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Pavithra Suryanarayan

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

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Pavithra Suryanarayan
email: psuryan1@jhu.edu

School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
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ABOUT THE HEADER MAP

The figure in the header is an excerpt from my paper “When do the poor vote for the right-wing and why: Hierarchy and vote choice in the Indian states”. Comparative Political Studies 52(2).

The map shows the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party’s vote share in state elections held before and after the “Mandal announcement.” On August 7th 1990 the Prime Minister of India, VP Singh, announced the implementation of affirmative action for backward castes in higher education based on the recommendations of the Mandal Commission report. You can read more about this moment in Indian politics and the backlash it generated amongst upper-caste Indians here.

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