Seminar Magazine has brought its latest issue(August) on the ‘State of Election Surveys in India’. The issue examines various aspects of election surveys and forecasting. The contributors to this issue discuss the academic purpose of conducting election survey based research to study broader trends in politics and society along with the methodological innovations being adopted to enhance such analyses.

Rahul Verma : The Problem http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

K.C. Suri & K.K. Kailash : Engaging with Indian Politics http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

James Manor : Opinion Surveys at and Between Elections http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Rajdeep Sardesai : Elections, Exit Polls & Electronic Media
Dhananjai Joshi & Sam Solomon : The Business of Polling http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

S.Y. Quraishi : Myths & Realities http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Oliver Heath : The UK Experience http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Sunshine Hillygus & Brian Guay : Polling in the United States http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Elizabeth J. Zechmeister : Lessons from Latin America & The Carribean http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Sanjay Kumar, Praveen Rai & Pranav Gupta : Do Surveys Influence Results? http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Neelanjan Sircar & Milan Vaishnav : Exploiting Survey Data http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Irfan Nooruddin : Building Better Surveys http://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html