Today's Episode focuses on Analysis of Vote Share, Margin of Victory and Representativeness of Winners in Bihar Assembly election, 2020. We had earlier discussed in our fifth episode titled Bihar 2015 Elections - Analysis of Chances of Winning of Crorepati Candidates and Candidates with Criminal Cases, that the Bihar assembly election was to be the first in India where political parties had to furnish reasons for fielding candidates with criminal background. ADR’s report on analysis of vote share, margin of victory and representativeness of winners in Bihar Assembly election, 2020 highlights some crucial aspects that allows scope for further consideration with particular regard to the Supreme Court’s latest directions on criminality in the political system.



