State Election Studies

Since 1995, Lokniti-CSDS has endeavored to study most of the Vidhan Sabha elections that take place in the country. Over the years, this database has grown tremendously to the point that we now have time-series data for all the states of India. Some of these election studies are in the form of Post Poll surveys, while some others are in the form of Pre Polls. In some other states researchers will find that multiple rounds of Trackers too were conducted before the actual election, mainly to ascertain the political shifts in the state. Together all these different instruments provide important insights into demographic details, political choices and social attitudes of the people around the time of elections.

Researchers can find the questionnaires for each of the surveys by following the links given below. Many of the questionnaires are in Hindi, so please ensure you have a Hindi font. Otherwise you can download the font and copy it into your fonts folder. A detailed account of marginals (report) for many of the surveys can also be found here.

 

Year	State	Type of Poll	Download Questionnaire	Download Report (Weighted)	Sample size (Unweighted)	No. of Constituencies
2025	Delhi	Post Poll / Pre Poll			3,137	28
2024	Haryana	Pre Poll			2200	22
	Jammu & Kashmir	Post Poll			2500	25
	Jharkhand	Post Poll / Pre Poll			3035	30
	Maharashtra	Pre Poll			2607	39
2023	Chhattisgarh	Pre Poll			2541	25
		Post Poll			2614	25
	Karnataka	Pre Poll			2059	20
		Post Poll			1650	15
	Madhya Pradesh	Pre Poll			3019	30
		Post Poll			3050	30
	Rajasthan	Pre Poll			3032	30
		Post Poll			3018	30
	Telangana	Pre Poll			3097	30
	Tripura	Post Poll			1003	10
2022	Goa	Post Poll			2066	20
	Gujarat	Post Poll			4558	45
		Pre Poll			2135	80
	Himachal Pradesh	Post Poll -2022			2844	28
	Punjab	Post Poll			4668	45
	Uttar Pradesh	Post Poll			7211	70
	Uttarakhand	Post Poll			2690	26
2021	Assam	Post Poll			3473	35
	Kerala	Post Poll			3424	35
	Tamil Nadu	Post Poll			4354	40
	West Bengal	Post Poll			4223	50
2020	Bihar	Pre Poll (mid-October)			3731	37
		Post Poll			3612	37
	Delhi	Pre Poll (Election Eve)			3335	35
2019	Jharkhand	Post Poll			2700	27
2018	Chhattisgarh	Pre Poll			3026	30
		Post Poll			3022	30
	Karnataka	Post Poll			3482	40
		Pre Poll (Tracker-1, mid April)			3737	56
		Pre Poll (Tracker-2, end April)			4929	56
	Madhya Pradesh	Pre Poll			5512	57
		Post Poll			5818	57
	Meghalaya	Pre Poll			1069	13
	Nagaland	Pre Poll			833	11
	Rajasthan	Pre Poll (late October)			5554	50
		Pre Poll (late November)			5026	50
	Telangana	Pre Poll (early December)			2901	32
	Tripura	Post Poll			1258	20
2017	Goa	Post Poll			1748	16
	Gujarat	Post Poll			5128	60
		Pre Poll (Tracker-3, late November)			3655	50
		Pre Poll (Tracker-2, end October)			3757	50
		Pre Poll (Tracker-1, early August)			4090	50
	Himachal Pradesh	Post Poll			3162	38
		Pre Poll			2815	30
	Punjab	Post Poll			3268	39
		Pre Poll (Tracker-2, January 2017)			3462	39
		Pre Poll (Tracker-1, December 2016)			3093	39
