Add to ORKGThe study examines the impact of criminal charges, wealth, incumbency status of the candidates and the party on their chances of winning and vote share in the Indian parliamentary elections 2009 using candidate level information on 8070 contestants from 543 constituencies. The descriptive and econometric analyses of the data reveal that there is a strong association between wealth, criminal charges and incumbency status of the candidates and the electoral outcomes. Wealthy incumbent candidates had higher chances of winning the election and these candidates also seem to be facing criminal charges. The incumbent candidates belonging to the state ruling party had higher chances of winning and increasing their vote share. Though criminal charge...
This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crim...
This dataset contains information on the electoral performance and criminal status of all candidates...
A candidate with criminal allegations hanging over them will repel voters – or will they? Not necess...
The study examines the impact of criminal charges, wealth, incumbency status of the candidates and t...
Utilizing data on criminal charges lodged against candidates to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Lok Sab...
We use data for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections to examine the response of voters to candidates who hav...
Election results are generally hard to predict, and India is no exception. This paper discusses the ...
Why do political parties nominate candidates who have the potential to damage parties' reputation am...
Abstract: The recent increase in the number of criminally accused politicians elected to state assem...
This paper examines the effect of political power on the risk of legal prosecution. We focus on the ...
In India, politicians facing criminal charges are routinely elected at higher rates. In this dissert...
This dissertation seeks to understand how democratic elections can coexist with a significant number...
Political representatives with criminal backgrounds are considered a great problem in many countries...
This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crim...
Although it seems intuitively clear that candidate quality provides a critical pillar of democratic ...
This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crim...
This dataset contains information on the electoral performance and criminal status of all candidates...
A candidate with criminal allegations hanging over them will repel voters – or will they? Not necess...
The study examines the impact of criminal charges, wealth, incumbency status of the candidates and t...
Utilizing data on criminal charges lodged against candidates to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Lok Sab...
We use data for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections to examine the response of voters to candidates who hav...
Election results are generally hard to predict, and India is no exception. This paper discusses the ...
Why do political parties nominate candidates who have the potential to damage parties' reputation am...
Abstract: The recent increase in the number of criminally accused politicians elected to state assem...
This paper examines the effect of political power on the risk of legal prosecution. We focus on the ...
In India, politicians facing criminal charges are routinely elected at higher rates. In this dissert...
This dissertation seeks to understand how democratic elections can coexist with a significant number...
Political representatives with criminal backgrounds are considered a great problem in many countries...
This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crim...
Although it seems intuitively clear that candidate quality provides a critical pillar of democratic ...
This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crim...
This dataset contains information on the electoral performance and criminal status of all candidates...
A candidate with criminal allegations hanging over them will repel voters – or will they? Not necess...