About:
- This is the third All India Survey of voters with over 2.7 lakhs respondents in nearly all the constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The purpose is mainly to assess voters’ priorities.
- The first All India Survey was done before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and the second one in 2017.
Key findings of All India Survey On Voting Behaviour 2018:
- Voters priorities: Better Employment Opportunities (46%), Better Health Care (34%) and Drinking Water (30%) are the top three voters’ priorities at the all India level.
- Criminalization of polity: Though 97 % interviewees felt that candidates with criminal background should not be in Parliament or State Assembly, 35% were willing to vote for a candidate with criminal records if the candidate had done good work in the past.
- Reasons for voters to vote for a candidate in an election:
- For 75% voters, CM candidate was the most important reason, followed by candidate’s party (71%) and the candidate (68%) himself/herself.
- For 41% voters, distribution of cash, liquor, gifts etc. was an important factor behind voting a particular candidate in an election.
- While deciding which candidate to vote for in an election, for 84% Indian voters, their own opinion mattered the most. However, for 6.1% and 6% voters, opinion of their Spouse and Family Members mattered the most, respectively.
