Apurav Bhatiya on Synchronized Elections and Voter Behavior
Ideas of India
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Is There a Supply Side Effect in the Elections?
We don't find any supply sigt changes when the elections are synchronized. Turn courts don't happen between sequential and simultaneous elections. The total number of candidates who have lost their deposit in the elections does not change between simultaneous and sequential elections. And we also look at the share of parties which are fielding candidates. So as you were saying, you can hit two birds with one stone. We don't find the supply side changes to explain the results.
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