Maidan to protest against the new farm laws
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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
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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
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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
The Reel
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Watch: ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ set for March 26 release
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Book excerpt: When NT Rama Rao became the first Indian chief minister to act in a movie
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Zeb Bangash on the Bollywood cover of ‘Bibi Sanam’: ‘A disservice to the song’s meaning’
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Why Malayalam breakout film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ is ‘the story of most Indian women’
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‘Metro Park 2’ trailer: The NRI Patels from New Jersey is back
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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
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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
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Hanging by a thread: The Karnataka verdict explained in 22 charts and mapscoun
These elections demonstrate that opposition parties will have to come together to defeat the BJP in 2019.
Gilles Verniers
The Field
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England will carry confidence from Sri Lanka win against ‘world’s best team’ India, says Joe Root
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Ahead of India tour, all-round England sweep Test series in Sri Lanka
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Chelsea have parted ways with its fanbase: Twitter reacts to Frank Lampard’s dismissal as Blues boss
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Indian football: Fred Pugsley, Chima Okorie, Ranti Martins – the foreign strikers who shone in India
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Premier League: Chelsea sack head coach Frank Lampard after recent slump in form