Why did dalits desert the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 47, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Heath, Oliver ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOCIETIES   (India)

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EID: 84865140635     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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1. The findings presented here are based on a post-poll survey conducted by the CSDS, Delhi, in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 7,291 persons randomly selected from the latest electoral rolls were interviewed, from the second week of February 2012 till the first week of March (after polling but before counting of votes) in 399 locations in 101 constituencies spread across the state. The assembly constituencies and four polling booths within each sampled constituency were selected using the Systematic Random Sampling technique. The respondents were sampled randomly (oversampling to allow for non-completion) from the updated electoral rolls of the selected polling booths. Of the 12,768 sampled respondents, 7,291 could be interviewed within the stipulated time. The social profile of the respondents interviewed largely matched the demographic profile of the state, except for women. The sample of respondents included 21% dalits, 17% Muslims, 82% rural voters and 40% women respondents. The sample profile of voters corresponds more or less to the overall profile of voters in Uttar Pradesh. The interviews were conducted by specially trained field investigators. The respondents were interviewed in the face-to-face interview situation using a structured interview schedule in Hindi. Respondents were mostly interviewed at their home, preferably alone. The voting question was asked using a dummy ballot paper and dummy ballot box.