Indian Politics & Policy Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2020 | Page 61

Understanding Voting Patterns by Class in the 2019 Indian Election
Table 7: Age Group-1st (Respondent) * Party Voted for Lok Sabha 2019 * Economic Class
Cross-Tabulation (Figures in %)
1: >
22
yrs
2:
23–25
yrs.
3:
26–35
yrs
4:
36–45
yrs
5:
46–55
yrs
6:
56+
yrs.
Age
Source: NES 2019
1:
Congress
2:
Congress
Allies
Party Voted for Lok Sabha 2019
3: BJP
57
4: BJP
Allies
5: BSP+ 6: Left
7:
Others
Poor 19 3 36 8 6 1 27
Lower 19 5 41 6 5 2 23
Middle 23 6 39 8 5 2 18
Rich 22 5 50 4 3 2 14
Total 20 5 41 7 5 2 21
Poor 15 4 37 7 10 2 25
Lower 19 5 42 8 8 2 18
Middle 23 8 35 8 7 3 17
Rich 20 5 53 6 3 1 12
Total 19 5 41 7 8 2 19
Poor 16 5 40 7 8 1 23
Lower 20 7 37 6 9 1 20
Middle 21 9 39 6 7 2 17
Rich 20 9 43 6 6 1 15
Total 19 7 39 7 8 1 19
Poor 16 5 37 7 7 3 25
Lower 22 8 34 7 6 1 21
Middle 21 7 39 8 7 2 15
Rich 21 6 43 8 4 2 16
Total 20 7 37 7 7 2 20
Poor 18 7 35 6 7 2 26
Lower 22 8 34 8 7 2 20
Middle 17 21 16 20 15 25 16
Rich 18 8 41 6 5 2 20
Total 20 8 36 7 6 2 21
Poor 16 7 32 7 6 3 29
Lower 21 9 33 7 5 3 23
Middle 21 7 38 8 5 4 18
Rich 20 8 43 8 2 2 17
Total 19 8 35 7 5 3 23