Before British rule India had one of the highest GDPs in the world, it became impoverished after the loot and famines of British rule. Then it had 60+ years of corrupt and stagnant rule, in the last decade or so the people have had enough and are now voting in people only who believe in development. This is what you are seeing in this data.
> so the people have had enough and are now voting in people only who believe in development. This is what you are seeing in this data.
It is a strong reason why people praise the current Indian ruling government ive noticed both among poor masses, middle class and elite, so you’re correct.
But they and the opposition all win elections there primarily on freebies, whichever party promises freebies wins in most parts of India.
It’s just that people are more confident on freebies coming to them, if they vote the party in their province/state if the party is also ruling at the central level, since taxes are passed from centre to state, especially in the last 10 years with introduction of GST, etc.
So yea, it is much more mixed, that just that reason, not to mention, first past the post, and uneven population sizes across different states, also change matters a lot.
