Comments on: Indian Elections Color Palette

By: Geld winnen

Geld winnen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:39:07 +0000

Clearly a lot of orange… thanks!

By: Patrix

Patrix — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:44:05 +0000

Yup. That would be great. Send me the distribution. However, I can get to it only on Monday.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:28:52 +0000

I think you should put up another map: NDA, UPA, and Third Front ( as they exist now as in the date you put it up on–no one knows about tomorrow in Indian politics)

If you need help with parties, let me know.

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By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:29:46 +0000

Hmmm…that can be done but don't want to mess with party colors as well coz they've higher recognition. I will create the map and see how it comes out. But R & G are already included for CPM & INC but painting BJP blue just doesn't feel right, no?

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:26:33 +0000

The unit of analysis is an election constituency color coded by the party that won it in 2004. It is not meant to solve any problems but merely used as a graphical indicator.

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:41 +0000

Great effort Patrix…Thanks.

By: xanindia

xanindia — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:35:27 +0000

What are the meaning of the colors eh? At a first glance I thought this was meant to give the forms with color codes. Well anyway, does it solve the usual election problems you encounter? Just curious.

By: rads

rads — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:39:48 +0000

heh, well, I was only half kidding about the color :)
But honestly speaking, DMK made some half-baked decision on the choice of courses we could enroll in, thus narrowing our futures down tremendously. Not that I let him, but yea :)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:01:08 +0000

And what about the ever-fickle Third Front? It will not take long for someone's tantrums to be turned down and we'll have a fourth front and so on until we're back to square one :)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:58:48 +0000

Ouch! That's harsh. But painting them black will only highlight them in the map regardless of how few seat they might win :)

By: anuj_anuj

anuj_anuj — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:28:45 +0000

India is also a simple dichotomy of red states and blue states (or should that be green states and orange states?) – it may be argued that the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) and the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) multiparty coalitions serve as cognates of the two parties of Duverger's law.

By: Vivek

Vivek — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:01:50 +0000

Suggestion: you should use pure R, G and B for the three largest parties to show maximum contrast, since they occupy the largest areas.

By: rads

rads — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:01:14 +0000

One colorful country we are eh?!

So why's DMK such a lovely green? They suck, big time! Yes, personal hatred for messing with a bunch of us 11th graders in TN, and I speak for a large bunch of us. They ought be black :)