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Adam Ziegfeld
Adam Ziegfeld is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Temple University. His research focuses on political parties and elections in India. His book, Why Regional Parties: Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. His other research, on topics such as voter turnout, electoral rules, and dominant parties, has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and Comparative Politics, among others. He is currently working on a book project examining election alliances in India.
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भारत में पार्टी प्राथमिकताएं और रणनीतिक मतदान
अपने निर्वाचन क्षेत्र में चुनाव परिणामों का सटीक अंदाजा लगाने हेतु ठोस जानकारी उपलब्ध न होने के कारण कई मतदाता मानते हैं कि उनका पसंदीदा उम्मीदवार जीत जाएगा। वर्ष 2017 में उत्तर-प्रदेश में हुए विधानसभा चुनाव के दौरान की मतदाता वरीयताओं को देखते हुए, इस लेख में पता चलता है कि बहुत कम भारतीय 'रणनीतिक मतदाता' हैं। बजाय इसके, परिणाम दर्शाते हैं कि बहुत कम मतदाताओं का मानना था कि उन्हें अपनी पसंदीदा पार्टी के जीतने की उम्मीद थी, इसलिए वे रणनीतिक रूप से मतदान करने की स्थिति में थे।
Party preferences and strategic voting in India
In the absence of compelling information that would allow them to accurately predict election outcomes in their constituency, many voters believe that their preferred candidate will win. Looking at voter preferences during the Uttar Pradesh assembly election in 2017, this article finds that very few Indians are 'strategic voters'. Instead, the results show that very few voters believed that they were in a position to vote strategically, as they expected their favourite party to win.