Cassan, Guilhem, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rinchan Ali Mirza. “Enfranchisement, Political Participation and Political Competition: Evidence from Colonial and Independent India.” Journal of Economic History, accepted for publication.
Data sources and data construction are described in the section “DATA AND CONSTRUCTION OF KEY VARIABLES,” as well as Online Appendix 3. All key variables have been labeled within each Stata data file.
Subject Terms: democratization; colonial rule; India; franchise extension; political participation; political competition
Geographic Coverage: India
Time Period: 1921 – 1957
Data Type(s): administrative records data; aggregate data
Geographic Unit: administrative district
The following publications cite the data in this project.
Cassan, Guilhem, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rinchan Ali Mirza. “Enfranchisement, Political Participation and Political Competition: Evidence from Colonial and Independent India.” Journal of Economic History, n.d.
