It's been a busy and complex week of polling, with data at the national, state and individual-seat level. Here we try to disentangle them. Dr Denis Muller
The writing was long on the wall for a BJP win and a Congress rout. But the scale of it has left Modi supporters and detractors alike reeling. Was it a victory for policy, or strategy? Mosiqi Acharya investigates.
Rudd's “new agenda” speech is an attempt to to reach out to key constituencies: marginal voters, the major employer groups, unions, and small business. Peter Gahan
Elections are won or lost in marginal seats. This analysis examines the electorates that will decide who reigns supreme on September 7th. Dr Scott Brenton.
With so many contenders for so many votes and so many seats, polling in India has historically been a hit and miss affair. But the science of Indian psephology is evolving. Ashok Malik
Narendra Modi has never been part of India's cliquish political culture. But his BJP's aggressive, unwavering, focused strategy has capitalised on a dynasty's complacency and a nation's hopes. By Pradeep Taneja.
