Data Point: Voting Percentage and Different Factors
Context More than 76 percent of the voters arrived in the recent assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is a state with literacy and Human Development Index (HDI) less than the entire country. Although Chhattisgarh is one of the few states like Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya, even though the Human Development Index (HDI) was low, the voting was higher than the national average. Generally, the percentage of voting percentage in Indian states with better human development index is high. Considering the life expectancy, education and per capita income, the human development index is determined. Especially education or literacy is substantially related to state-wise voting percentage. Voting percentage Vs. Human Development Index The results obtained from the above graph, drawn between the voting percentage of the recent assembly elections and the human development index, Generally, the voting percentage is even higher when...