Most SC/ST candidates fight with no backing from political party
Business Standard|April 27, 2024
ANOUSHKA SAWHNEY New Delhi, 26 April The participation of political contestants belonging to the ☐ scheduled caste and scheduled tribe has shown a declining trend over the years.

An analysis of data from the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCDP) at Ashoka University reveals that 1,575 candidates belonging to scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) participated in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, constituting 19.6 per cent of the total candidates. The dataset provides caste details where available, so the trends should be considered to be indicative. It shows a significant decline from the previous elections in terms of share among total candidates.

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