Redrawing the lines
Subtitle: did political incumbents influence electoral redistricting in the world's largest democracy?
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Maya Reddy
Contributors: Reddy, Maya, author; Harvard Business School
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 14-051; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 14-051
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Description: In 2008, the boundaries of national and state electoral constituencies in India were redrawn for the first time in three decades. We use detailed demographic and electoral data to construct measures of the extent of redistricting in a given constituency. We find the redistricting process to be politically neutral for the most part, though a few politicians who were advisory members for the redistricting process were able to avoid unfavorable redistricting outcomes for their specific constituencies. Incumbents whose constituencies became reserved for members of specific communities are significantly less likely to run for re-election following redistricting.
Notes: "December 2013"--Publisher's Web site.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25).