	Uttar Pradesh	Post Poll			5409	65
		Pre Poll (Tracker-1, July 2016)			4452	65
		Pre Poll (Tracker-2, December 2016)			5932	65
		Pre Poll (Tracker-3, January 2017)			6481	65
	Uttarakhand	Post Poll			1859	20
		Pre Poll (Tracker-1, December 2016)			1697	20
		Pre Poll (Tracker-2, January 2017)			1845	20
2016	Assam	Post Poll			1956	30
	Kerala	Pre Poll			1725	36
	Tamil Nadu	Pre Poll			3252	45
	West Bengal	Post Poll			3471	53
2015	Bihar	Post Poll			3946	60
		Pre Poll			2079	30
	Delhi	Post Poll			2060	24
2014	Haryana	Post Poll			1462	26
	Jammu & Kashmir	Pre-cum-Post Poll			1696	20
	Jharkhand	Post Poll			1678	20
	Maharashtra	Post Poll			1542	36
2013	Chhattisgarh	Post Poll			1629	25
		Pre Poll			1861	25
	Delhi	Post Poll			2297	29
		Pre Poll			2506	28
	Karnataka	Pre Poll			4198	75
	Madhya Pradesh	Post Poll			2828	35
		Pre Poll			2868	35
	Rajasthan	Post Poll			2975	50
		Pre Poll			4847	49
2012	Gujarat	Post Poll			3755	60
		Pre Poll			3661	60
	Himachal Pradesh	Post Poll			2330	32
		Pre Poll			2014	30
	Manipur	Post Poll			1200	20
	Punjab	Post Poll			3250	45
	Uttar Pradesh	Post Poll			7291	101
	Uttarakhand	Post Poll			1679	30
2011	Assam	Post Poll			3348	55
	Kerala	Post Poll			3133	55
	Tamil Nadu	Post Poll			5499	68
	West Bengal	Post Poll			5166	74
2010	Bihar	Post Poll			4959	81
2009	Maharashtra	Post Poll			1972	48
2008	Chhattisgarh	Post Poll			1249	20
	Delhi	Post Poll			1674	29
	Karnataka	Post Poll			6041
		Pre Poll			5124	75
	Madhya Pradesh	Post Poll			1555	23
	Meghalaya	Post Poll			1136	19
	Mizoram	Post Poll			668	10
	Nagaland	Pre Poll			811	18
	Rajasthan	Post Poll			1573	20
	Tripura	Post Poll			1108	21
2007	Gujarat	Post Poll			3096	60
		Pre Poll			3779	66
	Himachal Pradesh	Post Poll			1086	15
	Punjab	Exit Poll			4935	41
	Uttar Pradesh	Post Poll			11331	198
		Pre Poll			4988	79
	Uttarakhand	Pre Poll
2006	Assam	Post Poll			2702	32
		Exit Poll			2779	24
		Pre Poll			713	8
	Kerala	Post Poll			2722	46
		Pre Poll			4377	46
	Tamil Nadu	Pre Poll			4681	58
		Exit Poll			12293	81
	West Bengal	Post Poll
		Pre Poll			3535	56
2005	Bihar	Post Poll (Oct)			7695	77
		Post Poll (Feb)			887	57
	Haryana	Post Poll			762	20
	Jharkhand	Post Poll			816	28
2004	Maharashtra	Post Poll			1448	64
2003	Chhattisgarh	Post Poll			1405	34
	Delhi	Post Poll			1528	69
		Mid Poll			2452
		Pre Poll			14460	70
	Himachal Pradesh	Post Poll			779	19
		Pre Poll
	Madhya Pradesh	Post Poll			1814	49
	Rajasthan	Post Poll			3102	50
		Pre Poll			5898	50
2002	Gujarat	Post Poll			1406	26
		Pre Poll			1873	27
	Jammu & Kashmir	Post Poll (Migrants)			168	5
		Post Poll (Jammu)			869	37
		Post Poll (Kashmir)			1154	46
	Punjab	Post Poll			1146	23
	Uttar Pradesh	Post Poll			2318	41
		Pre Poll			2552	40
	Uttarakhand	Post Poll			733	14
2001	Assam	Post Poll			1236	24
	Kerala	Post Poll			1312	21
	Tamil Nadu	Post Poll			1581	23
	West Bengal	Post Poll			1793	29
2000	Bihar	Post Poll			2225	32
	Haryana	Post Poll			1182	15
	Odisha	Post Poll			1336	15
1996	Uttar Pradesh	Exit Poll			6019	42
1995	Bihar	Pre Poll			817	16