Let us look at the historical data related to Lok-Sabha elections
till now. The table below shows the statistics of voter turnout.
(Data source : Election Commission of India)
If the above data is plotted we see the following graph:-
From the above trend we can conclude that the marginal increase in voter turnout is because of the increase in population. However this increase in voter turnout is not at all proportional to the growth in population.
Let us now look at another interesting phenomena. The following table indicates the income distribution trend in India in the last 35 years.
If we plot this data we get
Here the income denominator is denominated in USD per day. If we just manipulate this data with respect to the INR-USD conversion rate in 2010, we get the following :-
(Informally quoting here : all data source from Wordbank database)
Here the figures map to monthly income in INR of the Indian population.
We can clearly see that even today the percentage of Indian population who earn more that Rs.6753 is so negligible. And we also see that the vast majority of Indians live on a monthly income of less that Rs.1689 per month. Is this social justice ? Has India really progressed ? Are we getting fooled by the data published by the planning commission ? What are we doing as citizens of India to change the systems in the country ? Is this human development ?
These questions will haunt us for many decades now.
Let us now look at the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) data in India.
Note here that a CPI = 100 implies no corruption and a CPI = 0 implies maximum corruption.
(Data source - Transparency International)
We can see a that the corruption level has nearly remained the same in the last 20 years. A marginal shift may be attributed to computerisation in many areas leading to a very marginal decrease in corruption. It nearly remains the same.
With all this data we are nearly ready to analyse election statistics and trends.
In the next post we do just that...
If the above data is plotted we see the following graph:-
From the above trend we can conclude that the marginal increase in voter turnout is because of the increase in population. However this increase in voter turnout is not at all proportional to the growth in population.
Let us now look at another interesting phenomena. The following table indicates the income distribution trend in India in the last 35 years.
If we plot this data we get
Here the income denominator is denominated in USD per day. If we just manipulate this data with respect to the INR-USD conversion rate in 2010, we get the following :-
(Informally quoting here : all data source from Wordbank database)
Here the figures map to monthly income in INR of the Indian population.
We can clearly see that even today the percentage of Indian population who earn more that Rs.6753 is so negligible. And we also see that the vast majority of Indians live on a monthly income of less that Rs.1689 per month. Is this social justice ? Has India really progressed ? Are we getting fooled by the data published by the planning commission ? What are we doing as citizens of India to change the systems in the country ? Is this human development ?
These questions will haunt us for many decades now.
Let us now look at the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) data in India.
Note here that a CPI = 100 implies no corruption and a CPI = 0 implies maximum corruption.
We can see a that the corruption level has nearly remained the same in the last 20 years. A marginal shift may be attributed to computerisation in many areas leading to a very marginal decrease in corruption. It nearly remains the same.
With all this data we are nearly ready to analyse election statistics and trends.
In the next post we do just that...
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