Panel Data for the Study of Indian State Elections, 1952 - 2009

This file describes the raw data used to create indexes of electoral competitiveness for the Indian states. Details are found in: Dash, Bharatee B., J. Stephen Ferris and Stanley L. Winer (2019). “The Measurement of Electoral Competition, with Application to Indian States” Electoral Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.102070 The basic election information compiled and used for the 14 major Indian states is supplied for the individual states separately in the accompanying Excel files, one for each of the states covered. The time span is from 1952 to 2008/09 with data for some states extending beyond, up to 2011/12.