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Opinion | BJP In Bengal, Vijay In Tamil Nadu: A Story Of 'Underdogs'
The immediate message is this: old voting patterns are not sacrosanct. Don't take the voter for granted.
- Monday May 4, 2026
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh, Sutanu Guru
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Opinion | If Mamata Banerjee Wins Again, It Might Be Only Because Of One Particular Group
Anyone familiar with the recent political and electoral history of West Bengal knows that while the BJP has done extremely well in north Bengal, it has so far failed to breach the Mamata citadel of south Bengal.
- Thursday April 30, 2026
- Opinion
- Sutanu Guru, Yashwant Deshmukh
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Opinion | 5 Districts Made Mamata In 2011. Will They Unmake Her This Time?
In 2011, the TMC alliance swept 82 out of the 108 seats here, signalling the end of the Left regime. Analysts called it a fluke, saying the Left would come back. That was not to be.
- Tuesday April 28, 2026
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh, Sutanu Guru
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Opinion | Will Women Voters Be The Decisive Bloc In Phase 2 Of Bengal Polls?
In both West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, female voters have outnumbered the male voters. And that could change a lot.
- Tuesday April 28, 2026
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh, Sutanu Guru
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बंगाल के पहले चरण में बंपर मतदान, महिलाएं और सरकारी योजनाएं क्या गुल खिलाएंगी?
देश के वरिष्ठ राजनीतिक और चुनाव विश्लेषक यशवंत देशमुख बता रहे हैं कि पश्चिम बंगाल के पहले चरण के चुनाव में बंपर मतदान होने का आशय क्या हो सकता है और इसका परिणाम क्या हो सकते हैं.
- Friday April 24, 2026
- Written by: Yashwant Deshmukh
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Opinion | Behind West Bengal's Record Voter Turnout, A Curious Pattern
We have seen enough elections in recent years to know that rising turnout can hurt an incumbent, but it can just as easily consolidate one.
- Friday April 24, 2026
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh
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Opinion | Why Kerala Is A Do-Or-Die Battle For Congress And CPI(M)
For the Left, it is a battle for existence. For the Congress, it can't afford to lose the state for a third time.
- Thursday April 9, 2026
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh, Sutanu Guru
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Opinion | Between Operations Gibraltar And Sindoor, A Missed Industrial Revolution
A look at some numbers to see how far India has travelled over the last sixty years, since Operation Gibraltar of 1965.
- Friday June 20, 2025
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh & Sutanu Guru
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Opinion | How The Middle Class Turned Delhi's Fate
It has been a classic "class" election. While the "disadvantaged" class stayed with AAP, the middle class and the rich switched en masse to the BJP.
- Monday February 10, 2025
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh & Sutanu Guru
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Opinion | One Nation, One Election, Many Suspicions
Both support and opposition don't seem to stem from merits but from political divide and a deep mistrust.
- Tuesday December 24, 2024
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh & Sutanu Guru
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Blog | Bibek Debroy: For Whom Data Was Everything
Over the years, the authors personally presented some of the most unflattering data points to Bibek Debroy. But to our surprise, he understood, and rather than softening the pinch, he always asked us to point things out even more bluntly, if possible
- Saturday November 2, 2024
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh & Sutanu Guru
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Opinion | How Did Exit Polls Fail To Capture Ground Reality? A Pollster Decodes
Even most conservative estimates had said that the NDA will comfortably touch 350 seats. The actual tally turned out to be over 50 seats less than that.
- Thursday June 6, 2024
- Opinion
- Yashwant Deshmukh & Sutanu Guru
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2019 Opinion Polls: Why BJP’s ‘Loss’ in West Zone Is Overhyped
This poll season, Yogendra Yadav & Yashwant Deshmukh place their bets on two different sides. Let’s see who wins.
- Monday December 3, 2018
- Author: Yashwant Deshmukh
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2019 Opinion Poll: What Yogendra Yadav Gets Wrong About BJP
The latest CVoter survey for 2019 general elections vs Yogendra Yadav’s predictions. Let’s see who wins!
- Saturday November 24, 2018
- Author: Yashwant Deshmukh
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Assembly Elections 2018: Cong’s Clear Sway in 2 Out of 5 States
As 5 states go to polls, let’s see what the opinion poll on C Voter has to say about the race to 2019.
- Monday November 19, 2018
- Author: Yashwant Deshmukh