A conference organised in the framework of the CNRS-supported research program associating Sciences Po and Ashoka University, on the Social Profile of India’s National and Provincial Elected Representatives (LIA SPINPER)

9:00 -12:30: The national picture

Chair: Christophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po-CERI/CNRS

Carole Spary, Nottingham University
Women candidates, women voters, and gender politics in the 2019 Lok Sabha election

Neelanjan Sircar, Ashoka University
An ascendant party machine: understanding the BJP’s sweep in 2019

Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University of London
The stabilization of the Indian electorate? Volatility and vote swing

11:00 – 11:30: coffee break

Gilles Verniers, TCPD – Ashoka University
Profile of the new Lok Sabha

Aaditya Dar,  Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Parachuters vs. Climbers: Economic Consequences of Barriers to Political Entry in a Democracy

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 17:30: Regional facettes of the Lok Sabha elections

Chair: Gilles Verniers, TCDP – Ashoka University

Jusmeet Singh Sihra, Sciences Po-Hebrew University
Rajasthan: Who Governs?

Sharik Laliwala, Independent scholar
Return of the 'PAKSHA' in Gujarat

Pralay Kanungo, Heidelberg University
To what extent is Odisha still a BJD stronghold?

16:00 – 16:15: coffee break

Vignesh Karthik, King’s College
The Tamil Resilience

Delphine Thivet, Centre Emile Durkheim, University of Bordeaux
West Bengal: Contested Nationalism, 'Bengali-ness' and Electoral Violence

Responsable scientifique: Christophe Jaffrelot