In India, voting on legislation is not a 'conscience vote'. Legislators, do not take individual positions, but follow the party whip. Not following the whip can lead to the disqualification of legislators, or breakaway groups.
A detailed write up is available *here <https://loksabhadocs.nic.in/Refinput/New_Reference_Notes/English/15072022_111659_1021205175.pdf> *from the Lok Sabha & Parliament library. PRS provides a more concise write-up here <https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/the-anti-defection-law-explained>. Regards, P On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:07:56 AM UTC+5:30 Ryu Matsuura wrote: > Hi Shiv, > > Thanks for asking and sorry for the lack of clarity here - what I meant is > how each MP/MLA votes for bills/legislations introduced in assemblies. I > fundamentally would like to understand how each politician behaves in > office so I wonder if there are any datasets or archives on (i) which bill > is introduced by which politician and (ii) how each politician reacts to > bills (e.g. votes for or against bills). > > Thanks so much! > Ryu > On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 2:31:01 PM UTC-5 Shiv Hastawala wrote: > >> Hi Ryu >> >> I'm not sure about what you mean by 'how an MP/MLA cast a ballot in their >> legislation'. Casting a ballot usually refers to the act of voting in an >> election. If you mean to say that you need info on who these politicians >> voted for (which they do since they are also citizens of the nation) or >> something similar regarding their own vote, then I don't think anything of >> that sort is going to be available. >> >> But if you meant something else and if I didn't understand that, it would >> be great if you could please explain it once again. >> >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:53 PM, Ryu Matsuura <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Hope everyone is doing great. My name is Ryu - I am an economics PhD >>> student at Northwestern University. I am looking for data that help me >>> understand the behavior of MPs and/or MLAs once elected. I wonder if >>> any of you are aware of any datasets that would be relevant. Does anyone >>> know, say, if there are any digitized or archival records of how each state >>> MLA or MP cast a ballot for each legislation in the assemblies? I would >>> really appreciate it if you can kindly let me know if there are any >>> datasets that can help me understand the behavior of Indian politicians. >>> >>> I am aware that the MPLADS data (which Professor Francesca Jensenius >>> compiled) as well as the Question Hours data from the Trivedi Center are >>> out there. If anyone knows any other datasets (even undigitized records >>> would be helpful), please let me know! Thanks so much in advance! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ryu >>> >>> -- >>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/fe57d4fc-7fe2-455c-9068-48cc4e78fc70n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/fe57d4fc-7fe2-455c-9068-48cc4e78fc70n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> >> Thanks and regards. >> >> >> Yours sincerely >> >> *Shiv Hastawala* >> >> (He/His/Him) >> Doctoral Student >> Department of Economics >> Binghamton University (State University of New York) >> >> Zoom ID: 201 717 2613 <(201)%20717-2613> >> >> www.shivhastawala.com >> > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/cf5e72cc-43de-4c31-869f-1f688641189dn%40googlegroups.com.
