Methodology The analysis that has been presented in this report is based on nationwide surveys conducted in April–May 2019, May 2018, May 2017 and April–May 2014 by the Lokniti programme of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. While the surveys done in 2019 and 2014 were part of the National Election Study that Lokniti conducted during the Lok Sabha elections, the surveys conducted in 2018 and 2017 were part of Lokniti’s Mood of the Nation series. The 2019 survey was a Post Poll conducted a few days after voters had voted in each phase of the Lok Sabha election and the 2014 survey was a Pre Poll conducted three weeks before the Lok Sabha election. The fieldwork for the 2019 survey was conducted in 26 States – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. A total of 24,236 voters were interviewed in 211 parliamentary constituencies. The fieldwork for the 2018 survey was conducted in 19 States – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. A total of 15,859 respondents were interviewed in 175 parliamentary constituencies. The fieldwork for the 2017 survey was conducted in 19 States – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. A total of 11,373 respondents were interviewed in 146 parliamentary constituencies. The fieldwork for the 2014 survey was conducted in 21 States – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. A total of 20,957 respondents were interviewed in 301 parliamentary constituencies.
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