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India Election Monitor: Phase 2
24 April 2019
In the second installment of ACLED’s weekly series monitoring the Indian elections, Asia Research Manager Daniela Pollmann tracks electoral violence through the second phase of the vote. Find the introduction to the series and the first edition here. For more information about elections in India, see recent ACLED analysis on electoral violence in India’s most…
Read MoreIndia Election Monitor: Phase 1
17 April 2019
Last week, Indian voters started casting their votes in the 17th general election to elect a new Parliament (Lok Sabha). In the coming five weeks, nearly 900 million voters will vote to fill 543 assembly seats (Economic Times, 13 May 2019). The 2019 Indian general elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from…
Read MoreReporting From the Frontier: Improving ACLED’s Jammu and Kashmir Data
15 April 2019
ACLED is pleased to announce the incorporation of new information from the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS). In this infographic, ACLED Asia Researcher Timothy Lay explores the data and highlights how the partnership improves our coverage of political violence in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data…
Read MoreSecuring Democracy: Electoral Violence in India
12 April 2019
This week, Indian voters started casting their votes in the 17th general election to elect a new Parliament (Lok Sabha). Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won a majority of the seats in the 2014 general elections, seeks a second term and has forged alliances with numerous regional parties. In a…
Read MoreBlurring the Line of Control: How Indian Public Engagement has Shaped the Kashmir Conflict
27 February 2019
Early on 26 February, India fighter jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) dividing India and Pakistan, allegedly launching strikes on militant targets in Pakistan (The Economic Times, 26 February 2019).[1] The attack came 12 days after a suicide attack in the Kashmir’s Pulwama district reportedly killed dozens of Indian paramilitary troopers. In order to…
Read MoreCitizenship Row: India’s Controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016
7 February 2019
ACLED Asia Research Manager Daniela Pollmann and Researcher Kunal Purohit examine the civil unrest around Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, which would grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim immigrants in India. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Read MoreDemocracy in South Asia
21 December 2018
In this infographic, ACLED Asia Research Manager Daniela Pollmann and Asia Researcher Timothy Lay review conflict patterns around recent elections and other political developments in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
Read MoreDemocracy Strikes Back: The Failed Maoist Campaign on Democratic Elections in India’s Chhattisgarh State
29 November 2018
ACLED Asia Research Manager Daniela Pollmann reviews recent efforts by India’s Naxalite-Maoist insurgency to attack government forces and disrupt elections in Chhattisgarh.
Read MoreHitting the Home Front: Militant Attacks on Off-Duty Police and Military Personnel in Jammu and Kashmir
19 October 2018
In this infographic, Asia researchers Timothy Lay, Paul Swartzendruber, and Daniela Pollmann report on militant attacks in India’s Muslim majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Read MoreThe Complexity of Disorder in India
17 August 2018
As India celebrated its 72nd Independence Day on 15 August 2018, the country continues to face multiple and complex challenges. Disorder—including political violence and protests—is increasingly multidimensional, complex, and evolving (OECD, 2016; United Nations & World Bank, 2018). Multiple types of disorder can co-occur across states, can interact, and may involve different agents as well…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Ethnic Militias
- Focus On Militias
- Inequality
- Political Stability
- Poverty
- Pro-Government Militias
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Vigilante Militias
- Violence Against Civilians
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