BJP can dominate one state while Congress becomes competitive in another. The reason is that Indian elections are national in scale but intensely local in execution. Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.

Congress has more room to grow than it had at the height of BJP dominance, but challenging BJP nationally requires more than gaining a few seats. Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.

AAP has shown that it can build a powerful electoral machine in specific places, but politics is local and the Delhi formula cannot simply be copied everywhere. Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.

India is not a two-party system, yet national campaigns repeatedly become a BJP-versus-Congress story. Why does a multi-party democracy keep producing this binary frame? Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.

If BJP and Congress are the two biggest national parties, why do they keep negotiating with smaller regional players? Because India’s electoral map makes alliances mathematically important. Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.

Congress governed India for much of the post-independence period. BJP eventually transformed the national contest. How did that shift happen? Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.

“Development” sounds universal, yet voters who hear the same promise can reach completely different conclusions. Why? Darshikam examines the political incentives, voter behaviour and evidence behind the question.