New Delhi, India – November 19, 2008: 86 years old Sharbati Devi being helped by a policeman to cast her vote in Sadar Bazar Constituency. (Credits: Mohd Zakir, Hindustan Times)
The Centre for the Study of the Developing Societies (CSDS) is one of India’s leading institutes for research in the social sciences and humanities. Since its inception in 1963, the Centre has been known for its critical outlook on received models of development and progress. It is animated by a vision of equality and democratic transformation. Lokniti is a research programme of the CSDS established in 1997. It houses a cluster of research initiatives that seek to engage with national and global debates on democratic politics by initiating empirically grounded yet theoretically oriented studies. The large volume of data collected by Lokniti on party politics and voting behaviour has gone a long way in helping social science scholars makings sense of Indian elections and democracy.
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