Descriptive Election Statistics for 17 Indian States, 1993-2004

17 Indian states are covered in this dataset of descriptive election statistics from 1993 to 2004. The data was authored by Parul Tyagi and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare. The dataset is small, at 9.5 KB, and is stored in an XLS format.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in female political representation based on the state-level election data.
• Investigating correlations between political agency and public health indicators mentioned in the platform tags.
• Comparing election outcomes across different states over the 11-year period.
• Studying the relationship between political awareness and representation as suggested by the platform tags.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 11-year time range from 1993 to 2004.
• Focuses on 17 states, providing a defined geographic scope.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Parul Tyagi via figshare.

Collection Method

Descriptive statistics compiled from election data.

Time Range

1993-2004

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:21:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

17 states in India