Sociology Pojct

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CHAPTER :-1
Title-“ Analysis of voting patterns of
different communities in Society ”

Scope of Study in Region :- The Study was conducted at the

Khajuriya Village located at Hatod Tehsil of Indore District. The aim
was understand the mentality of the different communities on the issue
of voting and party preferences for whatsoever the reasons.

Research Questionnaire and sample size:-

Caste Total no. of people

Upper Castes 20
1.Brahmins 10
2.Rajputs 10
Lower Castes 10
1.Schdueled Castes 10
2.Schdueled tribes 10
1.What Political party you’ve decided to vote
for?
Upper castes

BJP Congress
50% 50%

Lower Castes

BSP
24%
Congress
33%

BJP
43%
2.Who are the Candidate in your area?
BJP:-Manoj Nirbhaya Singh(Winner 2013)
INC:-Vishal jagdish Patel
BSP:-Brajesh Kannoji(Ahirwar)
And six other Independent candidates
Gajraj Singh chowdhary,nilesh neema,Rakesh
Patel,Rajesh Gupta,Sheikh Aziz, Sohan Panchal.

3.Is he incumbent. IF yes what good work he had

done
Yes, He is incumbent. Nearly everyone said that
apart from building of roads and a bridge he had
not done anything else.
4.Did he even showed up during the past 5 years
frequently or not.

Yes
25%

No
75%

5. Whom do you see as a better CM face?

Better CM Face
Other
3%

Kamalnath
14%

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

47%
Jyotiriaditya Scindia
36%
6.Does the CM face affect your choice in choosing
the party for voting ?

Yes No Can't Say

7%

17%

76%
7.Do you think caste plays an issue in voting
patterns and choices of the general populace?

Upper castes
No
10%

Yes
90%

SCs/STs

No
23%

Yes
77%
8.Does the parties play caste politics and
distributes tickets according to it ?

Yes
28%

Depends
38%

BJP
No
35%
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Depends
20%

Yes
50%

No
30%
Congress
 Rajputs

No
20%

Yes
80%

Brahmins

Yes
30%

No
70%
 Schdueled tribes

Can't say
26%

Yes
54%

No
20%

9.Whom do you think has a chance in forming the

government this year?
Upper castes

BJP
25%

Close Fight so can't say

55%

Congress
20%
 Sc/Sts

Close Fight so can't say BJP

35% 35%

Congress
30%

Research Objective:-
The objective of this research is to find out about the voting mentality
of groups of people based upon their caste based thinking and the role
caste plays during the time of elections and getting the insights of
different political parties on their exploitation of it and how there
policies revolve around it.

Research Methodology:-
The research methodology used was at most primary done by doing
research and asking out the people from the village.
The secondary data collection that was done was from taking out the
information on census of the village Khajuriya, Tehsil Hatod and
District of Indore about the population of Sc/St and Not Sc/Sc
population .

Sampling Technique
The Village consisted mainly of Brahmins and Rajputs which are the Upper
Castes.The village is literally consisted of this 2 Brethren only with neligible
people from other communities and no minorities of any other faith than Hinduism.

On the outskirts of the Village consisted of the SCs populations living in very
deplorable conditions or tormented muddy roads and mud houses, tent houses or
brick houses. Only a 3-4 building were pakka houses among there. They also had
there. However the Schdueled tribes lived along with village only. The Tribals
were all Bhils.

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