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A Violent Win: How Conflict Affects Political Competition in India

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  • Somdeep Chatterjee
  • Manhar Manchanda

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In this paper, we study the impact of group violence around elections on political competition, using administrative electoral data and geocoded data on violent events from India. Our identification relies on a novel instrumental variable—surplus males in districts, relative to women, in a subset of the adult population—for dealing with the endogeneity of violence. We find that violence in the run‐up to elections leads to a decline in political competition as indicated by a consolidation of votes by the winner. We provide suggestive evidence in favor of “voter intimidation” as the underlying channel driving these results.

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  • Somdeep Chatterjee & Manhar Manchanda, 2025. "A Violent Win: How Conflict Affects Political Competition in India," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 72(5), November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:scotjp:v:72:y:2025:i:5:n:e70023
    DOI: 10.1111/sjpe.70023
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