A Panel Data Analysis of General Elections Under Multi Party Electoral College

Jayesh Kumar ()

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Abstract: We analyze the probability of an incumbents winning in the consecutive election, under the assumption that all individual candidates are equally likely (i.e. random selection) when they are from the same party. We estimate the probability of winning by ruling party. Using Indian panel data from 1967-1999. We find that incumbents have better log-odds if they contest on behalf of national parties , researved seats and with higher polling percentage.

Keywords: electoral system; incumbents; GEE-population averaged model and panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 N45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2003-04-20
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