Ravi Shankar BySix hundred years before the birth of Christ, the world’s first democracy was born in Athens to challenge aristocracy. The word ‘psephology’, the statistical study of elections and voting patterns, owes its origin to the Greek word psephos, for ‘stone’. Perhaps, their statistical models are too hazy to comprehend the change in voting attitudes. The largest democracy on earth—94.50 crore voters as on January 1, 2023—will crowd polling booths across India. The word ‘psephology’, the statistical study of elections and voting patterns, owes its origin to the Greek word psephos, for ‘stone’.

Source: Indian Express December 31, 2023 01:53 UTC