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By Nayantara Narayanan The poll promise that women in Karnataka are most likely to see fulfilled is that of free transport—to a greater or lesser extent. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have offered the lowest of hanging...
By Revathi Siva Kumar As the Karnataka Assembly election fevers rise with the summer temperatures, a heartwarming improvement in women’s voting patterns is visible. The uptick was identified through secondary data and explored through a primary survey by a 2023...
By Sowmya Aji Women who win elections in Karnataka at the Legislative Assembly level and above have managed victories mainly due to “sympathy” or “protection” from a largely patriarchal voter population. This is true in all districts but Mandya, in South Karnataka, is...
By Rehmat Merchant Elections are a time of excitement – whether you're a diligent party worker, an enthusiastic voter, a disinterested observer or, as in this case, part of a union. “Our members are eager to exercise their right to vote as they realise it's an...
By C.G. Manjula Over five thousand (5,102) nominations were filed by 3,632 candidates for the Karnataka Assembly polls to be held on May 10. Of the total number of nominations, 4,710 were filed by 3,327 male candidates and 391 by 304 female candidates; there was only...
By Ragamalika Karthikeyan and Shivani Kava EC claims over 800% rise in number of transgender voters in Karnataka, activists say population estimates far from reality The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar, has said that 41,312 transgender persons have...
By Manasi Kumar We take elections very seriously in India - after all as the largest democracy in the world who sets world records with them, nobody really does them better than us. And, given the context of the conversations around gender today, it is also important...